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Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Evers, Anton F. M.

Personal Information

Full Name:

Anton Ferdinand Mazanti Evers

Date of Birth:

December 9, 1857

Place of Birth:

Vejle, Jutland

Family
Relations:

Son of merchant Christian Malthe Evers and wife Flora Eggertine Evers, born Mazanti

Marriage:

Married to Marie Alexandra Evers, born Lindholm

Promotions

Date:

Promotion:

1874

Naval Cadet

August 21, 1878

Sub lieutenant (awarded HM the King's Sword of Honor)

June, 30, 1880

Lieutenant

March 19, 1894

Commander

March 15, 1905

Captain

March 9, 1914

Rear Admiral

April 27, 1918

Vice Admiral

Orders, Decorations & Distinctions

Date:

Order, Decoration or Distinction:

August 21, 1878

HM the King's Sword of Honor

April 8, 1893

Officer of the Order of the Dannebroge

July 27, 1900

Silver Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebroge

September 12, 1911

Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

January 24, 1917

Knight Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

September 26. 1920

Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebroge

Military Service

Date:

Military Service:

1878

Service on the schooner INGOLF in the Atlantic

1879-1880

Service on the corvette DAGMAR at the Danish West Indies

1883-1885

In English service

1886-1905

Aide-de-camp to Prince Valdemar

1890

1st Officer on the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG

1891

1st Officer on the schooner INGOLF to Iceland

1892

1st Officer on the schooner ABSALON

1893 and 1894

1st Officer on the Royal Yacht DANNEBROG

1894-1895

1st Officer on the corvette DAGMAR (The Mediterranean area)

1895 and 1896

1st Officer on the schooner INGOLF on surveying and nautical research in the Davis Strait off Greenland

1897

On the coast defense ship HELGOLAND

1898-1900

Third in Command on the cruiser VALKYRIEN (On an expedition to East Asia)

1901 and 1902

1st Officer on the coast defense ship HERLUF TROLLE

1903

Commanding Officer (CO) of the cruiser HEKLA (Guard vessel off Iceland)

1904 and 1905

CO of the cruiser HEJMDAL (Training Ship for Naval Cadets and on an expedition to the Mediterranean)

1905-1912

CO of the Naval Cadet Academy ("Kadetskolen")

1911

CO of the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER

1912-1913

CO of the coast defense ship OLFERT FISCHER

1913-1914

CO of the cruiser VALKYRIEN (On expedition to the Mediterranean)

March 9, 1914

Chief in Command (CinC) of the Naval Floating Defense Squadron at Copenhagen (in Danish, "Den flydende Defensionseskadre")

April 11, 1918

CinC of the Naval General Headquarters (in Danish, "Flaadens Overkommando") for the Danish partly mobilized Forces (in Danish, "Sikringsstyrken")

April 27, 1918

Supreme Admiral of the Navy; Inspector General of the Navy and Chief in Command of the Naval Officer's Corps

March 31, 1923

Honor full discharge due to age

Other Achievements

Date:

Achievement:

1915

Board member of the Danish steamship company ORIENT

Additional Comments

None

Death

Date:

Cemetery:

October 10, 1951

Funeral service held at the Naval Church ("Holmens kirke") in Copenhagen; He was buried at the Tranebjerg Cemetery on the small island of Samsoe.

Sources:

&

Danske Søofficerer 1933-1982, edited by S. E. Pontoppidan and J. Teisen, published by Søe-Lieutenant-Selskabet, Copenhagen, 1984

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Det Danske Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919

&

Officerer i den Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II, by Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard, H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen, 1935

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography