| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Armed Yacht |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 009 |
| Built by | Camper & Nicholsons Ltd. (Gosport, England, U.K.) ; MAN |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 1931 |
| Commissioned | |
| End service | 17 Oct 1945 |
| History | Displacement: 663 tons. Completed in June 1931. Requisitioned by the Admiralty September 1939. Served in A/S role. Paid off on 17 October 1945. Returned in January 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Evadne (FY 009)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. (retired) James Cantrell Johnstone Soutter, RN | 9 Sep 1939 | 23 Apr 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. (retired) William Gabbett Ashton Shuttleworth, RN | 23 Apr 1940 | 30 Jun 1940 |
| 3 | Capt. (Retd.) John Palmer Landon, RN | 30 Jun 1940 | 11 Nov 1940 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Thomas Christopher Bowstead, RN | 11 Nov 1940 | 30 May 1942 |
| 5 | T/Lt. Harold Norman Taylor, RNR | 30 May 1942 | 20 Nov 1944 |
| 6 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Norman Henry Richards, RNR | 20 Nov 1944 | 17 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Evadne include:
20 Mar 1944
Around 0630A/20, HMS Torbay (Lt. R.J. Clutterbuck, RN) and ORP Sokol (Kpt.mar. (Lt.Cdr.) J.K.S. Koziolkowski, DSC) departed Gibraltar for Plymouth. The submarines were escorted by the armed yacht HMS Evadne (T/Lt. H.N. Taylor, RNR) until 0200A/24. (1)
24 Mar 1944
Around 1400 hours (zone -1), HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR), HMS Tradewind (Lt.Cdr. S.L.C. Maydon, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Sirdar (Lt. J.A. Spender, RN), made rendez-vous with their escort towards Gibraltar, HMS Evadne (T/Lt. H.N. Taylor, RNR). (2)
20 Dec 1944
HMS Vampire (Lt. C.W. Taylor, RNR) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar with HMS Cyclamen (T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Frogbrook, RNR), HMS Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR) and aircraft. (3)
19 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-300 was badly damaged in the Strait of Gibraltar, in position 35°54'N, 05°43'W, by depth charges from the British armed yacht HMS Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR). The U-boat was subsequently sunk by gunfire from the British minesweepers HMS Recruit (A/Cdr. A.E. Doran, DSC, RN) and HMS Pincher (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.B. Blake, RNVR) on 22 February.
22 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-300 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Cadiz, in position 36°29'N, 08°20'W, by gunfire from the British minesweepers HMS Recruit (A/Cdr. A.E. Doran, DSC, RN) and HMS Pincher (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.B. Blake, RNVR), after being badly damaged by depth charges from the British armed yacht HMS Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR) on 19 February.
Sources
- ADM 199/1854 + ADM 199/1868
- ADM 199/1815
- ADM 173/19345
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.