A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hoskins, Samuel
HOSKINS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Samuel Hoskins entered the Navy, 10 July, 1803, as A.B., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker. Continuing to serve with that officer for a period of nearly seven years, he in consequence commanded a boat at the cutting-out of a brig from under the batteries of Palma – accompanied Lord Nelson in his celebrated pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West Indies – assisted, on 13 March, 1806, in company with the London 98, at the capture, after a long running fight, and a loss to the Amazon of 3 men killed and 6 wounded, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Hear- Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule – and co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Gallicia, where many of the enemy’s batteries were destroyed. On 4 April, 1810, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville; in the boats belonging to which frigate he appears to have been wounded at the capture of a privateer, off the island of Ushant, in 1812. He was advanced – after having officiated for 18 months, on board the San Juan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant at Gibraltar to Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee – to the rank of Commander 4 July, 1814; but he has not been since afloat.
Commander Hoskins married, in 1820, Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Commander Folliott, R.N. (1790), and by that lady has issue.