Dutch frigate Mars

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Mars
Builder	John May, Amsterdam Naval District Dockyard
Launched	1769
Captured	1781
Great Britain
Name	Mars
Acquired	1781 by capture
Fate	Sold 1784
Great Britain
Name	Mars
Owner	Richard Bush
Builder	Adams (repair)
Acquired	By purchase 1784
Fate	Wrecked December 1787
General characteristics
Type	Fifth rate
Tons burthen	696 or 70286⁄94 or 69687⁄94 (bm)
Length	139'8⁄11" (lower deck); 130 ft 9 in (39.9 m) (overall)132 ft 8 in (40.4 m) (overall) ; 108 ft 10 in (33.2 m) (keel) 106 ft 11+1⁄2 in (32.6 m) (keel);
Beam	37'8⁄11 ; 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m) ; 35 ft 0 in (10.7 m);
Depth of hold	11 ft 10 in (3.6 m); 11 ft 11 in (3.6 m);
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	British service:220
Armament	Dutch service: 32-36 guns; Royal Navy service: 32 guns;

John May built Mars at the naval dockyard at Amsterdam in 1769 as a fifth rate for the Dutch Navy. The British Royal Navy captured her on 3 February 1781 at Saint Eustatia. The Navy took her into service as HMS Mars, but sold her on 25 March 1784. Richard Bush purchased Mars, retained her name, and had her fitted as an East Indiaman. Adams repaired her and took her measurements in 1786. She sailed to China in April 1786 for the British East India Company (EIC) and was wrecked in December 1787 shortly after her return to Britain.

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