Henry Francis Evans

Captain Henry Francis Evans ( – 21 July 1781) was a British Royal Navy officer who fought with distinction in the American Revolutionary War.

He fought in the Penobscot Expedition, the Siege of Charleston and the Battle of Cape Breton, where he was killed in action and later buried in St. Paul's Church (Halifax).

In August, with Collier embarked, Raisonnable sailed to Penobscot, where British forces were under heavy siege.

In January 1780, Raisonnable was part of Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot's squadron which took part in the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, although Raisonnable, along with the 5 other third rates in the squadron, was sent back to New York before the siege began.

[3] The convoy was off the harbor of Spanish River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (present-day Sydney, Nova Scotia), or Île Royale, when it came under attack from two French frigates Astrée, commanded by La Pérouse, and Hermione, commanded by Latouche Tréville, resulting in the Naval battle of Louisbourg.