| 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 |