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Revision as of 16:46, 10 May 2014

Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans, C.B., (28 October, 1881 – 20 August, 1957) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Evans was appointed in command of the Active.[Citation needed]

On 30 July, 1914, Evans was appointed in command of the destroyer Mohawk.[1]

On the night of 20-21 April, 1917, he commanded the flotilla leader Broke during the Second Battle of Dover Strait when that ship rammed a German destroyer and was torpedoed but remained afloat.[2]

After the war, he was appointed in command of light cruiser Carlisle on 15 December 1920,[3] and personally assisted in the rescue of survivors from a wrecked passenger ship off south China in 1921.

He was appointed command of the battlecruiser Repulse in June 1926.[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (October, 1914), p. 357.
  2. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 104-5.
  3. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 741.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

Service Records

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