Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. He was part of two Antartic explorations, the first one being the 1901-1903 the British National Antarctic Expedition - the "Discovery Expedition" as second officer aboard the relief ship, the Morning. A decade later he was captain of the expedition ship Terra Nova and second-in-c
Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. He was part of two Antartic explorations, the first one being the 1901-1903 the British National Antarctic Expedition - the "Discovery Expedition" as second officer aboard the relief ship, the Morning. A decade later he was captain of the expedition ship Terra Nova and second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913. During this voyage he became seriously ill with scurvy and almost died.
He served in the First World Wars as commander of the destroyer HMS Broke. Together with HMS Swift he engaged and defeated six German destroyers in the battle of Dover Strait, action that got him promoted to captain and got him his Distinguished Service Order.
In February 1928 he was promoted to Rear-Admiral commanding the Royal Australian Navy Fleet, in 1932 he was promoted Vice-Admiral and in 1936 he was promoted to Admiral.
In the Second World War he participated in the Norwegian Campaign. He retired from the Royal Navy on 9 January 1941, and then served as the London Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence.
In November 1945 he was made a peer of Great Britain, as Baron Mountevans.
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