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Name: ANSON
Type: Battlecruiser
Keel: 09/11/1916
Launched: n/a
Completed: n/a
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard:
Yard Number: 909
Dimensions: 45470 - 46200disp, 810.0 x 104.0 x 28.3(draft)ft
Engines: 4 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 144000shp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 4 x Screws, 31.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 4 x 2 x 15.0ins, 16 x 1 x 5.5ins, 4 x 1 x 4.0 QF, 4 x 1 x 3pdr guns;
2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes
History:
British Royal Navy
Cancelled
Comments: Member of the Admiral Class of battlecruisers
Sister to the ill fated HOOD which was the only one of the class completed
09/03/1917: Building suspended as war priorities changed
17/03/1919: Order cancelled
Presumably broken up on the berth