Name HMS Mars Tons burthen 1556 ⁄94 (bm) Length 50 m | Ordered 17 November 1755 Launched 15 March 1759 Beam 14 m | |
Honours andawards Participated inBattle of Quiberon Bay Fate Sold out of the service, 1784 Class and type | ||
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.
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