Seven ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War...

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, a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773., a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774., a 64-gun third rate 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 battleship launched in 1860, renamed Algiers in 1883 and broken up in 1904., an Admiral-class

Admiral class battleship

The British Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought Admiral class battleships of the 1880s followed the pattern of the Devastation class in having the main armament on centre-line mounts with the superstructure in between. This pattern was followed by most following British designs until in 1906...

 battleship

Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...

 launched in 1886 and sold in 1909.

• HMS Anson, a proposed Admiral class
  Admiral class battlecruiser
  The Admiral-class battlecruisers were a class of four British Royal Navy battlecruisers designed near the end of World War I. Their design began as a improved version of the s, but it was recast as a battlecruiser after Admiral John Jellicoe, commander of the Grand Fleet, pointed out that there was...
  
   battlecruiser
  Battlecruiser
  Battlecruisers were large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century. They were developed in the first decade of the century as the successor to the armoured cruiser, but their evolution was more closely linked to that of the dreadnought battleship...
  
  , 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 King George V-class
  King George V class battleship (1939)
  The King George V-class battleships were the most modern British battleships used during World War II. Five ships of this class were built and commissioned: King George V , Prince of Wales , Duke of York , Howe , and Anson .The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 limiting all of the number,...
  
   battleship launched in 1940 and broken up in 1957. is to be the fifth Astute class
  Astute class submarine
  The Astute-class is the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. The class sets a new standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth. The boats are being constructed by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions at...
  
  submarine, currently under construction.