Anson 1942

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Name:	ANSON
Type:	Battleship
Keel:	20/07/1937
Launched:	24/02/1940
Completed:	22/06/1942
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	1553
Dimensions:	36730disp - 42080disp, 700.0 x 103.0 x 29.0(draft)ft
Engines:	4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 110300shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	4 x Screws, 28.25knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	2 x 4 x 14.0ins, 1 x 2 x 14.0ins, 8 x 2 x 5.25ins DP, 4 x 8 x 2pdr AA guns;
	4 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns; 3 x aircraft, 1 x catapult
History:
22/06/1942	British Royal Navy
17/12/1957	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the King George V Class of battleships
	Laid down as JELLICO
	By the end of WW2 her AA armament was 8 x 8 x 2pdr; 4 x 4 x 2pdr,
	2 x 4 x 40mm, 8 x 2 x 20mm and 24 x 1 x 20mm guns
	17/12/1957: Sold to Shipbreaking Industries for breaking up at Faslane

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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

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Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo, showing ANSON being towed from the Gareloch to Faslane 18/12/1957, is courtesy of George Robinson