HMS Anson (1747)

{{short description|Fourth-rate ship of the line}}

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|Ship image=Proposal for 1745 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rates. RMG J3473.jpg

|Ship caption=Anson

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|Ship country=Great Britain

|Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg

|Ship name=HMS Anson

|Ship ordered=6 August 1745

|Ship builder=Ewer, Bursledon

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|Ship launched=10 October 1747

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|Ship fate=Sold, 1773

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|Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 173.

|Ship class=1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line

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|Ship length={{convert|150|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)

|Ship beam={{convert|42|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

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|Ship hold depth={{convert|18|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship

|Ship propulsion=Sails

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|Ship armament=*60 guns:

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

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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 EwerBritish History Online, Bursledon. to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 10 October 1747.

Anson served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy.

Today, a model of the ship appears on a monument to Ewer in Bursledon parish church.

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References

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  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
  • William Page (editor) (1908) [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41969 'Parishes: Bursledon', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 283-84.] British History Online. Retrieved 29 June 2007.

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{{1745 Establishment ships|1745}}

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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy

Category:1747 ships

Category:Ships built on the River Hamble

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