A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Brine, John
BRINE. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 15; h-p., 34.)
John Brine is, we presume, a relative of Capt. Geo. Brine, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy in 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Jas. Brine, and in April, 1800, became Midshipman of the Agincourt 64, Capts. John Bligh, Geo. Fred. Ryves, and Thos. Briggs, flag-ship, at first of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland. While under Capt. Ryves he escorted General Graham and the 25th Regt. to Egypt in 1801, and was afterwards present at the surrender of Corfu. On 8 April, 1805, Mr. Brine was advanced to be Sub-Lieutenant of the Sharpshooter gun-brig, Lieut.Commander John Goldie, stationed off Jersey and the coast of France. He became a full Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1806; and was subsequently appointed – 6 March following, to the Sampson 64, Capts. Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy and Wm. Cuming, lying at Plymouth – next, to the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Brodie, both employed in the Channel – 31 May, 1808, to the Gloire frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew, under whom he witnessed the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809 – 20 Dec. in the same year, to the Pompée 74, bearing the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, also in the West Indies, where he served at the capture of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810 – and, 16 Feb. 1811, having been on half-pay from the preceding May, to the Laurel 38, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, in which ship he was wrecked on the Govivas rock, in the Teigneuse passage, 31 Jan. 1812. He was detained a prisoner at Verdun from that period until Aug. 1814, and has not since been afloat. Commander Brine accepted his present rank 17 July, 1838. Agent – J. Hinxman.