HMS Anson

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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.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
• {{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 {{sclass2|Admiral|ironclad}} launched in 1886 and sold in 1909.
• {{HMS|Anson|1916}}, a proposed {{sclass2|Admiral|battlecruiser}}, ordered in 1916 and cancelled in 1918.
• HMS Anson was the planned name of {{HMS|Duke of York|17|6}}, but she was renamed prior to launch and the name was reassigned.
• {{HMS|Anson|79}}, a {{sclass|King George V|battleship|0||1939}} battleship launched in 1940 and broken up in 1957.
• {{HMS|Centurion|1911}}, a {{sclass|King George V|battleship|0||1911}} 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 {{sclass|Astute|submarine}}, launched on 20 April 2021.{{cite web |title=Fifth state-of-the-art Astute submarine is launched |url=https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/fifth-state-of-the-art-astute-submarine-is-launched |website=BAE Systems International |access-date=20 April 2021}}