- HMS Anson
Seven ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Anson", after Admiral George Anson:* HMS "Anson", a 60-gun
fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773.
* HMS "Anson", a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774.
* HMS "Anson", a 64-gunthird rate launched in 1781, cut down around 1794 to a large frigate of 44 guns and wrecked in 1807.
* HMS "Anson", a 74-gun third-rate, used on harbour service from 1831, as a convict ship from 1844 and was broken up in 1851.
* HMS "Anson", a 91-gun screw-propelled battleship launched in 1860, renamed "Algiers" in 1883 and broken up in 1904.
* HMS "Anson", an Admiral-classbattleship launched in 1886 and sold in 1909.
* HMS "Anson", a proposed Admiral classbattlecruiser , ordered in 1916 and cancelled in 1918.
* HMS "Anson" was the planned name of HMS "Duke of York", but she was renamed prior to launch and the name was reassigned.
* HMS "Anson" (79), a "King George V"-class battleship launched in 1940 and broken up in 1957.References
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