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| Name | Anson (1860) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched | 15 September 1860 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 245 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw | Men | 860 |
| Builders measure | 3336 tons | ||
| Displacement | 5500 tons | ||
| Guns | 91 | ||
| Fate | 1904 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | Revenge | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/12 | ||
| Career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| Never fitted for sea | |||
| 15 September 1860 | Launched at Woolwich Dockyard | ||
| (1860) | Sheerness | ||
| 11 January 1883 | Renamed Algiers | ||
| 15 July 1893 - 15 March 1896 | Commanded by Captain Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Guard Ship of Reserve, Chatham | ||
| 2 September 1899 | Flagship of Rear-Admiral Swinton Colchurst Holland, Admiral Superintendant of Chatham Dockyard | ||
| April 1904 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton | ||
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