Master and Commander - Characters in "Master and Commander"

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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