A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rogers, Edward
ROGERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Edward Rogers entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1803, as A.B., on board the James tender, Lieut.-Commander John Couch, on the Milford station. In Jan. 1804 he attained the rating of Midshipman; and from April, 1805, until Aug. 1811, he was employed in that capacity and as Master’s Mate in the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng. In Jan. 1806 he assisted, in command of a boat, at the debarkation of the troops prior to the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope; and in the ensuing Nov. he contributed in the boats to the capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels, in Batavia Roads. In Dec. 1811 he rejoined Capt. Byng, then Lord Torrington, on board the Warrior 74; and after serving with him for two years and seven months off Flushing and in the Baltic and West Indies, he was nominated, 26 July, 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd. On 26 Sept. following he was employed in the boats of a squadron, and was wounded, in an unsuccessful attempt made to cut out from the road of Fayal the American privateer General Armstrong a vessel whose resistance killed 34 and wounded 86 of her assailants, consisting originally of about 180 seamen and marines. He removed, 5 Nov. 1814, to the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, also in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant; but left that ship on 22 of the same month, and on 10 Feb. 1815 was advanced, officially, to his present rank. He has since been on half-pay.