A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evans, Raymond
EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1815, f-p., 19; h-p., 23.)
Raymond Evans entered tjie Navy, 11 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rose 18, Capts. Lucius Curtis, Philip Pipon, and Thos. Mansell, employed on the Mediterranean, Channel, and Baltic stations. He rejoined Capt. Curtis, as Midshipman, in 1809, on board the Magicienne frigate, in which he visited the Cape of Good Hope; and during the last four years of the war he served, on various stations, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross, Actaeon brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge. Obtaining his commission 13 Feb. 1815, he was afterwards appointed – 8 July, 1819, to the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, fitting at Chatham – 16 Jan. 1820, to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, on the South American and West India stations – 3 Oct. 1821, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, lying at Sheerness – 26 Nov. 1822, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Geo. Fred. Rich, in which ship he proceeded to the West Indies – 23 Dec. 1825, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, at Portsmouth – and, 1 Aug. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Badger 10, commanded, on the Cork station, by Capt. Chas. Crowdy. Since 1828 he has been unemployed. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.