Swedish Fourth Rate ship 'Mars' (1633)

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Mars
Nominal Guns	44	W006
Nationality	Sweden
Operator	Swedish Navy
Launched	1633	W006
How acquired	Built by Contract	W006
Shipyard	Västervik	W006
Category	Fourth Rate	W006
Ship Type	Ship	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W006
Broken Up	1660	W006

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck125' 6"Swedish fot37.1838 (121′ 11″ Imperial)
Length of Keel107' 0"Swedish fot31.7683 (104′ 2″ Imperial)
Breadth28' 6"Swedish fot8.5359 (28′ 0″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold14' 0"Swedish fot4.1566 (13′ 7″ Imperial)
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:287
Burthen900Ton

Armament

8.1658Broadside Weight = 227 Swedish pound (Skålpund) (212.699 lbs 96.4977 kg)W006
Gun Deck6 Swedish 24-Pounder
Gun Deck2 Swedish 18-Pounder
Gun Deck8 Swedish 14-Pounder
Gun Deck4 Swedish 12-Pounder
Gun Deck18 Swedish 6-Pounder
Gun Deck2 Swedish 3-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1643161 W006
1657206 W006
1658204 W006

Service History

DateEventSource
12.9.1657Battle of Falsterbo
29.10.1658Battle of the Sound

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

ref:287Jan Glete, Document

Previous comments on this page

Posted by TopNard on Tuesday 25th of October 2016 14:27

6-24,16-18,8-12,2-3,2-24m.(1645)
6-24,2-18,8-14,4-12,18-6,2-3(1658)
6-24,2-18,14-14,8-12,8-6,4-3(1658)
26-guns (516 lb.)

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