HMS Anson

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

• HMS Anson (1747), a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773.
• HMS Anson (1763), a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774.
• HMS Anson (1781), a 64-gun third rate launched in 1781, cut down around 1794 to a large frigate of 44 guns and wrecked in 1807.
• HMS Anson (1812), 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 (1860), a 91-gun screw-propelled battleship launched in 1860, renamed Algiers in 1883 and broken up in 1904.
• HMS Anson (1886), an Admiral-class ironclad launched in 1886 and sold in 1909.
• HMS Anson (1916), a proposed Admiral-class battlecruiser, 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.
• HMS Anson (S123) is to be the fifth Astute-class submarine, currently under construction.

Battle honours

Ships named Anson have earned the following battle honours:[note 1]

• The Saints, 1782
• Donegal, 1798
• Curacoa, 1807
• Arctic, 1942−43

Note

1. In the Royal Navy, and other Commonwealth navies that follow the traditions of the RN, battle honours awarded to a ship are inherited by subsequent ships to bear the same name, and are displayed on the ship's honours board.[1]

References

1. "Battle Honours of RN ships & Naval Air Squadrons". Royal Navy Research Archive.

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.