HMS ''Mary'' was a 60-gun

fourth rate In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...

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of the

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, built at

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and launched on 12 May 1704. In January 1721, ''Mary'' fought an inconclusive battle against the Spanish ship of the line ''Catalán''.Navío ''Catalán''
todoababor.es Orders were issued on 15 December 1736 for ''Mary'' to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the

1719 Establishment The 1719 Establishment was a set of mandatory requirements governing the construction of all Royal Navy warships capable of carrying more than 20 naval long guns. It was designed to bring economies of scale through uniform vessel design, and e ...

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, from where she was relaunched on 5 October 1742, and renamed HMS ''Princess Mary''. ''Princess Mary'' served until 1766, when she was sold out of the navy.

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*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1700s ships {{UK-line-ship-stub