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]
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.
^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.[2]
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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]
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.
^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.[2]
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.