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{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Mary|HMS Princess Mary}}
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|Ship caption=HMS ''Mary'' in battle against ''Catalán''
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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|Ship flag=[[File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name=HMS ''Mary''
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|Ship builder=Shortis, Chatham Dockyard
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|Ship launched=12 May 1704
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|Ship renamed=HMS ''Princess Mary'', 1742
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|Ship fate=Sold, 1766
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|Header caption=as built<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p166">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.</ref>
|Ship class=60-gun [[fourth rate]] [[ship of the line]]
|Ship tons burthen=914
|Ship length={{convert|145|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|37|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|15|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
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|Ship armament=60 guns of various weights of shot
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|Header caption=after 1742 rebuild<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p171">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.</ref>
|Ship class=[[1719 Establishment#1733 proposals|1733 proposals]] 70-gun third rate ship of the line
|Ship tons burthen=1068
|Ship length={{convert|144|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|41|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=
|Ship hold depth={{convert|16|ft|11|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
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|Ship armament=*60 guns:
*Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs
*Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs
*Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs
*Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs
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'''HMS ''Mary''''' was a 60-gun [[fourth rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], built at [[Chatham Dockyard]] and launched on 12 May 1704.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p166" />
In 1724, ''Mary'' fought in battle against the Spanish [[Spanish ship Catalán (1719)|''Catalán'']].<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.todoababor.es/listado/navio-catalan.htm Navío ''Catalán''], todoababor.es</ref>
Orders were issued on 15 December 1736 for ''Mary'' to be taken to pieces and rebuilt according to the [[1719 Establishment#1733 proposals|1733 proposals]] of the [[1719 Establishment]] at [[Portsmouth]], from where she was relaunched on 5 October 1742, and renamed '''HMS ''Princess Mary'''''.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p171" />
''Princess Mary'' served until 1766, when she was sold out of the navy.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p171" />
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==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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