The announcement that "Rear-[Admiral E. R.'G. R, Evans has been appointed the next Commander-in-(Chief of the Africa "Station will be lof particular interest to Shanghai. Famous for hic fight in the Straits lof Dover, when the men of his ship, HAL. Broke boarded a German destroyer in the old style, he Formed heroic and spectacular feat on March 7, 1921 when holding ing Catliele, in rescuing the rank of Captain and command-
survivors on the str. Hong, Moh, which had gone ashore on White Rock, Lamock Island, on March 3. He went off:0 the wreck in a motorboat with a cutter in tow, and succeeded in getting almost along-ide the vessel, despite the heavy seas running. There were then still few survivors in the forecastle (many tind been picked up by other hips), to0 exhausted to save themselves! "Capt, Evans stripped and swam to the ship with a lifeline fand thus saved all but one of those folio, by this time had been clinging the wreck for two Tater [ie got alongside. the: main part of the wreck and, when the propeller lof the. motorboat fouled some: orcekage, again stripped and clear-led the propellen with the ald of an ble seaman. Capt, Evans' exertions resulted in saving about " hundred
iquentiy recognised when Hen, and his gallantry wae eabae, Swarded him a special gold medal Jand. he received of silver medal.
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