HMS Anson

Eight ships or submarines 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 that was constructed by the French as L'Iroquois in 1759. The British captured the ship in 1760 and renamed her Anson. In 1763 Anson struck a shoal off Susan Island, New York. in the Saint Lawrence River and sank. 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 Centurion (1911), a King George V-class battleship launched in 1911 and sunk as a breakwater in 1944, was disguised as HMS Anson (79) as part of Operation Vigorous. HMS Anson (S123), the fifth Astute-class submarine, launched on 20 April 2021.