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William Blake Fisher
William Blake
Fisher
was a
Royal
Navy officer
.
Naval career
Fisher was
promoted
to
lieutenant
in the
Royal Navy
on
30 January
1877
.
Promoted
to
captain
on
31 December
1896
, he was given command of the
battleship
HMS
Anson
at
Queensferry
in
1902
and, having been promoted to
rear admiral
on
23 November
1906
, went on to be
second-in-command
of the
Atlantic Fleet
in
1908
.