Historedia
Person

Philip Broke

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1813

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Philip Broke, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Capture of USS Chesapeake by HMS Shannon

    1813

    Role: Royal Navy officer who took command of a squadron including Shannon in July 1812

    1. 1813 · Unspecified arrival portArrival of Shannon with the Defeated Chesapeake

      A reflective account describes the 1813 arrival of Shannon flying the 'meteor flag of England' with the defeated Chesapeake carrying Lawrence's body in her wake.

    2. 1 June 1813 · Boston HarborBattle of Boston Harbor

      HMS Shannon captured USS Chesapeake in a bloody single-ship action on 1 June 1813, recognized as the bloodiest such engagement of the war.

Sources

  1. HMS Shannon (1806) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24