Royal Naval Biography/Brine, Augustus

by John Marshall

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AUGUSTUS BRINE, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1802.]

This officer, a son of the late Admiral James Brine^[1], was made a Lieutenant in 1790; and a Commander Dec. 6, 1798. His post commission bears date April 29, 1802. During the late war he held an appointment in the Sea Fencible service; and commanded the Medway, a third rate. In July, 1814, he captured the United States’ brig of war Syren, pierced for 18 guns, with a complement of 137 men.

Agent.– John Hinxman, Esq.

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1. See note * at p. 662.