&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Anson_August_2022.jpg) HMS Anson in Barrow-in-Furness (August 2022)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Anson |
| Namesake | George Anson, 1st Baron Anson |
| Ordered | March 2010 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Submarine Solutions |
| Cost | £1.420B (budget)[3] |
| Laid down | 13 October 2011 |
| Launched | 20 April 2021 |
| Sponsored by | Julie Weale |
| Christened | 11 December 2020 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 2022[1] |
| In service | TBD[2] |
| Identification | Pennant number: S123 |
| Motto | Nil desperandum (Never despair) |
| Honours and awards | Four inherited battle honours |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Anson_badge.jpg){kind=icon} |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Astute-class fleet submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 97 m (318 ft 3 in)[4][5] |
| Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)[4][5] |
| Draught | 10 m (32 ft 10 in)[4][5] |
| Propulsion | Rolls-Royce PWR 2 reactor, MTU 600 kilowatt diesel generators |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph), submerged[4][5] |
| Range | Unlimited[6] |
| Endurance | 90 days[6] |
| Test depth | Over 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
| Complement | 98 (capacity for 109)[4] |
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HMS Anson is the fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy. She is the eighth vessel of the Royal Navy to bear the name, after Admiral George Anson.
- ^ "PM speech at the Commissioning of HMS Anson: 31 August 2022". 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence HMS Audacious". parliament.uk. UK Hansard. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
The delay to the delivery of Audacious will have some impact on the schedule for the next Astute Class, Anson.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence Major Projects Report 2015 and the Equipment Plan 2015 to 2025" (PDF). National Audit Office. 22 October 2015. p. 43.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1904459552.
- ^ a b c d e f "Astute-class attack submarines". royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "BAE Systems - Astute class submarines". baesystems.com. BAE Systems. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy". Ministry of Defence. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2011.