Characters

 

Capt. Jack Aubrey

Dr Stephen Maturin

Lt Tom Pullings

Lt William Mowett

Marine Capt. Howard

John Allen, Sailing Master

Mid. Peter Calamy

Mid. Lord Blakeney

Mid. Hollom

Mid. Boyle

Mid. Williamson

[Note on the Midshipmen]

Mr Hollar, Bosun

Mr Lamb, Carpenter

Barrett Bonden, Cox’n

Preserved Killick, Steward

Black Bill, Steward’s Mate

Higgins, Surgeon’s Mate

Padeen Colman, Loblolly Boy

Joe Plaice, Seaman

Joseph Nagle, Seaman

William Warley, Seaman

Faster Doudle, Seaman

Awkward Davies, Seaman

Nehemiah Slade, Seaman

Hogg, the whaler

French Captain

Sophie Aubrey

Admiral Lord Nelson

Napoleon Bonaparte

HMS Surprise

Acheron, the French ship

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in The Muster Book

 

M&C

Master and Commander (1969)

PC

Post Captain  (1972)

HMS      

HMS Surprise  (1973)

TMC      

The Mauritius Command (1977)

DI           

Desolation Island  (1978)

FW        

The Fortune of War (1979)

SM         

The Surgeon’s Mate (1980)

IM          

The Ionian Mission (1981)

TH         

Treason’s Harbour 1983)

FSW      

The Far Side of the World (1984)

RM        

The Reverse of the Medal (1986)

LM         

The Letter of Marque  (1988)

TGS       

The Thirteen Gun Salute (1989)

NC         

The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)

C/T        

Clarissa Oakes / The Truelove

(1992;  UK / USA titles)

WDS     

The Wine Dark Sea (1993)

COM     

The Commodore (1994)

YA         

The Yellow Admiral (1996)

HD         

The Hundred Days (1998)

BM

Blue at the Mizzen (1999)