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|name=Anson
|launch=17 Feb, 1886{{Conways1860|p. 29}}
|builder=[[Pembroke Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 29}}
|laid=24 Apr, 1883{{Conways1860|p. 29}}
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Completed in 1889, '''H.M.S. ''Anson''''' was one of six [[Admiral Class Battleship (1882)|"Admiral" class battleships]].

==Construction==
Three of her 13.5" guns arrived from Woolwich in the steamer ''Stanley'' on 18 February, 1889, and were installed at Portsmouth on 19 February.  The fourth big gun was carried in the War Department steamer ''Hartington''.{{NMI|20 February, 1889.  p. 12}}

==Service==

==Radio==
In 1891, she was serving as the second flagship in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]].{{NLMar91|p. 198}}

In 1901, while serving in the Reserve Squadron, she had or was slated to receive a [[Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus Mark II|"1 to 52" W/T set]].{{ARTS1901|p. 111}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bouverie Francis Clark|nick=Bouverie F. Clark|appt=28 May, 1889<ref>Clark Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/749.}} ff. 231, 223.</ref>{{NLApr91|p. 198}}|end=16 June, 1891<ref>Clark Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/749.}} ff. 231, 223.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=16 June, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 198}}|end=20 June, 1893}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Ward Dowding|nick=Herbert W. Dowding|appt=12 September, 1893<ref>Dowding Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/15/367.|}} f. 364.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 198}}|end=26 August, 1895<ref>Dowding Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/15/367.|}} f. 364.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederick Stanley Mann|nick=William F. S. Mann|appt=22 July, 1895<ref>Mann Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/151.}} ff. 886, 855.</ref>{{NLMar96|p. 198}}|ass=17 August, 1895<ref>Mann Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/151.}} ff. 886, 855.</ref>|end=1 October, 1897<ref>Mann Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/151.}} ff. 886, 855.</ref>|note=invalided}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Wilson|nick=William Wilson|appt=1 October, 1897{{NLFeb00|p. 224}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Blake Fisher|nick=William B. Fisher|appt=29 August, 1901<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 459.</ref>|end=16 September, 1903<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 459.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway|nick=Arthur A. C. Galloway|appt=4 September, 1903<ref>Galloway Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 499.</ref>|ass=16 September, 1903<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 459.</ref>|end=6 May, 1904<ref>Galloway Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 139/276.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Anson_(1886)}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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