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About Philip Broke
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During his lifetime, he was often referred to as "Broke of the Shannon", a reference to his notable command of HMS Shannon. Broke's most famous military achievement was defeating and capturing the USS Chesapeake in 1813.
Everything about Philip Broke →- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- September 9, 1776
- Died
- January 2, 1841