Ships Commanded By Jack Aubrey
During the series of novels, Jack Aubrey commands a succession of many different vessels. Most of them are ships of the Royal Navy, prefixed HMS. On one occasion he commands an Honourable East India Company ship, and for some time Surprise is a hired vessel working for the Royal Navy (HMHV), and the Franklin is a privateer captured by Jack Aubrey, and used for a brief time, before he sells it. Nutmeg of Consolation's status is undefined, as she belongs to Stamford Raffles, the Governor of Batavia.
| Ship | Rate | Guns | Main armament | Book | Notional Year | End of commission | Fictional? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Sloop Sophie | Brig-Sloop | 14 | 4 lb | Master and Commander | 1800 | Captured | = HM Sloop Speedy |
| HM Sloop Polychrest | Sloop | 24 | 32 lb carronades | Post Captain | 1803 | Sunk (structural failure) | Yes |
| HMS Lively | 5th | 38 | 18 lb | Post Captain | 1804 | Temporary command | No |
| HMS Surprise | 6th | 28 | 12 lb | HMS Surprise | 1805 | Paid off | No |
| HMS Boadicea | 5th | 38 | 18 lb | The Mauritius Command | 1809 | Transferred to Raisonnable | No |
| HMS Raisonnable | 3rd | 64 | 24 lb | The Mauritius Command | 1809 | Monsoon season; transferred back to Boadicea | No |
| HMS Leopard | 4th | 50 | 24 lb | Desolation Island | 1811 | Converted to transport | No |
| HM Sloop Ariel | Sloop | 16 | 6 lb | The Surgeon's Mate | 1813 | Sunk after striking reef | No |
| HMS Worcester | 3rd | 74 | 32 lb | The Ionian Mission | 1813 | Converted to shear hulk following storm damage | Yes |
| HMS Surprise | 6th | 28 | 12 lb | The Ionian Mission | 1813 | Temporary command | No |
| HEICS Niobe | 9 lb | Treason's Harbour | 1813 | Temporary command | Yes | ||
| HMS Surprise | 6th | 28 | 12 lb | The Far Side of the World | 1813 | Paid off, then sold out of service | No |
| HMS Diane | 5th | 32 | 18 lb | The Thirteen Gun Salute | 1813 | Grounded on a reef, then destroyed by storm | Yes |
| Nutmeg of Consolation | 6th | 20 | 32 lb carronades | The Nutmeg of Consolation | 1813 | Returned to governor, transferred to Surprise | Yes |
| HMHV Surprise | 6th | 28 | 12 lb | Clarissa Oakes | 1813 | Transferred himself to Franklin | No |
| Privateer Franklin | 22 | 24 lb carronades | The Wine Dark Sea | 1813 | Transferred himself back to the Surprise | Yes | |
| HMS Bellona | 3rd | 74 | 32 lb | The Commodore The Yellow Admiral |
1813 | Paid off | No |
| HMS Pomone | 5th | 38 | 18 lb | The Hundred Days | 1815 | Transferred to HMS Surprise | No |
| HMS Surprise | 6th | 28 | 12 lb | The Hundred Days | 1815 | Damaged in collision, then sent in for repairs | No |
| HMHV Surprise | 6th | 28 | 12 lb | Blue at the Mizzen | 1815 | Promoted: raised Flag on HMS Suffolk | No |
| HMS Suffolk | 3rd | 74 | 32 lb | The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey | 1817 | was sold in 1816 |
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