Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans

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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
Edward O. Gladstone
Captain of H.M.S. Broke
Dec, 1916[7] – ?
Succeeded by
Bertram H. Ramsay
Preceded by
Gordon Campbell
Captain of H.M.S. Active
3 Apr, 1918[8] – ?
Succeeded by
James W. Fairlough
Preceded by
John W. Carrington
Captain of H.M.S. Carlisle
15 Dec, 1920[9] – ?
Succeeded by
Gerald C. Dickens
Preceded by
Herbert W. W. Hope
Captain of H.M.S. Repulse
Jun, 1926[10] – ?
Succeeded by
Theodore J. Hallett

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.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 357.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  7. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391y.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 723.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 741.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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