HMS Mars 1517087 195013574 2008-03-01T00:08:21Z Ggreig 221828 Added link and minor detail for 1848 Mars Seven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Mars''''', after [[Mars (god)|Mars]], the [[Roman mythology|Roman]] god of [[war]]: * The first ''Mars'' was a 50-gun ship, originally Dutch, captured in the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]] in 1665, and sold in 1667. * The second ''Mars'' was a 64-gun [[third-rate]] [[ship of the line]], originally French, captured by [[HMS Nottingham]] off [[Cape Clear]] in 1746. She was wrecked in 1755 near [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]]. * The third [[HMS Mars (1759)|''Mars'']] was a 74-gun third-rate, launched in 1759 and sold in 1784. * The fourth ''Mars'' was a 32-gun [[fifth-rate]], originally Dutch, captured in the [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]] in 1781 in the [[West Indies]], and sold in 1784. * The fifth [[HMS Mars (1794)|''Mars'']], was a 74-gun third-rate, launched in 1794. She took part in the [[Spithead mutiny]] in 1797 and the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in 1805. She was broken up in 1823. * The sixth [[HMS Mars (1848)|''Mars'']], was an 80-gun [[second-rate]], launched in 1848, converted to screw propulsion, and sold in 1929. Between 1869 and 1929 she served as a training ship. * The seventh [[HMS Mars (1896)|''Mars'']] was a [[Majestic class battleship|''Majestic''-class]] [[battleship]], launched in 1896. She served as a guardship and transport in [[World War I]] and was sold in 1921. * ''Mars'' was to have been a [[cruiser]], but was cancelled in 1946. * A [[Colossus class aircraft carrier|''Colossus''-class]] [[aircraft carrier]] was named ''Mars'' in 1942, but renamed before being launched as [[HMS Pioneer (R76)|''Pioneer'']] in 1944. ==References== *{{Colledge}} {{shipindex|name=Mars, HMS}} [[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Mars]]