HMS Anson (1812)

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Anson
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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Anson
Ordered2 November 1807
BuilderSteemson, Hull
Launched11 May 1812
FateBroken up, 1851
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1742 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Anson was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 May 1812 at Hull. [1]

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She was placed on harbour service in 1839, then transported 499 male convicts to Hobart in 1844. For the next seven years, she served as a probation ship for female convicts in Hobart, before ultimately being broken up there in 1851. [1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.

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