Eight ships or submarines of the

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have been named HMS ''Anson'', after Admiral George Anson: * , a 60-gun

fourth rate In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...

launched in 1747 and sold in 1773. * , 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. * , a 64-gun

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launched in 1781, cut down around 1794 to a large frigate of 44 guns and wrecked in 1807. * , a 74-gun third-rate, used on harbour service from 1831, as a convict ship from 1844 and was broken up in 1851. * , a 91-gun screw-propelled

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launched in 1860, renamed ''Algiers'' in 1883 and broken up in 1904. * , an launched in 1886 and sold in 1909. * , a proposed , ordered in 1916 and cancelled in 1918. * HMS ''Anson'' was the planned name of , but she was renamed prior to launch and the name was reassigned. * , a battleship launched in 1940 and broken up in 1957. ** , a battleship launched in 1911 and sunk as a

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in 1944, was disguised as HMS ''Anson'' (79) as part of Operation Vigorous. * , the fifth , launched on 20 April 2021.

Battle honours

Ships named ''Anson'' have earned the following

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: * The Saints, 1782 * Donegal, 1798 * Curacoa, 1807 *

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Battle honours

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