Characters
- Jack Aubrey - appointed captain of HMS Worcester
- Stephen Maturin - ship's surgeon, friend to Jack and an intelligence officer.
- Sophie Aubrey - Jack's wife
- Mrs. Williams - Sophie's mother
- Diana Maturin (formerly Mrs Villiers) - Stephen's wife
- Lieutenant Pullings - first lieutenant of HMS Worcester
- Lieutenant Mowett - second lieutenant of HMS Worcester, and a poet
- Somers - the drunken aristocratic third lieutenant of HMS Worcester
- Rowan - third lieutenant of HMS Worcester, and a poet
- Admiral Thornton - Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet
- Admiral Harte - Second-in-Command
- Admiral Mitchell - an admiral of the blue and commander of the inshore squadron; reached his position from the ranks of the foredeck.
- Captain Heneage Dundas - Captain of HMS Excellent and a close friend of Jack's
- Captain William Babbington - Captain of HMS Dryad and a former midshipman of Jack's
- Professor Graham - a professor of moral philosophy
- Mr Martin - an impoverished naval parson
- Dr Harrington - Physician of the Fleet
- Captain Harry Bennet - Captain of HMS Berwick
- Sciahan Bey - a Turkish Bey supported by Jack
- Mustapha - ruler of Karia and Turkish Capitan-Bey
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