HMS Anson (1747)

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Anson
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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Anson
Ordered6 August 1745
BuilderEwer, Bursledon
Launched10 October 1747
FateSold, 1773
General characteristics [1]
Class and type 1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Length150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Anson was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Bursledon by Philemon Ewer [2] to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 10 October 1747. [1]

Anson served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy. [1]

Today, a model of the ship appears on a monument to Ewer in Bursledon parish church. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 173.
  2. 1 2 British History Online, Bursledon.

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