The Hundred Days (novel) - Ships

Ships

  • British
    • Commodore's squadron
      • HMS Pomone - thirty-eight; Captain Pomfret; replaced by Captain Vaux
      • HMS Surprise
      • HMS Dover - thirty-two; Captain Ward
      • HMS Rainbow - Post-ship; Captain Brawley
      • HMS Ganymede - Post-ship; Captain Cartwright
      • HMS Briseis - a brig; Captain Harris
    • HMS Hamadryad
    • Other
      • HMS Royal Sovereign - Lord Keith's Flagship of Mediterranean Fleet
      • HMS Implacable - Lord Barmouth's Flagship of Mediterranean Fleet
  • French:
    • His Most Christian Majesty's frigate Caroline
    • Ardent - thirty-two gun Buonapartist frigate; Captain Charles de La Tour
    • Cerbere - frigate; Captain Delalande

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