HMS Anson (1886)
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hms-anson-1886-200-10438584
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HMS Anson (1886)
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HMS Anson was the last of six Admiral-class ironclad battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1880s. The ship was completed, except for her armament, in 1887, but had to wait two years for her guns to be installed. She was assigned to the Channel Fleet in mid-1889 as a flagship for the fleet's second-in-command. Two years later, the passenger ship SS Utopia sank with the loss of 562 lives after colliding with Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar. In mid-1893, Anson was transferred to the Medite
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Admiral-class battleship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Anson_(1886)
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2024-02-19T21:16:01Z
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