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Mars class ship of the line

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Name
  
Mars

Preceded by
  
Valiant class

In service
  
25 October 1794 - 1823

Operators
  
Royal Navy

Succeeded by
  
Ajax class

Completed
  
2

The Mars-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the large class, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow.

The two ships of the Mars class were the first large 74s since the Valiant-class of 1759, carrying the heavier armament of 24 pdrs on their upper decks, as opposed to the 18 pdrs of the middling and common classes.

Ships

  • HMS Mars
    • Builder: Deptford Dockyard Ordered: 17 January 1788 Launched: 25 October 1794 Fate: Broken up, 1823
  • HMS Centaur
    • Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Ordered: 17 January 1788 Launched: 14 March 1797 Fate: Broken up, 1819

    References

    Mars-class ship of the line Wikipedia
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