HMS Anson

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:

  • The first Anson was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773.
  • The second Anson was a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774.
  • The third Anson, launched in 1781, was a small two-decker 64-gun third-rate cut down (razeed) around 1794 to a large frigate of 44 guns. She was wrecked in Mount's Bay in 1807.
  • The fourth Anson was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1812, used as a convict ship from 1844 and broken up in 1851.
  • The fifth Anson was a 91-gun screw-propelled battleship launched in 1860, renamed Algiers in 1883 and broken up in 1904.
  • The sixth Anson, launched in 1886, was an Admiral-class battleship sold in 1909.
  • Anson, a proposed Admiral class battlecruiser, was ordered in 1916 and cancelled in 1918.
  • The seventh Anson (79), launched in 1940, was a King George V-class battleship. (She swapped names with Duke of York before launch.) She was broken up in 1957.

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