The ''Mars''-class ships of the line were a class of two
74-gun third rates of the large class
ships of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colum ...
, designed for the
Royal Navy by Sir
John Henslow.
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
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:Builder:
Deptford Dockyard
:Ordered: 17 January 1788
:Launched: 25 October 1794
:Fate: Broken up, 1823
*
:Builder:
Woolwich Dockyard
:Ordered: 17 January 1788
:Launched: 14 March 1797
:Fate: Broken up, 1819
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .
Ship of the line classes
Ship classes of the Royal Navy
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