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} |} 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 and was wrecked in December 1787 shortly after her return to Britain. ==Capture== Following the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War between Britain and the Dutch Republic Admiral George Rodney, acting under orders from London, captured the Dutch island of St Eustatius on 3 February 1781. ''Mars'', under the command of Captain Count Van Bijland, was the only Dutch warship in the roadstead. Because she was grossly outnumbered and outgunned, she fired only two or three pro-forma shots.〔Teenstra p.344〕 Two of the British ships shot at ''Mars'' and Van Bijland then answered with his cannons.〔Teenstra p.345〕 Rodney reprimanded the captains responsible for this lack of discipline.〔Trew p.102-103.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dutch frigate Mars (1769)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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