French ship Mars

Several ships of the French Navy have born the name Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
 * Mars (1705), broken up in 1721.
 * Mars (1740), captured by HMS Nottingham off Cape Clear in 1746 and taken into service as HMS Mars (1746). She was wrecked in 1755 near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
 * Mars (1762), wrecked in 1765.
 * Mars (1770), burnt in 1773.
 * Mars (1860), laid down in 1835 as Sceptre, renamed Masséna in 1840, redesigned as a screw steamer in 1856, launched and completed in 1860. Stricken in 1881 and used as an accommodation hulk at Toulon, renamed Mars in 1892. Broken up for scrap in 1906.