BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE
- BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE
rear-admiral, born at Ipswich, celebrated for the action between his ship Shannon, 38 guns, and the American ship Chesapeake, 49 guns, in June 1813, in which he boarded the latter and ran up the British flag; one of the most brilliant naval actions on record, and likely to be long remembered in the naval annals of the country (1776-1841).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
James Wood.
1907.
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