"Shannon"s midshipmen during the action were Messers, Smith, Leake, Clavering, Raymond, Littlejohn and Samwell. Samwell was the only British officer other than Broke to be wounded in the action; he was to die from an infection of his wounds some weeks later. Mr Etough was the acting master, and conned the ship into the action. Shortly after "Chesapeake" had been secured, Broke fainted from loss of blood and was rowed back to "Shannon" to be attended to by the ship's surgeon.