A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Strong, Samuel
STRONG. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 13; h-p., 35.)
Samuel Strong entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alcmène 32, Capts. Henry Digby, Sam. Sutton, Jas. Brisbane, John Ferris Devonshire, Robt. Lambert, and John Stiles; in which frigate he was for upwards of three years employed on the Channel, Baltic, and Newfoundland stations; and was present as Midshipman, under Capt. Sutton, in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. Removing, in Jan. 1803, to L’Aigle 36, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, he assisted in that ship at the destruction, 12 July, 1804, on the coast of France, of La Charente of 20 and La Joie of 8 guns; united, too, in Aug. 1805, in Admiral Hon. Wm. Cornwallis’ pursuit of the French fleet into Brest; and took part in the ensuing Sept. in an action off Vigo, in which the L’Aigle [errata 1], after an hour’s cannonade, captured one and defeated the rest of a flotilla of nine gun-boats by whom she had been attacked. In Oct. 1806 he was under the necessity of being sent to the hospital at Haslar, where he remained until March, 1807. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Dec. following; and was subsequently appointed – 16 May, 1808, to the Scorpion 18, Capts. Fras. Staufell and Hon. John Gore, employed on the Plymouth and West India stations – 4 July, 1810, to the Vimiera brig, Capt. Edw. Scobell, with whom he returned home from the West Indies and was paid off 31 Aug. in the same year – 19 Aug. 1811, for about six weeks, to the Dispatch sloop, Capt. Jas. Aberdour, lying in Hamoaze – 17 Feb. 1812, to the Duncan 74, Capt. Robt. Lambert, stationed off Flushing and in the Channel – and, 10 Dec. 1813, to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott. In the Scorpion he contributed, 11 Jan. 1810, to the capture, beneath the fire of a battery near Basseterre, after an engagement of two hours, productive of a loss to the British of only 4 wounded, of L’Oreste French national brig of 16 guns and 110 men, 2 of whom were killed and 10 wounded; and in the ensuing month he witnessed the reduction of Guadeloupe. While attached to the Primrose, Mr. Strong, besides participating in much general service, was present, 12 March, 1814, in a mistaken action with the Duke of Marlborough King’s Packet, which occasioned the former a loss of 1 man killed and 12 wounded, and the packet of 2 passengers killed and 10 or 11 other persons wounded. He also, 25 Aug. 1814, aided in destroying, off the Savannah river, the American privateer Pike of 13 guns and a complement of 85 men, 47 of whom were on board. Since the Primrose was paid off, about Aug. 1815, he has not been afloat. Agents – Collier and Snee.