< Royal Naval Biography
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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