List of ships named Mars

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Mars was the name of various ships under different nationalities.

Ship list

designation Ship type Class / type Construction year Shipyard Owner period of service Whereabouts image
Mars (also Makalös or Jutehattaren ) Sailing warship, flagship 1561 Birkenes (today: Björkenäs) King of Sweden Erik XIV. 1563 to 1564 1564 exploded and sunk
Mars Sailing warship 1632 Vastervik King of Sweden Gustav II Adolf 1632 to 1660 Dismantled to the Hulk in 1660
MarsReceipt ? East Indiaman 1665 Amsterdam VOC 1665 Captured by the Royal Navy in 1665
MarsReceipt ? Sailing warship 1667 in Lübeck for Sweden 1667 to 1677 Captured by the Danish Navy in 1677, in Danish service from 1677 to 1717, sunk in 1717
MarsReceipt ? Sailing warship 1761 Netherlands 1761 to 1781 captured by the Royal Navy, then unknown
MarsReceipt ? Sailing warship 1769 Amsterdam 1769 to 1781 captured by the Royal Navy, then unknown
MarsReceipt ? Sailing warship 1780 Hair lem 1780 to 1791 captured by the Royal Navy, then unknown
Mars Artillery training ship 1877 Imperial shipyard , Wilhelmshaven Imperial Navy 1881 to 1908 Wrecked in 1921
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0170, artillery training ship "SMS Mars" .jpg
MarsReceipt ? Warship 1897 Royal Navy 1897 to 1921 1921 demolition
Mars Artillery training ship 1937 North Sea Works Emden Navy 1938 to 1944 burned out by air raid on April 11, 1944

Web links

Commons : Ships named Mars  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Footnotes

  1. Swedish Naval Administration: 1521-1721: Resource Flows and Organizational Capabilites, Koninklijke Brill NV, Netherlands, 2010