Sport and General Photo. REAR-ADMIRAL EVANS, V.C., Who lias been appointed to the command of the Australian Navy, and is expected to take up his duties on 16th May. RearAdmiral Evans won undying fame on the night of 20th April, 1917. when his ship the Broke, with the Swift, met and defeated six German destroyers which had begun a bombardment of Dover. Ever since then he has been referred to as "Evans of the Broke."
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1929, Page 12
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75Sport and General Photo. REAR-ADMIRAL EVANS, V.C., Who lias been appointed to the command of the Australian Navy, and is expected to take up his duties on 16th May. Rear-Admiral Evans won undying fame on the night of 20th April, 1917. when his ship the Broke, with the Swift, met and defeated six German destroyers which had begun a bombardment of Dover. Ever since then he has been referred to as "Evans of the Broke." Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1929, Page 12
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