Warships

 
Abergavenny
ship of the line, Captain Vansittart, in Jamaica up to 1801. Michael Fitton commands her tenders.

 

 
Adamant
50 guns, part of the squadron keeping watch on the Dutch in 1797 before Camperdown. Takes part in the battle.

 
Admiral Mitchell
hired cutter attached to Lord Keith's fleet (1805)

 
Agamemnon
64 guns, commanded by Lord Nelson at the outbreak of war in 1793: the vessel in which Nelson begins to build his legend. Part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Agincourt
ship of the line at Camperdown: her captain, Williamson, is court-martialled and dismissed the service for his conduct in the battle.

 
Ajax
ship of the line with Calder in his interception of the returning Villeneuve. Later is in Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar. Her Captain, Brown, goes home to be a witness at Calder's trial. (1805)

 
Albion
74 guns. One of the notorious victims of corrupt shipbuilders, in particular of "devil bolts' (v. York below). Though she never actually sank, she had to be ordered home from India as unfit for service, all but foundering on the voyage.

 
Alexander
74 guns: at the Nile follows Vanguard outside the French line.

 
Almene
frigate, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Amazon
frigate (36), Captain Reynolds. In 1796, in company with Indefatigable forced French line-of-battle ship Droits de l'Homme to be embayed and wrecked during Brest blockade, being herself wrecked in the action.

 
Amazon
frigate (38), launched in 1799 as a successor. Commanded by Edward Riou, leads the frigates of the North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Amelia
36-gun frigate, part of Sir Henry Neale's squadron in the Western Mediterranean. (Master & Commander)

 
Amethyst
frigate with Lord Keith's Dover fleet, 1804. Takes several prizes that escape Aubrey. (Post Captain)
Later brings news to Jamaica, telling Fitton he has a son; he sends his prize-money back home with her. (Mr Fitton's Commission)
A chronological clash is narrowly missed here; the timing is just about possible

 
Amphion
32-gun frigate, part of the British squadron that intercepts Bustamente in 1804. (Post Captain)

 
Anne Reed
collier converted as bomb tender, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 

 
Archer
gun brig, part of squadron commanded by Drinkwater off Boulogne (1805)

 
Ardent
64 guns; Parker's temporary flagship at Harwich in1800 (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Ariel
Sloop, Captain Fearnside, in Guernsey at Christmas 1780. (The Guernseyman)

 
Arrow
frigate, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Audacious
74 guns, is at the Nile in 1798, sailing inside the French line.
Involved in Battle of Algeciras Bay. (Master & Commander)

 
Aurore
Frigate, Captain Bennett, in Port Mahon with Aubrey's Sophie (Master & Commander)

 
Avenger
16-gun sloop, Catain Singleton, in which Delancey sails back to England from New York at the end of 1780. (The Guernseyman)

 
Beagle
sloop attached to Orde's squadron off Cadiz in 1805 (1805)

 
Belettes
frigate wrecked on the Italian coast in 1796: Ramage is sent in the Kathleen to go to her assistance (Ramage)

 
Belleisle
line-of-battleship with Channel Fleet blockading Brest (1805)

 
Bellerophon
74 guns: at the Nile follows Vanguard outside the French line.

 
Bellona
74 guns, Captain Briarley, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)
Later commanded by Jack Aubrey.

 
Biter
gun brig, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Blanche
frigate (32), part of Nelson's first squadron in 1796, taking Ceres.

 
Blanche
brig, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Blazer
gun brig, part of North Sea Fleet, wrecked on Swedish coast before Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Blenheim
74 guns. Lost at sea in the East Indies, presumably as a result of corrupt shipbuilding practices (v. York below).

 
Bloodhound
gun brig, part of squadron commanded by Drinkwater off Boulogne (1805)

 
Brilliant
frigate, Captain Curtis, in which Delancey is made master's mate at Gibraltar. (The Guernseyman)

 
Britannia
100 guns, with Jervis at St Vincent.

 
Brunswick
ahip of the line which sank Vengeur in the Glorious First of June after a four-hour nearly point-blank battle.

 
Burford
Ship of the line, in Port Mahon with Aubrey's Sophie (Master & Commander)

 
Caesar
80 guns. Sir James Saumarez' flagship at the Battle of Algeciras Bay. (Master & Commander)

 
Caligula
74 guns, Captain Bolton, in Sir Percy Leighton's squadron in the Western Mediterranean with Hornblower. (A Ship of the Line)

 
Calpe
sloop: commanded by Heneage Dundas at Gibraltar, is the sloop that first sees Linois's squadron arrive at Algeciras in July 1801. (Master & Commander)

 
Canopus
98 guns, Rear Admiral Louis's flagship with Nelson off Cadiz and at Gibraltar (1805)

 
Captain
74 guns, Nelson's command at St Vincent in which he breaks the line and takes San Nicolas (80), the San Josef (112) and, briefly, Santissima Trinidad (136).

 
Caroline
Transport brig which Hornblower takes command of when quarantined (Mr Midshipman Hornblower)

 
Cassandra
frigate that warns Hornblower of the approaching French squadron that eventually destroys Sutherland (A Ship of the Line)

 
Centaur
ship of the line: is nearly in a mutinous state when she is seconded from the Channel Fleet to join St Vincent of Cadiz in the spring of 1798.

 
Charwell
32-gun frigate, Captain Griffiths, in which Aubrey, a passenger on his way home from Gibraltar, hears the news of the Peace of Amiens. (Post Captain)

 
Childers
sloop, fired on by the Brest batteries in the first shots of the Revolutionary/Napoleonic wars (3 January 1793 - shortly before the declaration of war on 1 February).

 
Conqueror
ship of the line, Captain Israel Pellew, receives surrender of Bucentaure at Trafalgar (1805)

 
Constitution
cutter, Lieutenant Dennis, attached to Lord Keith's fleet (1805)

 
Cruizer
18 gun brig, James Brisbane, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Culloden
ship of the line, Captain Thomss Troubridge, leads the British line at St Vincent. Later at the Nile, goes aground at the start of the action.

 
Cumberland
74 guns. Admiral Harte's flagship with Lord Keith's Dover fleet, 1804 (Post Captain)

 
Dart
brig, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Dee
38-gun frigate. In company with Charwell in the Channel. (Post Captain)

 
Defence
74 guns: at the Nile sails outside the French line.
Is part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Defiance
74 guns, Admiral Graves' flagship in North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel). Later , under Captain Durham, look-out ship for Admiral Calder in intercepting Villeneuve on his return from the West Indies. (1805)

 
Desirée
frigate, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Diadem
Captain Towry, Nelson's flagship, as Commodore, at Bastia in 1796 at the time of Ramage's court martial. (Ramage)

 
Discovery
bomb tender, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Doris
frigate (36), Captain Campbell, part of Channel Fleet off Brest. Founders attempting to carry news of French breakout to Admiral Graves. (1805l)

 
Dragon
74 guns, discovers Villeneuve at Ferrol after his return from the West Indies before Trafalgar. (1805)

 
Dreadnought
Collingwood's flagship off Cadiz. Shifts his flag to Royal Sovereign for Trafalgar(1805)

 
Eagle
Flagship of the fleet sent to America under Admiral Howe. (The Guernseyman)

 
Edgar
74 guns, George Murray, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Egyptienne
frigate (36), part of Calder's fleet that intercepts Villeneuve returning from West Indies.(1805)

 
Elephant
74 guns, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel). Nelson temporarily moves his flag to Elephant from St. George to take advantage of her shallower draft.

 
Entreprenante
cutter with Nelson off Cadiz. Brings Drinkwater his orders to take command of Thunderer. Is at Trafalgar. (1805)

 
Euryalus
frigate (36), captained by the Hon. Henry Blackwood as part of Collingwood's fleet off Cadiz. Carries news of Villeneuve's arrival to Cornwallis and then the Admiralty. Returns to station and is at Trafalgar. Takes Villeneuve to England after the battle. (1805)

 

 
Excellent
74 guns: breaks the line with Nelson at the Battle of St Vincent, taking the San Ysidro (74).

 
Explosion
bomb vessel, Captain Martin, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Falcon
18-gun sloop, Captain Mottram. Delancey is midshipman in her after the discovery of his affair with Charlotte forces his posting away from New York. (The Guernseyman)

 
Fanciulla
A 20-gun French corvette when she is cut out by Aubrey at Chaulieu, she is bought in to the service and given to Aubrey's 1st lieutenant Parker when he promoted to master & commander. (Post Captain)

 
Felix
schooner, Lieutenant Richard Bourne, with Graves' squadron off Rochefort (1805)

 

 
Fisgard
frigate, Captain Lord Mark Kerr, with Mediterranean fleet before Trafalgar. Takes news of Villeneuve's escape from Toulon to Channel Fleet. (1805)

 
Foudroyant
Lord Keith's flagship in the Western Mediterranean (Master & Commander). Later in 1800 is part of Nelson's squadron blockading Malta (still under Keith), plays a part in defeating the French relief attempt under Perrée, taking his flagship Généreux, and then is one of the ships that take Guillaume Tell when she attempts to escape from Valetta. These are the last two ships left of the fleet destroyed at the Nile.

 
Fox
cutter, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Franchise
36-gun frigate with Lord Keith's Channel fleet. Heneage Dundas' first command as post-captain. (Post Captain)

 
Généreux
Ship of the line, in Port Mahon with Aubrey's Sophie (Master & Commander). Conveys Admiral Haddock to Plymouth (Post Captain).

 
Ganges
74 guns, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 

 
Glatton
converted East Indiaman, armed only with carronades, commanded by 'Bounty' Bligh with the North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Glory
Sterling's flagship as second-in-command to Calder intercepting Villeneuve (1805)

 
Goliath
74 guns, is leading ship of the British line at the Nile, sailing inside the French line.
Is with Channel Fleet blockading Brest (1805)

 
Hannibal
74 guns. Aubrey has his first lieutanancy (as fifth) in her under Captain Newman. Under Captain Ferris, is takn by the French at the Battle of Algeciras Bay in 1801, after running hard aground. (Master & Commander)

 
Harpy
18-gun brig/sloop, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel), later part of squadron commanded by Drinkwater off Boulogne (1805)

 
Hecla
bomb vessel, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Hercule
74 guns, flagship of Rear Admiral Dacres on the Jamaica station, when Fitton commands her tenders Gipsy and Pitt. (Mr. Fitton's Commission)
Flag captain is Captain James Dunn.
 
Hyaena
sloop (24), the first prize taken by either side in the Revolutionary/Napoleonic wars. Taken by a French squadron led by Concorde (44).

 
Hydra
bomb vessel, with Collingwood off Cadiz before Trafalgar. (1805)

 
Immortalité
line-of-battle ship, Captain Owen, with Channel Fleet blockading Brest, later with Lord Keith's fleet off Boulogne (1805)

 
Indefatigable
40-gun frigate, Captain Edward Pellew. In 1796, in company with Amazon forced French line-of-battle ship Droits de l'Homme to be embayed and wrecked during Brest blockade: Hornblower is a lieutenant in her at the time. Is flagship of the British squadron that intercepts Bustamente in 1804. (Post Captain)
Is the ship in which Hornblower first sees sea service as a midshipman in 1793, cruising in the Bay of Biscay and the western Mediterranean. (Mr Midshipman Hornblower)

 
Invincible
74 guns, part of North Sea Fleet in 1801 but wrecked on way to Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Isis
50 guns, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Jamaica
frigate, Captain Rose, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Justinian
Line of battle ship (rating unspecified) into which Hornblower is first posted as midshipman. He sees no sea service in her. (Mr Midshipman Hornblower)

 

 
Kite
lugger, messenger vessel for North Sea Fleet before Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Lark
lugger, messenger vessel for North Sea Fleet before Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Le Rêve
Sloop taken as prize by Indefatigable. Brought in to Gibraltar, she becomes Hornblower's first independent command as he is given despatches to take back to England. (Mr Midshipman Hornblower)

 
Leander
50 guns, is at the Nile though by then considered too small to form part of the line. First attempts to rescure the grounded Culloden, then joins the battle, sailing through the French line and raking Franklin (80) over her bows.

 
Leda
frigate, part of Owen's division off Boulogne (1805)

 
Leopard
Admiral Louis's flagship as second-in-command to Lord Keith off Dover. (1805)

 
Lion
64 guns: is nearly in a mutinous state when she is seconded from the Channel Fleet to join St Vincent of Cadiz in the spring of 1798. By 1800 she is in the Mediterranean with Keith blockading Malta, and takes part in the capture of Guillaume Tell when she attempt to escape from the island.


 

 
London
98 guns, Sir John Colpoys' flagship at Spithead with the Channel Fleet in 1797: one of the last four ships to give up the mutiny.
Admiral Parker's flagship commanding North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 

 
Lynx
brig, brings news and mail to North Sea Fleet after Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Malta
ship of the line with Calder's fleet intercepting Villeneuve. Badly damaged and sent home. (1805)

 
Marlborough
ship of the line: is nearly in a mutinous state when she is seconded from the Channel Fleet to join St Vincent of Cadiz in the spring of 1798.

 
Mars
ship of the line at Trafalgar. Villeneuve transfers to her after surrendering. (1805)

 
Medusa
frigate, part of the British squadron that intercepts Bustamente in 1804. (Post Captain)

 
Melpomène
frigate with Lord Keith's Channel fleet, 1804. (Post Captain)


 

 
Minerve
frigate (38), ship in which Nelson hoisted his pennant as Commodore (1796). Under his command took the Spanish frigate Sabina (40).
With Lord Keith's Channel fleet, 1804. (Post Captain)

 
Minotaur
74 guns: at the Nile follows Vanguard outside the French line.

 
Monarch
74 guns, Onslow's flagship at Camperdown.
Under Captain Mosse is part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel).
Lord Keith's flagship commanding the Dover squadron (1805)

 
Naiad
frigate at Trafalgar. (1805)

 
Niobe
Jackass frigate, in Port Mahon with Aubrey's Sophie (Master & Commander)

 
Northumberland
ship of the line: with Keith's fleet blockading Malta in 1800 she plays a part on defeating Perrée's attempt to relieve the island, capturing, in company with Foudroyant, his flagship.

 
Nymphe
frigate, rated 36 but actually 38, 12 of them 24-pdr carronades , commanded by Edward Pellew in the first equal ship-to-ship of the Revolutionary / Napoleonic wars (18 June 1783), when she took La Cleopatre (40) by boarding.

 
Orion
74 guns: at St Vincent takes Salvador del Mundo (112).
Is at the Nile in 1798, sailing inside the French line.


 
Otter
fireship with North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Pallas
frigate for which Captain Allen leaves Sophie, which then becomes Aubrey's first command (Master & Commander)

 
Pasely
Sloop attached to Superb in the watch on Cadiz between the two actions of the Battle of Algeciras Bay.

 
Pegasus
repeating frigate (Captain Barlow) in the Channel Fleet under Howe, 1793.
Leading frigate (Captain Horne) of a squadron in the Baltic which brings fresh orders tp Drinkwater (Baltic Mission)

 
Penelope
frigate: with Keith's fleet off Malta in 1800. When the 80-gun Guillaume Tell escapes from harbour, Penelope engages her directly, damaging her badly enough so that she is overtaken and taken by Foudroyant and Lion.

 
Phoebe
frigate at Trafalgar. (1805)

 
Pickle
schooner with the fleet at Trafalgar. (1805)

 
Pique
36-gun frigate attached to Dacres' squadron in Jamaica c. 1803-1805 (Mr. Fitton's Commission)

 
Pitt
schooner, 2 long 6-pounders and 10 18-pounder carronades, formerly the French 'La République', bought by Fitton and some of the crew to be Hercule's new tender.
She is much more heavily armed and stouter than Gipsy (Mr Fitton's Commission)

 
Pluto
74 guns, Captain Elliott, Sir Percy Leighton's flagship in the Western Mediterranean when Hornblower is in the squadron with Sutherland. (A Ship of the Line)

 

 
Polyphemus
74 guns, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Pompée
74 guns. Virtually a hulk after the Battle of Algeciras Bay in 1801. Aubrey is court-martialled aboard her for the loss of Sophie. (Master & Commander)

 
Porcupine
frigate, Captain Gibson, only other post-ship in Gibraltar with Brilliant. (The Guernseyman)

 
Prince of Wales
98 guns, Calder's flagship intercepting Villeneuve returning from West Indies. Is sent home with him to stand trial after the action. (1805)

 
Princess Charlotte
36-gun frigate, Captain Gardiner, featuring in several Fitton stories. Gardiner, an admirer, tries unsuccessfully to have Fitton transferred to her (Mr. Fitton's Commission)

 
Princess Royal
ship of the line: is nearly in a mutinous state when she is seconded from the Channel Fleet to join St Vincent of Cadiz in the spring of 1798.

 
Queen
80 guns, with Louis' fleet in Gibraltar before Trafalgar. Collingwood's flagship after Royal Sovereign is dismasted. (1805)

 
Queen Charlotte
became the headquarters ship for the mutineers at Spithead in 1797.

 
Rainbow,
receiving ship in which Delancey is received into the Navy in 1775. (The Guernseyman)

 
Ramillies
74 guns, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Revenge
ship of the line, at Trafalgar (1805)

 
Romney
50 guns, Captain Davenport. Delancey's first ship in the Navy, in February 1776. Part of Admiral Howe's fleet that is sent to America. (The Guernseyman)

 
Royal George
Lord Bridport's flagship at Spithead in 1797. On April 15th when given the command to weigh anchor, the crew climbed the rigging and gave three cheers. All the other ships of the Channel Fleet cheered in reply, and the Spithead Mutiny had begun.

 
Royal Sovereign
ship of the line with Nelson's fleet before Trafalgar, but detached along with Drinkwater's Antigone to convoy troops to the Mediterranean. However she returns to England, is re-coppered and is back on station as Collingwood's flagship at Trafalgar (1805)

 
Russel
74 guns, Captain Trollope, leads the inshore squadron keeping watch on the Dutch fleet in 1797. Alerts Duncan to the fact that the Dutch are at sea before Camperdown.

 
Russell
frigate, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
San Fiorenzo
36-gun frigate commanded by Sir Henry Neale, who takes Aubrey under his command, diverting him from his cruise. (Master & Commander)

 
Santa Barbara
prison hulk at Gibraltar; Hornblower takes his abortive lieutenant's examination in her. (Mr Midshipman Hornblower)

 
Sibella
frigate (28), sunk by French 74 Barras in 1796 in the Western Mediterrean. Ramage, the 3rd Lieutenant has to take command when his superiors are killed in the action. (Ramage)

 
Sirius
frigate (36), Captain William Prowse, with Channel Fleet blockading Brest. Part of Calder's fleet that intercepts Villeneuve returning from West Indies. Is at Trafalgar (1805)

 

 
Southampton
frigate (32) with Jervis' Mediterranean fleet in 1795-6. Took the corvette Utile.

 
Sparkler
gun brig, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Speculator
lugger with the squadron keeping watch on the Texel before Camperdown. Carries the news to Duncan to tell him de Winter is at sea.

 
Spencer
74 guns. Involved in Battle of Algeciras Bay. (Master & Commander). Later with Louis' fleet in Gibraltar before Trafalgar (1805)

 
St. George
98 guns, Nelson's flagship in North Sea Fleet and at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Success
frigate, Captain Poole. Convoys Vernon to Gibraltar. (The Guernseyman)

 
Sulphur
bomb vessel, Lieutenant Fyers, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Superb
74 guns. Under Catain Keats took on two Spanish first-rates, Real Carlos and Hermenegildo in the fleet action off Gibraltar in 1800, firing a double broadside and then sailing on to take the San Antonio. Real Carlos and Hermenegildo both burned (after firingat each other in the confusion after Superb's attack). (Master & Commander)

 
Surinam
18-gun sloop commanded by Captain Robert Tucker, captured in Curacao harbour on the renewal of hostilities in 1803. (Mr Fitton's Commission)

 

 
Swiftsure
74 guns and confusingly named since there was another Swiftsure which was taken by the French, who kept her name. At the Nile follows Vanguard outside the French line.

 
Syrtis
frigate that rescues Hornblower from Spain - and the sea. (Mr Midshipman Hornblower)

 
Téméraire
98 guns, at Trafalgar (1805). Is Sir James Saumarez' flagship at St Helena when Hornblower returns from the Pacific in 1810 (The Happy Return).

 
Terpsichore
frigate (32), commanded by Sir Richard Bowen, took the first Spanish ship to be captured after Spain joined on the French side in 1796, the Mahonesa (34), off Malaga. Later took the French frigate Vestale (36) off Cadiz.
After the Battle of at St Vincent engages the damaged 136-gun Santissima Trinidad (originally taken by Nelson but rescued), but is forced to break off when other Spanish ships appear.
Takes part in the unssuccessful attempt, shortly after the battle, to capture Santa Cruz, Tenerife.

 
Terror
bomb vessel, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Thames
Frigate attached to Superb in the watch on Cadiz between the two actions of the Battle of Algeciras Bay.

 
Theseus
74 guns, is at the Nile in 1798, sailing inside the French line. After the battle is one of the two ships that help at the defence of Acre in 1799.
Is commanded by Bligh in the Caribbean after the Peace of Amiens, and in his attempt to take Curacao. (Mr. Fitton's Commission)

 
Thunderer
Ship of the line in which Aubrey is first lieutenant immediately before he takes command of Sophie. (Master & Commander). Later is with Calder in his interception of the returning Villeneuve. Later is in Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar. Her Captain, Letchmere, goes home to be a witness at Calder's trial and Drinkwater is given command of her shortly before the battle, but is taken prisoner before he can reach her (1805)

 
Tickler
gun brig, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Tigre
74 guns, is commanded by Sir Sidney Smith at the siege of Acre in 1799.
Is with Louis' fleet in Gibraltar before Trafalgar (1805)

 
Topaze
sloop, about to leave port in Bastia when Ramage arrives: Captain Croucher tries to get Ramage's witnesses transferred to her before she sails (Ramage)

 
Trumpeter
74 guns, Captain Croucher, at Bastia when Ramage returns from Italy with the refugees. Croucher is a familiar of Admiral Goddard's and the senior captain in port at the time. Ramage's court martial over the loss of Sibella therefore takes place in her. (Ramage)

 
Vanguard
74 guns, sent under Nelson into the Mediterranean in spring 1798. Loses her foremast in a gale.
Is Nelson's flagship at the Nile, leading the ships that sail outside the French line.
Is in Dacres' squadron at Jamaica (Mr. Fitton's Commission

 
Venerable
74 guns. Duncan's flagship at Camperdown.
Involved in Battle of Algeciras Bay. (Master & Commander)

 
Vernon
Storeship at Chatham to which Delancey is posted as 4th mate at the end of 1781. (The Guernseyman)

 
Vertueuse
Frigate to which Aubrey had expected to be appointed at the beginning of Master & Commander after taking her in the Thunderer. She is given to Captain Middleton instead.

 
Veteran
74 guns, part of North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Victory
112 guns, flagship of the Mediterranean fleet under Hood, Hotham and Jervis. Jervis's flagship at St Vincent.
Nelson's flagship on Toulon blockade and at Trafalgar (1805)

 
Ville de Paris
112 guns, Cornwallis' flagship on Brest blockade (1805)

 
Vincejo
18-gun brig/sloop, Captain John Wesley Wright. Taken when Wright is captured. Later retaken by the British, renamed Sophie (q.v.), and becomes Aubrey's first command.
 

 
Volcano
bomb vessel, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)
 
Vulture
sloop, Captain Sutherland, which with Delancey aboard as a French interpreter takes Major André up the Hudson to meet Benedict Arnold. (The Guernseyman)

 
Windsor Castle
ship of the line with Calder's fleet intercepting Villeneuve. Badly damaged and sent home. (1805)

 
York
64 guns, foundered in the North Sea due to corrupt shipbuilding practices. Chief among them was the use of "devil bolts': instead of using copper bolts to hold the ship's timbers together at key points, the bolts were faked by inserting copper heads and tails in the appropriate positions connected only by hidden wooden dowels.

 
Zealous
74 guns, with Louis' fleet in Gibraltar before Trafalgar (1805)

 
Zebra
bomb vessel, Lieutenant Lawson, in Drinkwater's squadron at Copenhagen (The Bomb Vessel)

 
Zephyr
fireship with North Sea Fleet at Copenhagen

 

Merchantmen

 
Charlotte
120-ton brig that takes the 14-year-old Delancey to Liverpool, and on which he first serves as a seaman (to work his passage) (The Guernseyman)

 
Conqueror
whaling ship, Captain Waller, in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette)

 
Derby
vessel whose crew have their wages cut in Liverpool in 1775, sparking off riots in the town which eventually lead to Delancey's volunteering for the Navy. (The Guernseyman)

 
Diana
whaling ship, Captain Renaudson, in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette)

 
Earl Percy
whaling ship in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette)

 
Faithful
whaling ship, Captain Sawyers, in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette). Captured by privateer but rescued by Melusine.

 
Hanbury Castle
East Indiaman to which Lady Barbara transfers from Lydia at St Helena on Hornblower's return from the Pacific. (The Happy Return)

 
Jenny Marsden
brig, Captain Young, carrying munitions to Russia, convoyed by Antigone (Baltic Mission)

 
Lord Mornington
East Indiaman, Captain Osborn, in the group that Hornblower convoys to the Tagus (A Ship of the Line)

 
Lord Nelson
East Indiaman, Captain Spottiswood, in which Aubrey and Maturin take passage home from Gibraltar after escaping from France. She is taken by the privateer Bellone, but eventually retaken by the British blockading fleet. Sophie's former master's mate Pullings is lieutenant in her. (Post Captain)

 
Nancy
brig, Captain Baker, carrying munitions to Russia, convoyed by Antigone (Baltic Mission)

 
Narwhal
whaling ship, Captain Ellerby, in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette). Takes part in action on side

 
Nimrod
whaling ship, Captain Harvey, in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette). Catches fire and is destroyed.

 
Provident
whaling ship in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette)

 
Truelove
whaling ship, Captain Atkinson, in fleet protected by Melusine (The Corvette)

 
Ventura
Mail packet convoyed by Sophie to Gibraltar from Port Mahon. (Master & Commander)

 
Walmer Castle
East Indiaman in the group that Hornblower convoys to the Tagus (A Ship of the Line)

 

 

Note on types of vessel
French	Spanish	Other