HMS Anson (1747)

History

Great Britain
Name:	HMS Anson
Ordered:	6 August 1745
Builder:	Ewer, Bursledon
Launched:	10 October 1747
Fate:	Sold, 1773
General characteristics
Class and type:	1745 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Length:	150 ft (45.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	42 ft 8 in (13.0 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounders Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

HMS Anson was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Bursledon by Philemon Ewer to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 10 October 1747.

Anson served until 1773, when she was sold out of the navy.

Today, a model of the ship appears on a monument to Ewer in Bursledon parish church.