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Revision as of 12:12, 16 December 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
Bibliography
Service Records
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Richard W. U. Bayly |
Captain of H.M.S. Mohawk 30 Jul, 1914[5] |
Succeeded by Harold D. Adair-Hall |
Preceded by John P. Gibbs |
Captain of H.M.S. Viking 3 Dec, 1914[6] |
Succeeded by Henry G. L. Oliphant |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Seymour 11 Nov, 1916[7] |
Succeeded by Edward O. Gladstone |
Preceded by Edward O. Gladstone |
Captain of H.M.S. Broke Dec, 1916[8] |
Succeeded by Bertram H. Ramsay |
Preceded by Gordon Campbell |
Captain of H.M.S. Active 3 Apr, 1918[9] |
Succeeded by James W. Fairlough |
Preceded by John W. Carrington |
Captain of H.M.S. Carlisle 15 Dec, 1920[10] |
Succeeded by Gerald C. Dickens |
Preceded by Herbert W. W. Hope |
Captain of H.M.S. Repulse Jun, 1926[11] |
Succeeded by Theodore J. Hallett |
Preceded by Hugh J. Tweedie |
Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station 1933 – 1935 |
Succeeded by Francis W. L. Tottenham |
Preceded by Sir Hugh J. Tweedie |
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore Dec, 1935[Citation needed] |
Succeeded by Henry J. S. Brownrigg |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 357.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 104-5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 357.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 398.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391y.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 723.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.