Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	20 July 1937
Launched:	24 February 1940
Commissioned:	22 June 1942
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Scrapped 1957 at Shipbreaking Industries, Ltd., Faslane
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement:	36,727 tons standard, 42,076 tons full
Length:	227.1 m
Beam:	31.4 m
Draught:	10.5 m
Propulsion:	110,000 hp (82 MW) to four shafts
Speed:	29.25 knots (54 km/h)
Range:	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement:	1,553-1,558 peacetime 1,900 war
Armament:	10 × 14 in (356 mm) Mk VII guns, 16 × 5.25 in (133 mm) guns, 32 × 2 lb (40 mm) anti-aircraft guns, 14 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns, 65 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
Aircraft:	2 Walrus
Motto:	Nil desperandum-One mustn´t give up hope

HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. Download high resolution version (1093x753, 58 KB)HMS Anson (Royal Navy battleship). ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on January 18 1815 (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... The BL 14 inch mk VII naval gun was designed for the ships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bofors 40mm/L60. ... The design of the Oerlikon 20mm cannon, by Reinhold Becker dates back to 1914, and is still in use today, after having been used extensively during the Second World War. ... One of the KGV battleships, HMS Prince of Wales (1941) This article is about the 1939 class. ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (April 23, 1697 - 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe. ...

Built at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend and launched in 1940, the ship was originally to be named Jellicoe, after the Grand Fleet commander at the Battle of Jutland, but she was renamed Anson in February 1940. Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. ... Wallsend is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859–November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... Combatants Royal Navy (Grand Fleet) Kaiserliche Marine (High Seas Fleet) Commanders Sir John Jellicoe, Sir David Beatty Reinhard Scheer, Franz von Hipper Strength 28 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 8 heavy cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 78 destroyers 16 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers, 61 torpedo-boats Casualties 6...

Anson saw service in the Second World War, but was the only ship of her class not to fire her guns in anger at the enemy. She was scrapped along with the other three survivors of her class in 1957. In 1945 Anson was the flag ship for the 1st battle squadron of the pacific fleet and the Japanese surrender in Tokyo bay in September 1945 was taken on board. In 1946 Anson sailed from Sydney to Hobart to collect the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and return them to Sydney.

See HMS Anson for other ships of this name. Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson: The first Anson was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773. ...

External link

• Maritimequest HMS Anson Photo Gallery