HMS Anson

Wrecked

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	64 guns
Wars	American War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars

64-gun ship, at the Saintes. Her captain, William Blair, was killed at the Saintes. Cut down to a 44-gun frigate in 1794, she was wrecked in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, in December 1807.

A First Rater, believed to be Nelson's flagship H.M.S. 'Victory' at anchor in Tor Bay, saluting the arrival of the frigate H.M.S. 'Anson' signed 'Luny' and dated 1807 (lower left) Lot number: /11207/lot/131/ The Marine Sale 14 Sep 2004 Photo: Thomas Luny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

64 guns

Gundeck

26 × 24-pounder guns

Upper gundeck

26 × 18-pounder guns

10 × 4-pounder guns

2 × 9-pounder guns

44 guns

8 × 12-pounder guns
4 × 42-pounder carronades
2 × 12-pounder guns
2 × 42-pounder carronades

Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	January 1774
Launched	4 September 1781
Length	159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck)
Complement	500 (as 64-gun ship); 310 officers and men (as frigate)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

4 September 1781

Battle of the Saintes

Survived

12 April 1782 · American War of Independence

Captain William Blair killed

Battle of Tory Island

Damaged

12 October 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars

Damaged in the gale

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked, 29 December 1807