Sea Change (Armstrong Novel) - Characters

Characters

  • Campbell "Cam" Renton, a sixteen-year-old apprentice seaman
  • "Rusty" Roberts, his fellow apprentice and bunkmate
  • Captain Carey, captain of the Langdale, a cargo ship with a complement of thirty-eight crew members
  • Andy, chief mate of the Langdale
  • "Happy" Hartland, the cheerful Cornish second mate
  • The third mate
  • The bosun
  • "Chippy" Rasmussan, a gentle Scandinavian giant, the ship's carpenter
  • The ship's cook, a talented banjo player
  • "Calamity" Calston, an able seaman with a penchant for predicting disaster at every turn
  • "Bandy" Boscombe, an able seaman
  • "Taffy", a Welsh sailor
  • The commandant of the fort and its soldiers at Boca de Sol

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