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Mars was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy. Mars was captured by HMS Nottingham off Cape Clear in 1746. She was taken into Royal...

Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war: Mars (1705), broken up in 1721. Claude de Forbin's 60-gun...

hospital ship 1771, abandoned 1783 Superb 60 (1736) – broken up 1757 Lion 60 (1738) – sold 1765 Kingston 60 (1740) – sold 1762 Rupert 60 (1740) – Rebuild...

is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine Royale...

The list of ship launches in 1740 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1740. "British Fifth Rate ship 'Dover' (1740)". Threedecks. Retrieved...

The First Carnatic War (1740–1748) was the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession and the first of a series of Carnatic Wars that established...

notable for his role as captain of HMS Nottingham in capturing the French ship Mars and as the first lieutenant of George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, in his...

and acted in that capacity at the reduction of Porto Bello. In January 1740–1 he moved with Vernon to the Princess Caroline, was flag-captain during...

guns (1739) (A) Burcht van Leiden 52 guns (1740) (A) Edam 52 guns (1741) – lost in 1741 and replaced by next ship (A) Edam 52 guns (1742) (A) Leeuwenhorst...

as the first Russian European-type large ship of war and by tradition related to the line-of-battleships. Mars 30 ("Марс", 1692, training vessel on Lake...

Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. It has been owned by the French crown or...

Elcho, Lord George Murray and other Jacobites were picked up by two French ships, Le Mars and Bellone, who fought their way out past four Royal Navy vessels...

fight back by licensing French merchant ships to privateer and seize enemy merchant ships while avoiding its navies: France has its declared enemies...

Francis Light (c. 1740 – 21 October 1794) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city...

Nieuwediep (river) with a few of his men. The French were allowed to board the Dutch ships for negotiations. The French received the assurance from the Dutch...

French settlers. The first capital of Acadia was established in 1605 as Port-Royal. Soon after, English forces of Captain Argall, an English ship's captain...

Fleuron were 74-gun ships, while Mars was a smaller vessel, a former English privateer. Mars broke away from the other two French ships, and was pursued...

843–987  Kingdom of France 987–1792  French First Republic 1792–1804  First French Empire 1804–1814 Kingdom of France 1814–1815  First French Empire 1815 Kingdom...

(ISBN 0-300-02641-2) IRONIE, article on Carracci’s engravings (in French) Theseus's departing ship is visible on the horizon, top right. This trope did not fully...

Saint-Louis (French: [il sɛ̃ lwi]), eleven hectares (27 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural...