Characters in "Master and Commander"
See also Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series
- Jack Aubrey – Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and appointed Commander at the start. Captain of HMS Sophie.
- Stephen Maturin – ship's surgeon, friend to Jack and ship's intelligence officer.
- Harte – Captain and station Commandant
- Molly Harte – wife to the station Commandant
- Lord Keith (Thos Walker) – Admiral in the Mediterranean
- Samuel Allen – erstwhile Captain in Sophie, succeeded by Aubrey
- Mr. Baldick – Lieutenant in Sophie, ill and replaced
- Mr. Williams – administrator in Mahon for Aubrey's prize-agent
- David Richards – Mr. Williams relative who serves as midshipman in Sophie
- William Marshall – master in Sophie
- Tom Pullings – master's mate in Sophie
- William Mowett – master's mate in Sophie
- Isaac Wilson – ordinary seaman in Sophie
- Watt – bosun in Sophie
- Lamb – carpenter
- Ricketts – purser
- George Day – the gunner
- Charles Stephen Ricketts – son to the purser, rated midshipman
- William Babbington – midshipman in Sophie
- James Dillon – first lieutenant in Sophie
- Alfred King – black crew member, also a mute
- Quinn – sergeant of marines
- Lieutenant Dalziel - the man who replaces lieutenant Dillon, despite a nomination of Pullings for promotion
- Captain George Heneage Dundas - captain of the sloop Calpe and friend of Aubrey
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