Facts: - death place: boldre hill , hampshire - caption: augustus copley , 1782 brine as a young midshipman , john singleton - death date: 28 january 1840 - allegiance: united kingdom of great britain and ireland - birth date: 1769 - serviceyears: 1782 & nbsp ; -- 1840 - name: augustus brine - branch: 23px royal navy - image: midshipman augustus brine.jpg - birth place: blandford st. mary , dorset . - rank: rear-admiral Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of augustus brine .
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augustus brine -lrb- 1769 -- 28 january 1840 -rrb- was an officer of the royal navy who served during the american war of independence and the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars .despite being the son of a prominent naval officer of the american war of independence , augustus brine had a relatively quiet career .he rose through the ranks to his first command during the french revolutionary wars , and was serving at the cape of good hope by 1798 .in 1799 he was faced with rumours of a mutiny while off madagascar , and took decisive steps to maintain his authority and suppress any attempted insubordination .in doing so he was able to navigate his ship back to a british port and obtain support from other british ships .he was unable to obtain a seagoing command early in the outbreak of the napoleonic wars , but accepted a shore position in charge of a unit of sea fencibles .he finally received a ship , the 74-gun , in 1810 , and carried out patrols off the dutch coast until 1813 .other commands followed , including that of a ship sent out to the cape .while cruising in the atlantic he discovered the homeward-bound american commerce raider , and captured her .apparently entering retirement after the end of the napoleonic wars , he was promoted to rear-admiral shortly before his death in 1840 .