HMS ANSON (1940)

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Career	RN Ensign
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.
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.
''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 British Pacific Fleet. In 1946 ''Anson'' sailed from Sydney to Hobart to collect the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and return them to Sydney.

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★ Maritimequest HMS Anson Photo Gallery