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 Admiral-class battleship launched in 1886 and sold in 1909.HMS Anson (1916), a proposed Admiral-class battlecruiser, ordered in 1916 and cancelled in 1918.HMS Anson was the planned name of HMS Duke of York, but she was renamed prior to launch and the name was reassigned.HMS Anson (79), a King George V-class battleship launched in 1940 and broken up in 1957.HMS Anson (S123) is to be the fifth Astute-class submarine, currently under construction.