A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Brokensha, Samuel
BROKENSHA. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 22; h-p., 19.)
Samuel Brokensha entered the Navy, 25 March, 1806, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Mars 74, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Wm. Lukin, stationed off the coast of France, where he assisted at the capture, on 28 July following, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men; and, on 25 Sept. in the same year, was with Sir Sam. Hood’s squadron at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, two of which, the Gloire 46, and Infatigable 44, struck to the Mars. In July, 1807, he removed to the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter Halkett, and in that ship he attended both the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen under Lord Gambier, and that to the Walcheren under Sir Rich. Strachan in Aug. 1809. In May, 1810, Mr. Brokensha became Midshipman of the Bedford 74, Capt. Jas. Walker, in which ship we find him employed in the North Sea, West Indies, and off Bordeaux, until discharged in Sept. 1814. He obtained his commission 16 March, 1815; was afterwards attached, from 6 Dec. 1824, until 1831, to the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capts. Wm M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot, for the purposes of the Coast Blockade; and, on 31 March in the latter year, obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard, in which service he continued – with the exception of a period of three years, from 11 June, 1833, to June, 1836, when he held command of the Lively Revenue vessel, on the coast of England – until 1838. He has not since been employed.