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Evans served as captain of the {{UK-Implacable|f=t}} from March to July, 1917. | Evans served as captain of the {{UK-Implacable|f=t}} from March to July, 1917. | ||
He served as captain of {{UK-Leviathan}} from April | He served as captain of {{UK-Leviathan}} from April 1918, suffering a mutiny of sorts at Birkenhead on 6 October, when large number of the crew disembarked without orders. He was relieved of duty in the ship in December, having been considered to blame in the October incident.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> | ||
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Europa|f=t}} on 13 January, 1919,<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue '''41998''', col D, p. 3.</ref> but died at the station hospital in Paris of influenza while travelling to assume command.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> | He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Europa|f=t}} on 13 January, 1919,<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue '''41998''', col D, p. 3.</ref> but died at the station hospital in Paris of influenza while travelling to assume command.<ref>Evans Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/266.}} f. 296.</ref> |
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Captain Bertram Sutton Evans, M.V.O., Royal Navy (17 December, 1872 – 2 March, 1919) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Evans was a noted cricket-player, batting right-handed.
Evans was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in June, 1894.[1]
Evans was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1905.[2]
On 1 January, 1910, Evans was appointed in command of the depot ship Pandora at the Cape of Good Hope Station. In early 1912, he was severely chastised after a bad gunlayer's test in the ship manifested a "want of supervision of training & organisation for war disclosed in report." Evans was to return to England in the White Star liner Themistocles, due to arrive on 17 March, 1912. He sent a letter of explanation in February which, in the eyes of the Admiralty "did not fully exonerate him." He was appointed in command of Minerva of Third Fleet, on 11 July, but was superseded at the turn of August and joined a War Course which ran into late December, 1912.[3]
On 2 May, 1913, Evans was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Europa and Evans was promoted to the rank of Captain in June, 1913. On 5 August, 1913, he was superseded. On 17 October, 1913, Their Lordships allotted him Their severe displeasure for the "unsatisfactory manner in which he performed executive duties in Europa." He was placed on Half Pay for a period of 12 months in consequence, at which point his case would again be considered.[4]
Great War
Evans served as captain of the battleship Implacable from March to July, 1917.
He served as captain of Leviathan from April 1918, suffering a mutiny of sorts at Birkenhead on 6 October, when large number of the crew disembarked without orders. He was relieved of duty in the ship in December, having been considered to blame in the October incident.[5]
He was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Europa on 13 January, 1919,[6] but died at the station hospital in Paris of influenza while travelling to assume command.[7]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Star 6 Jan, 1900[8] – 1 Mar, 1902[Inference] |
Succeeded by Henry W. Osburn |
Preceded by Richard Sullivan |
Captain of H.M.S. Pandora 1 Jan, 1910[9] |
Succeeded by Henry C. R. Brocklebank |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Macedonia 1 Aug, 1914[10] |
Succeeded by Forster D. Arnold-Forster |
Preceded by Hughes C. Lockyer |
Captain of H.M.S. Implacable Mar, 1917[11] |
Succeeded by Kenneth B. Toms |
Preceded by Francis M. Austin |
Captain of H.M.S. Leviathan Apr, 1918[12] |
Succeeded by Frank Powell |
Preceded by Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse |
Captain of H.M.S. Europa 13 Jan, 1919[13] |
Succeeded by Michael H. Wilding |
Footnotes
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue 41998, col D, p. 3.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/266. f. 296.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 January, 1900. Issue 36028, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401o.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 831.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1919. Issue 41998, col D, p. 3.