Two British 32-gun frigates exchanging salutes

Characters and ships from Dewey Lambdin’s Alan

Lewrie novel, HMS Cockerel.
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Ships

British
HMS Hydra. Frigate.

Five Sisters. British merchantman.

HMS Cockerel. 32-gun frigate.

HMS Windsor Castle. Ship of the line.

Zélé. Floating battery.

HMS Agamemnon. 64-gun ship of the line.

HMS Robust.

HMS Victory.

HMS Britannia.

HMS Princess Royal.

HMS St. George.

French
Radical. Frigate. Commandeered by Lewrie in Toulon.

Liberté. French corvette. Disabled by Lewrie and taken prize.

Sans Culottes. 20-gun French corvette. Taken by Lewrie. Renamed HMS Jester.
 Characters

Caroline Lewrie née Chiswick. Sister of Burgess and Gouvernour Chiswick. Bride of
Alan Lewrie. (The French Admiral, The King’s Privateer, The Gun Ketch)

Phineas Chiswick. Caroline's uncle. (The Gun Ketch)

Will Cony. Lewrie's servant. (first appearance in The French Admiral an in all
subsequent novels.)

Maggie Fletcher. Maidservant of the daughter of the local vicar. Pregnant by Cony.

Maudie Beakman. Daughter of the local tavern keeper. Jilted by Cony.

Sir Romney Embleton, Baronet. Gouvernour Chiswick's father-in-law. (The Gun Ketch)

Harry Embleton. Gouvernour Chiswick's brother-in-law. (The Gun Ketch)

Sewallis Chiswick. Father of Caroline, Gouvernour, and Burgess. (The French Admiral,
The King’s Privateer, The Gun Ketch)

Millicent Chiswick née Embleton. Gouvernour's wife. (The Gun Ketch)

Charlotte Chiswick. Mother of Caroline, Gouvernour, and Burgess. (The French Admiral,
The King’s Privateer, The Gun Ketch)

Gouvernour Chiswick. Brother of Caroline. (The French Admiral, The King’s Privateer,
The Gun Ketch)

Bodkins. The Lewries’s groom.

Sewallis Alan Lewrie. Lewrie’s oldest son. 5 years old. Born 1788. (The Gun Ketch)

Hugh Lewrie. Lewrie’s middle son. 3 years old. Born 1790.

Charlotte Lewrie. Lewrie’s infant daughter. 1 year old. Born 1792.

Mistress McGovern. The Lewries’s governess.

Matthew Mountjoy. Lewrie’s solicitor. (The French Admiral)

Hogue. Lieutenant. (The King’s Privateer)

Railsford. Captain. HMS Hydra. The French Admiral, The Kings Commission)

Rear Admiral Sir George Sinclair. (The French Admiral, The Kings Commission)
Captain Francis Forrester. (The French Admiral)

Captain William Bligh.

Lord Chatham.

Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty George Jackson.

Captain Lilycrop. Impress Service. (The Kings Commission)

Bridey. Madam in Wapping.

Helena. Prostitute in Wapping.

Lieutenant Bracewaight. Impress Service.

Gerald Willoughby. Lewrie’s half brother. (The King’s Coat)

Tatnall. Bosun. Impress Service.

Pilchard. Solicitor of Sir Hugh Willoughby. Convicted of theft. (The King’s Coat)

Belinda Willoughby. Lewrie’s half sister. A prostitute at Covent Garden. (The King’s
Coat)

Barnaby Scott. Third Lieutenant. HMS Cockerel. Killed aboard Zélé.

Clarence Spendlove. Midshipman. 14-years old. HMS Cockerel.

Howard Braxton. Captain. HMS Cockerel.

Mylett. Former First Lieutenant. Forced out of his position. HMS Cockerel.

Nathan Dimmock. Sailing master. HMS Cockerel.

Clement Braxton. Second Lieutenant. Son of the captain. HMS Cockerel.

Anthony Braxton. Midshipman. Son of the captain. HMS Cockerel.

Dulwer. Midshipman. Cousin of Anthony Braxton. HMS Cockerel.

Boutwell. Captain’s clerk. Cousin of Anthony Braxton. HMS Cockerel.

Porter. Bosun’s mate. HMS Cockerel.

Preston. Landsman. HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon.

Gold. Seaman HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon.

Philip Cosby. Vice Admiral. Squadron commander.

Fairclough. Bosun. HMS Cockerel.

Lisney. Foretop captain. HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon. Killed boarding Sans
Culotte.

Gracey. Seaman. HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon.

Sadler. Seaman. HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon.

Mounson. Quartermaster. HMS Cockerel.

O’Neill. Captain. Marines. HMS Cockerel.

Banbrook. Lieutenant. Marines. HMS Cockerel.

Haislip. Sergeant. Marines. HMS Cockerel.

Pruden. Surgeon. HMS Cockerel.

Gittons. Seaman. HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon.

Fowkner. Seaman. HMS Cockerel.

Dallimore. Carpenter. HMS Cockerel.

Herdson. Seaman. HMS Cockerel.

Sir Thomas Byard. Captain. HMS Windsor Castle. Flag Captain to Admiral Cosby.

Husie. Purser. HMS Cockerel.

Keith Ashburn. Captain. HMS Tempest. (The Kings Commission)

Scarlett. Corporal. Marines. HMS Cockerel.

Sir William Hamilton. British emissary to the Two Sicilies.

Sir John Acton. Prime Minister of Ferdinand IV.

Lady Emma Hamilton. Wife of Sir William.

King Ferndinand IV of Naples and the Two Sicilies.

Cargill. Private. Marines. HMS Cockerel.

Charles Auguste de Crillart. Former French naval officer. Killed boarding Sans Culotte.
(See The French Admiral)

Louis de Crillart. French cavalry officer. Brother of Charles Auguste de Crillary. Killed
boarding Sans Culotte.

Sophie de Maubeuge. Cousin of the de Crillarts.

Hortense de Crillart. Mother of the de Crillarts. Killed by shot from Sans Culotte.

Newton. Seaman. HMS Cockerel. With Lewrie in Toulon.

Phoebe Aretino. Prostitute who takes Lieutenant Scott, then Lewrie, as protector.

Samuel Goodall. Rear Admiral. Governor of Toulon.

Don Luis Emiliano de Esquevarre y Saltado y Perez. Commandante. Spanish army.

Artilleryman. Killed aboard Zélé.

Huelva. Sergeant. Spanish army. Artilleryman. Killed aboard Zélé.

Bittfield. Gunner’s mate. HMS Cockerel.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Lieutenant colonel. French army. Chief of artillery.

Horation Nelson. Captain. HMS Agamemnon.

Lord Samuel Hood. Admiral. Naval commander at Toulon.

Sir William Sidney Smith. Captain. Commander of rear guard during evacuation of
Toulon

Kennedy. Lieutenant. 18th Regiment of Foot.

De Mariel. Major. French army. Killed boarding Sans Culotte.

Ephinstone. Captain. HMS Robust.

Sir Hyde Parker. Rear Admiral.

John Knight. Captain. HMS Victory.

Holloway. Captain. HMS Britannia.

John Childs Purvis. Captain. HMS Princess Royal. Flag Captain to Admiral Goodall.

Art and Literary References

Minutes of the Court Martial. Edward Christian.

Elements of War. Le Blond

Treatise on Artillery. Muller.

Rights of Man. Thomas Paine.