Talk:HMS Anson (79)

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From a quick read through, I spotted two inaccuracies in this article: The sentence fragment "Having never fired her guns against an enemy ship" seems out of place and the sequence of events which followed her return to the UK in 1946 is confusing as the two short paras on this seem to not be in a chronological sequence. Nick-D (talk) 00:10, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * "Anson was decommissioned for refit in June 1944 and did not return to the fleet until March 1944" - I presume that the second date should be March 1945?
 * Oops, don't know how I missed that. Thurgate (talk) 00:16, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * "She left Sydney on 15 August for Hong Kong, where, she accepted the surrender of the Japanese forces occupying Hong Kong and deployed a garrison there for protection and to help clear up the last Japanese resistance and reinstate public services" - was there really any Japanese resistance in Hong Kong? - this seems rather unlikely given that there wasn't any elsewhere from a few days after the Japanese surrender was announced. It should also be noted here that she was part of a force of ships which took part in this operation - the current text strongly implies that she was operating by herself.
 * Deleted the Japanese resistance bit, and added the ship that was with her. Thurgate (talk) 00:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Deleted the problem section and re-ordered the para's see if you think it works now. Also thanks for having a look at the article! Thurgate (talk) 00:25, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

The section on the light AA armament is simply incorrect, see Chesneau, p. 60. The service section is awfully cursory and needs more details like which convoys she covered, etc. Though I'm not sure that this is enough to deny B-class. This really needs to be fleshed out for anything higher, though. Use Konstam as little as possible!--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:37, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops, Once I get my hands on R & R I can sort out the AA section, and I'll take a look at Rowher's book for all the convoy details etc. Thurgate (talk) 00:24, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Reassessed now that you've fixed the AA problem.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 11:40, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Anson at Tokyo?
The statement that Anson was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945 is sourced to Chesneau, but I think he is in error. Anson is not listed on the official report detailing the ships present in the bay at the surrender, because Anson was at this time in Hong Kong, nearly 3,000 km away. She arrived with Cecil Harcourt and his fleet off Hong Kong on 29 August, Harcourt flying his flag in Swiftsure while Anson was the flagship of Charles Daniel. They entered the harbour on 30 August, and remained there during the transition of power which resulted in the offical signing of the surrender on 16 September. She remained the Hong Kong guardship until October, when she sailed to Tokyo Bay to relieve King George V as the Tokyo guardship and as the flagship of the Fleet's First Battle Squadron. Anson was in turn relieved by Duke of York in December, and returned to Sydney for a refit. 82.39.49.182 (talk) 18:01, 8 November 2018 (UTC)