French ship Mars (1740)
 Samuel Scott's Action between HMS Nottingham and the Le Mars. Mars was returning to France after the failed Duc d'Anville Expedition, 11 October 1746 | |
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| Name: | Mars |
| Namesake: | Mars (mythology) |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | January 1739 |
| Launched: | May 1740 |
| Commissioned: | April 1741 |
| Fate: | Captured by HMS Nottingham in 1746 |
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| Name: | HMS Mars |
| Acquired: | October 1746 |
| Commissioned: | March 1747 |
| Fate: | Wrecked in 1755 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 1374 tons |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | ship-rigged |
Mars was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy. Mars' was captured by HMS Nottingham off Cape Clear in 1746. She taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Mars and was wrecked in 1755 near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
French service
She took part in the action that took HMS Northumberland off Ushant on 8 May 1744. Le Mars was captured by HMS Nottingham off Cape Clear, off Ireland in 1746.
English service
Commissioned in March 1747, under the command of Captain Edward Hawke. While on a voyage from Portsmouth, England to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, she was wrecked on 25 June 1755 on a rock (now known as Mars Rock) near Halifax Harbour.
References
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
Further reading
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XV: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1715 A 1774 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-19-5.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671–1870)
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