The Ionian Mission - Characters

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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