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− | '''Claude Baynard Evans''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | {{CommRN}} '''Claude Baynard Evans''', R.N., Retired (17 February, 1885 – 13 November, 1941) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
− | + | Borin in Ewell Grove, Ewell, the son of Sir David Evans, K.C.M.G.. | |
− | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{ | + | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1907. |
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Evans was appointed in command of the {{UK-Nith|f=t}} on 27 March, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 350}} | Evans was appointed in command of the {{UK-Nith|f=t}} on 27 March, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 350}} | ||
On 1 August, 1914, Evans was appointed in command of the {{UK-Liffey|f=t}}.{{NLJan15|p. 348}} | On 1 August, 1914, Evans was appointed in command of the {{UK-Liffey|f=t}}.{{NLJan15|p. 348}} | ||
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+ | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1915. | ||
+ | Four months after the loss of his command {{UK-Primula}} on 1 March, 1916, Evans began a year as Assistant to Inspector of Merchant Shipping. On 19 June, 1917, he was sent to work at the Trade Division at the Admiralty. | ||
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+ | Evans was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit due to chronic gastritis on 22 May, 1919 but continued at the Trade Division until 1 October, 1919. | ||
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+ | Evans was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} (retired) on 17 February, 1925. | ||
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+ | ==World War II== | ||
+ | Evans was called up in late August 1939 and sent to Burnham-on-Sea Radio Station for censorship duties, vice Leslie. | ||
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+ | He was surveyed 11 December 1940 and found unfit for sea service. | ||
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+ | The second page of his ADM 196/50 Service Record is found with that of [[George Pilkington]]. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Claude+Baynard+Evans Service Records] | * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Claude+Baynard+Evans Service Records] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 6 April 2022
Commander Claude Baynard Evans, R.N., Retired (17 February, 1885 – 13 November, 1941) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Borin in Ewell Grove, Ewell, the son of Sir David Evans, K.C.M.G..
Evans was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1907.
Evans was appointed in command of the destroyer Nith on 27 March, 1913.[1]
On 1 August, 1914, Evans was appointed in command of the destroyer Liffey.[2]
Evans was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1915. Four months after the loss of his command Primula on 1 March, 1916, Evans began a year as Assistant to Inspector of Merchant Shipping. On 19 June, 1917, he was sent to work at the Trade Division at the Admiralty.
Evans was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit due to chronic gastritis on 22 May, 1919 but continued at the Trade Division until 1 October, 1919.
Evans was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) on 17 February, 1925.
World War II
Evans was called up in late August 1939 and sent to Burnham-on-Sea Radio Station for censorship duties, vice Leslie.
He was surveyed 11 December 1940 and found unfit for sea service.
The second page of his ADM 196/50 Service Record is found with that of George Pilkington.
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Guy P. Bowles |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 053 31 May, 1910[3] – 2 Aug, 1910[4] |
Succeeded by Thomas C. MacGill |
Preceded by Owen T. H. Phillips |
Captain of H.M.S. Nith 27 Mar, 1913[5] – Jul, 1914 |
Succeeded by Malcolm L. Goldsmith |
Preceded by Herbert R. L. Edwards |
Captain of H.M.S. Liffey 1 Aug, 1914[6][7] – 4 Dec, 1915 |
Succeeded by Cuthbert P. Blake |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Primula 18 Dec, 1915 – 29 Feb, 1916[8] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 348.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/39. f. ?.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/39. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 20, 1914; pg. 6; Issue 40580.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395l.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 54.