A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rogers, Thomas
ROGERS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
Thomas Rogers entered the Navy, 13 June, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. John Laugharne, bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower at Newfoundland, where he continued to serve as Midshipman in the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral John Holloway, until Jan. 1810. He then joined the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, under whom we find him, in Dec. of the same year, co-operating in the reduction of the Isle of France, and, in Aug. and Sept. 1811, assisting at the capture of Java. In April, 1812, he was transferred to the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs; on his return to Europe he became, in Oct. 1814, Admiralty-Midshipman of the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, attached to the force in the Mediterranean; and on the receipt, in Sept. 1815, of his commission, bearing date 6 of the preceding March, he removed to the Larne 20, Capt. Abraham Lowe. In that vessel he served in the Channel until sent sick, 3 Sept. 1816, to the hospital at Haslar. He has since been on half-pay.