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Name: | HMS Anson |
Ordered: | 6 August 1745 |
Builder: | Ewer, Bursledon |
Launched: | 10 October 1747 |
Fate: | Sold, 1773 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1,197 long tons (1,216.2 t) |
Length: | 150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m) |
Depth of hold: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
60 guns:
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HMS Anson was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Bursledon by Philemon Ewer[2] to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 10 October 1747.[1]
Anson served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy.[1]
Today, a model of the ship appears on a monument to Ewer in Bursledon parish church.[2]
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