Mars class ship of the line
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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
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The two ships of the Mars class were the first large 74s since the 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.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
by Sir John Henslow
John Henslow
Sir John Henslow was Surveyor to the Navy a post he held jointly or solely from 1784 to 1806.-Career:He was 7th child of John Henslow a master carpenter in the dockyard at Woolwich...
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The two ships of the Mars class were the first large 74s since the 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
- Builder: Deptford Dockyard
- Ordered: 17 January 1788
- Launched: 25 October 1794
- Fate: Broken up, 1823
- Builder: Woolwich DockyardWoolwich DockyardWoolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grâce à Dieu , the largest ship of its day....
- Ordered: 17 January 1788
- Launched: 14 March 1797
- Fate: Broken up, 1819