Trisha Shetty (Editor)

HMS Mars (1759)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
HMS Mars

Tons burthen
  
1556 ⁄94 (bm)

Length
  
50 m

Builder
  
Woolwich Dockyard

Ordered
  
17 November 1755

Launched
  
15 March 1759

Beam
  
14 m

Honours and awards
  
Participated in Battle of Quiberon Bay

Fate
  
Sold out of the service, 1784

Class and type
  
Dublin-class ship of the line

HMS Mars was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1759 at Woolwich Dockyard.

Mars took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, flying the broad pennant of Commodore James Young.

From 1778, Mars was on harbour service, and was broken up in 1784.

References

HMS Mars (1759) Wikipedia