HMS Garland (1800)

History
France
Name	Mars
Builder	Bordeaux
Launched	1798, or 1799,
Captured	31 March 1800
Great Britain
Name	HMS Garland
Acquired	31 March 1800 by capture
Commissioned	September 1800
Fate	Wrecked 10 November 1803
General characteristics
Type	Sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	52911⁄94 (bm)
Length	124 ft 4 in (37.9 m) (overall); 100 ft 4+5⁄8 in (30.6 m) (keel);
Beam	31 ft 5+3⁄4 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold	14 ft 1 in (4.3 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	Privateer:180; HMS:135;
Armament	Privateer:20 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 36-pounder carronades; HMS:22 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder bow chasers;

HMS Garland was the French privateer Mars, launched in 1798 that Amethyst captured in 1800. The Royal Navy took her into service and sent her out to the Jamaica Station. There she had a brief, eventful career before she was wrecked in 1803.

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