HMS Anson

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
 * HMS Anson (1747), a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773.
 * HMS Anson (1763), a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774.
 * 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.
 * HMS Anson (1886), an launched in 1886 and sold in 1909.
 * HMS Anson (1916), a proposed, ordered in 1916 and cancelled in 1918.
 * HMS Anson was the planned name of HMS Duke of York (17), but she was renamed prior to launch and the name was reassigned.
 * HMS Anson (79), a battleship launched in 1940 and broken up in 1957.
 * HMS Anson (S123) is to be the fifth, currently under construction.