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<div>Many characters in the [[Aubrey-Maturin series|Canon]] remark on the use of animal names for nautical items that, to the landsmen at least, have no connection to the animal. At one point, Maturin and other non-sailors attempt to list all of the animal names used for such purposes--making each ship "a positive ark"--though they are generally unsure of to what the names refer.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 380 (mentioning cat, fish, dog, mouse, fox, lizard, hounds, horses, dolphins, flies, and bees)</ref> As he explains to [[Sophia]], “There are [[horse]]s, [[Fish (term)|fish]]es, [[cat-falls|cat]]s, [[dog]]s and [[mouse|mice]] in their barbarous jargon; and [[Bear (stone)|bears]]”.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Co., New York, NY</ref><br />
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Cunt splice
2016-10-14T17:54:50Z
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<div>A ''''cunt splice'''', often softened to ''''cut splice'''' or ''''bight splice'''' for publication and in genteel conversation, is formed by [[eye splice|eye splicing]] two different pieces of line into each other the same distance from the bitter end of each piece, forming "a [[Collar]] or Eye...in the Bight of the Rope. It is used for Pendents, Jib-Guys, &c."<ref>Lever, Darcy. ''The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: or, A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship.'' (c)1998 by Dover Publications, Inc.: p.5</ref> Because the Eye is in the middle of the resultant rope, tension in the rope will tighten the eye around a wooden collar or fairlead. In [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], the bosun, Mr. Watt, personally works a cunt splice into the breeching for the twelve-pounder bow-chaser that Aubrey mounts in HMS ''Sophie''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. (c) 1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 63. What purpose this splice would serve is unclear; breech ropes were not typically spliced but, rather, rove through an iron loop atop the [[cascabel]], ''q.v.'', [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Victory_68lb_Carronade.png this image of a carronade aboard HMS ''Victory'']. It is conceivable that the gun's cascabel knob would have been placed in the splice. In that case, as the gun recoiled, the increased tension in each side of the splice would have tightened it around the cascabel knob.</ref><br />
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Worm
2014-06-17T14:23:45Z
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<div>'''Worming''' is a technique to protect line from water damage. Relatively small, generally worn or otherwise cheap line was pressed into the cavities between the strands of a larger line. This worming protected the interior of the larger line, particularly if the worming were adequately [[tar]]red, by preventing water from collecting in the cavity or reaching the inner fibers of the strands. Thus, standing rigging was most fully protected by being wormed, [[parcel]]ed, and [[service|served]].<br />
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Jack Aubrey
2013-12-30T15:57:20Z
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3698</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], in which "the squadron stormed the Camaret battery"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981 by Patrick O'Brian. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Paperback, p. 325</ref> and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3726</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Isis''|| || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1991 by Patrick O'Brian. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, First American Edition: p. 88</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Colossus''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1991 by Patrick O'Brian. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, First American Edition: p. 88. Though conflicting with an earlier reference in ''Master and Commander'', we are told "it was on the gun-deck of the ''Colossus'', not three feet away from him [''i.e.'', Aubrey], that John Fitton had been killed during the battle of St [''sic''] Vincent."</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|1813 May 15 -1813|| ''Diane''||32-guns||Mission to Pulo Prabang||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]]||Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and "is restored to the List [of naval officers] with his former rank and seniority" on 15 May, 1813 in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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<div>The ''''hounds'''' are the part of a mast located just below the beginning of its upper segment, for example below the [[top]] for a [[mast|lower mast]] or [[crosstrees]] of a topmast. They are a wider portion of the mast on which the top or crosstrees rest. Thus, Biddlecombe writes, "The hounds, whose upper parts are also called ''cheeks'', are used as shoulders on to support the frame of the top and trestle-trees...."<ref>Biddlecomb, Capt. George, RN.''Art of Rigging, The, containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases and the Progressive Method of Rigging, Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships''. Dover edition of 1990, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501: p. 17</ref><br />
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A drawing of the hounds of a topmast and lowermast may be seen [http://books.google.com/books?id=g7Jd_o6_s90C&lpg=PA300&dq=%22Seamanship%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Sail%22%20hounds&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=hounds&f=false here].<br />
An image of a topmast's hounds may be seen [http://www.thesquarerigger.com/Balclutha_Mizzen_Topgallant_Mast_June_2009.html here]<br />
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<div>[[The Hundred Days]] contains a description of the various implements used to fight the guns of HMS ''Surprise'' or any other vessel of the period, listing "...the coiled muzzle-lashing, made fast to the eye-bolt above the [[gun port|port-lid]], the [[service|seizing]] of the mid-breeching to the [[pommelion]], the neat arrangement of the [[sponge]], [[handspike]], [[powder-horn]], [[priming-wire]], [[bed]], [[quoin]], [[tackle|train-tackle]], [[shot]] and all the rest...."<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. (c) 1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 38</ref><br />
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== Sponge ==<br />
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Sponges were made of sheepskin and attached to a handle of sufficent size and length to reach the breech of the gun. In use, the sponge was dunked in a bucket of water, then spun in the hand to remove the excess. The wet sponge was run down the bore to extinguish any burning particles of powder remaining from the last shot, before the next round was loaded. If the gun was not swabbed out between shots, the next round might be ignited, with fatal consequences for the loader.<br />
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== Rammer ==<br />
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Rammers were disks of hardwood used to seat the bag of powder home in the breech, then the projectile on top of the powder charge. They were usualy attached to the handle at the other end of the sponge, and wielded by a single member of the gun crew. On larger guns, the tools might be separate articles used by two or more men.<br />
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== Handspike ==<br />
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Handspikes were stout hardwood pry bars used to move the gun back into firing postion, adjust it from side to side, or raise the breech to ajust the elevation. Usually, handspikes were used by two members of the gun crew operating together being, despite any suggestions made by the name, six feet or more in length.<br />
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== Powder horn ==<br />
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Powder horns were made of cow horns, and filled with fine-grained musket or pistol powder. The horn was used to fill the touch-hole in the breech with powder. When touched by the slow-match, it fired the powder charge to shoot the gun.<br />
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Priming wire ==<br />
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Priming wires were used to puncture holes in bags containing the powder charges so the coarser cannon powder would ignite. Priming wires were made of stiff iron with a sharp point, similar to a modern ice pick.<br />
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== Touch hole ==<br />
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The touch hole was a small diameter hole bored into the breech of a muzzle loading cannon. It allowed the powder charge to be ignited, by use of the priming wire and one of the ignition systems of the time.<br />
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== Breech ==<br />
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The breech is the closed, or back end of the gun, opposite the muzzle. The powder charge would be seated here, opened by the priming wire, and the charge fired by the priming powder admitted through the touch hole. Breeches of muzzle loading cannon were often cast thicker than the barrel to better contain the explosive force of the powder. Still, it was not uncommon for a cannon to burst during firing, with horrific effects on the crew.<br />
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== Projectiles ==<br />
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=== Shot ===<br />
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Solid shot were cast iron balls made to a specific caliber and weight. The Royal Navy classified its guns generally by weight - a 12pdr (pounder) gun fired a twelve pound solid iron ball. Ball shot was developed from the carved stone balls fired by early cannon from the dawn of the gunpowder age. Solid iron shot would batter its way through the wooden hulls, cut rigging, smash masts and spars, and cut men to pieces.<br />
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=== Shell ===<br />
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Shells were hollow iron spheres filled with gunpowder and fitted with early fuzes. When fired, the propellant charge would ignite the fuze and cause the shell to explode as it was over, or inside, a ship or fort. The shrapnel produced would do great damage to an opponent's ships, forts, or troops. Hollow spherical charges first made their appearance in the 1600's as grenadoes, similar to modern hand grenades. However, the difficulty of casting hollow iron spheres and the unreliability of fuze material left them little used until later in the 19th century.<br />
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=== Grape and canister ===<br />
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Grape and canister rounds turned an ordinary muzzle loader into a huge shot-gun.<br />
Grape shot were cast iron balls about an inch to an inch-and-a-half in diameter. They were loaded in a cloth bag with a woden base, or a rack-like metal container. When fired, the container would disintegrate, scattering the shot like a modern-day shotgun shell.<br />
Canister was little more than a large tin can filled with musket balls, nails, and other scrap metal, and used to the same effect.<br />
Grapeshot and canister found wide use in the armies and navies of the time. On land, canister and grape were used by gun crews against massed infantry at close range, so the battery would not be overrun and taken. At sea, these rounds were used to shred sails, cut rigging to pieces, and sweep sailors and sharpshooters from the tops. It was a devastating weapon against a massed boarding party.<br />
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<div>''Woolcombe House'', in the fictional village of ''Woolhampton'', Dorset, is the ancestral home of the [[Jack Aubrey|Aubrey]] family. The Aubreys have been lords of the manor and "buried at Woolhampton for many generations".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. ©1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p.222</ref> In the [[Aubreyad]], the names "Woolcombe" and "Woolhampton" are used interchangeably to describe Aubrey's home, particularly in the earlier novels. The first mention, in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]], Maturin asks Aubrey if he had not the intention of "going to Woolhampton – of going to your father’s house?"<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain.'' ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 14</ref><br />
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Jack Aubrey
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3698</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], in which "the squadron stormed the Camaret battery"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981 by Patrick O'Brian. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Paperback, p. 325</ref> and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3726</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|1813 May 15 -1813|| ''Diane''||32-guns||Mission to Pulo Prabang||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]]||Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
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|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and "is restored to the List [of naval officers] with his former rank and seniority" on 15 May, 1813 in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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The lowest tier of shrouds is attached at the bottom to the [[Channel (part)|channels]] which project from the side of the [[hull]]; at the upper end they pass through the [[lubber's hole]] and are secured to the body of the mast just below the [[cap]]. A system of [[deadeye|deadeyes]] is mounted at the base of each shroud so that its tension can be adjusted. There are between three and eleven shrouds on each side, depending on the size of the vessel. The upper sections of each mast ([[topmast]] and [[topgallant]]) have each their own set of shrouds.<br />
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Besides their function as reinforcements, the shrouds are the sailors' normal route for climbing the mast. As an aid to this, lighter ropes called [[ratlines]] are stretched horizontally between them, forming a rope-ladder.<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3698</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3726</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|1813 May 15 -1813|| ''Diane''||32-guns||Mission to Pulo Prabang||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]]||Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and "is restored to the List [of naval officers] with his former rank and seniority" on 15 May, 1813 in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
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Jack Aubrey
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3698</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3726</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
|-<br />
|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1813 May 15 -1813|| ''Diane''||32-guns||Mission to Pulo Prabang||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]]||Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 94</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
<br />
Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
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Stephen Maturin
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<div>Doctor '''Stephen Maturin''', born Esteban Maturin y Domanova<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 29</ref> is one of two primary protagonists of the [[Aubrey-Maturin series]] — the other is [[Jack Aubrey]]. He first appears as a impoverished [[Lexicon:Physician|physician]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in the opening chapter of [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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Dr. Maturin attends a concert in the Governor's House in Port Mahon, elbowing a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] who can't beat time correctly. He is described to the reader as a, "small, dark, white-faced creature in a rusty black coat. It was difficult to tell his age, for not only had he that kind of face that does not give anything away, but he was wearing a wig, a grizzled wig, apparently made of wire and quite devoid of powder." (Norton pg 8) Jack Aubrey thinks he is roughly the same age as himself. <br />
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The reader soon learns that the good doctor is stranded in Minorca after the death of his patient and is in need of employment. <br />
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== Ancestry and birth ==<br />
Stephen was born around 1772, the natural child of an [[Ireland|Irish]] officer in the service of [[Spain]] and a [[Catalonia|Catalonian]] heiress. His father seems connected to the prominent Catholic Irish family of FitzGerald whose members Maturin often addresses as "cousin". Despite the fact that his parents were never married, he seems to have been given many of the advantages of belonging to both prominent families and inherits great wealth from his Catalan relations and some Irish property.<br />
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== Childhood and education == <br />
Stephen spent part of his boyhood in Ireland where he learned the Irish language from his nurse. He was, however, "carefully brought up by his Catalan grandfather", from whom he learned his manners and the arts of the gentleman.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. (c) 1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 141</ref> He gained his university education at [[Trinity College, Dublin|Trinity College]], [[Dublin]] where he was a noted and successful [[duel|duelist]]. He pursued his medical education in [[Paris]] under the name Étienne Domanova,{{fact}} but goes by Maturin throughout the canon.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 29</ref> In Paris he qualified as a doctor, at about the time of the [[French Revolution]].<br />
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== Political involvement ==<br />
Stephen was involved with many of the protagonists in the failed Irish revolt of 1798, but did not take part in the rising. He was a cousin of [[Lord Edward Fitzgerald]], one of the leaders. At this time he was involved with a young woman named Mona but the relationship did not continue for unknown reasons.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''.©1989 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition 1991, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 89</ref> He left Ireland after the rising as the private doctor of a gentleman. They sailed to Minorca where his patient died leaving him penniless.<br />
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His sympathy for Catalonian independence also causes him to become involved with Catalans seeking separation from both France and Spain. He is recruited into British intelligence under Sir [[Joseph Blaine]] by connections made with Catalan merchants<ref>The Thirteen Gun Salute, more details to follow</ref>.<br />
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<div>'''''HMS Surprise''''', a [[frigate]] of the [[rate|sixth rate]], is the ship most closely associated with [[Jack Aubrey]] from the third book of the Canon, ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]'', until the very end.<br />
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==Specification==<br />
''Surprise'' was 126 feet (38 metres) long on the gun-deck and 31 feet (9.45 metres) in beam; she was rated at just under 579 tons (589.5 tonnes). She is usually described as a 28-gun ship, but this was a somewhat artificial reckoning to distinguish her from an unrated [[post ship]] on the one hand (such vessels might carry up to 26 guns) and from a 32-gun frigate on the other. In fact her main deck was pierced for 24 guns, while the [[quarter deck]] carried a further eight to twelve and her [[forecastle]] between two and six, all these being of smaller [[calibre]]. The guns on the main deck were either nine-pounder long guns or 32-pounder [[carronade]]s.<br />
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''Surprise'' is usually said to have been equipped with an abnormally tall [[mast|mainmast]], designed for a 36-gun frigate, and POB accepts this. However, recent research by Brian Lavery <ref>Lavery, Brian, and Geoff Hunt: ''The Frigate Surprise'' (London, Conway Maritime, 2008)</ref> suggests that this may have been at most a short-lived experiment on the part of Captain Hamilton (see below). By contrast, a letter written by Hamilton in May 1798 instructs the dockyard to remove the mainmast and set up the existing foremast (which would have been shorter) in its place, on the grounds that this would make the ship more 'stiff' or stable; and the record (also cited by Lavery) of the ship's fittings at the time of sale in 1802 seems consistent with this, all the spars being appropriate to a 24- or even 20-gun ship. <ref>The mainmast was then 71ft and the foremast 66ft. By contrast, the table in Burney, ''New Universal Dictionary of the Marine'' (1815: article 'Mast') gives the lower mainmast of a 28-gun ship as 81ft tall as against 89ft for a 36 and 71ft for a 20. [[Geoff Hunt]] (''The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt'' [Conway Maritime, 2004], p.114) adopts the 89ft figure; he reckons the overall height of the main-topgallant truck as 146ft.</ref>. She was established for a crew of between 200 and 240.<br />
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By the standards of the 1790s ''Surprise'' was decidedly on the small side for a frigate; many such ships were over 150 feet long and were reckoned at 1000 tons or more. Nonetheless, she briefly enjoyed the status of a [[rate|fifth rate]] ship before reverting to the sixth rate.<br />
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==''Surprise'' in history==<br />
''Surprise'' began her life in 1794 as the French corvette ''L'Unité'', designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait who was at one time Minister of Marine under [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]. Captured by HMS ''Inconstant'' in April 1796, she was renamed (since the Royal Navy already possessed a ship called ''Unité'', taken just a week previously) and served for six years, mostly in the Caribbean. In 1801 her penultimate captain, Christopher Laroche, reported that she sailed well before the wind but made a great deal of [[leeway]] when close-hauled - a contrast to her performance in the Canon. She was by then in poor condition and was sent home as escort to a convoy, to end her naval career as an observation-vessel off the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] coast. Nothing is known of her fate after she was sold out of the Service in February 1802.<br />
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Her most distinguished action dates from October 1799, when she was commanded by Captain Sir Edward Hamilton. The crew of the frigate ''[[HMS Hermione]]'' had mutinied under great provocation, murdered their officers and handed their ship over to the [[Spain|Spanish]], who had her moored under very strong guard at Puerto Cabello on the Spanish American coast. Nonetheless, boats from ''Surprise'' succeeded in cutting out ''Hermione'' and restoring her to the King's service.<br />
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==''Surprise'' in the Canon==<br />
O'Brian's ''Surprise'' retains the French origin and name, the specification and the history of the real ship, but he has greatly extended her lifespan in both directions. In ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]'' we are told that Jack had served on board her when he was a [[midshipman]] - that is to say before 1792, since his [[commission]] as [[lieutenant]] dates from that year. As the war against the [[France|French]] Republic did not break out until 1793, it follows that the capture of ''Surprise'' must have taken place in the last previous period of hostilities between [[Great Britain|Britain]] and France, namely the war of [[American Revolutionary War|American independence]], which came to an end in 1783. Thus the fictional ''Surprise'' is at least eleven years older than her prototype. At the other extreme, O'Brian's ''Surprise'' is still at sea in 1817. O'Brian also raises her principal armament (when she is carrying long guns) from 9-pounders to 12-pounders; he postulates several major refits (the last in ''[[Blue at the Mizzen]]'') to account for her ability to cope with the stress of this and of her exceptionally eventful service.<br />
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The daily routine for the crew left it to the morning watch -- 0400-0800 -- "to show the sun a spotless deck". Aubrey himself typically rose at 0600, and the hands were piped to dinner at "eight bells in the forenoon watch" -- 1200, noon -- after the "officers fixed the height of the noonday sun".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. (c)1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 246</ref> <br />
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===Specifications in the Canon===<br />
''Surprise'' displaced "less than six hundred tons"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 49</ref> and her best bower weighed thirty-one [[hundredweight]], or 3,472lbs.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. (c)1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: pp. 235-6</ref><br />
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Among her idiosyncratic features, ''Surprise'' shipped a spritsail course, "an odd, rather old-fashioned sail, slung under the [[bowsprit]] and masking the [[chasers]]".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. First published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 111</ref><br />
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Although she carried numerous different armament in her time, during the latter part of the [[Aubreyad]]'s extended 1813, ''Surprise'' "carried twenty-two twelve-pounders [ [[cannon|long guns]] ] on her maindeck and two beautiful brass long nines...."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3656. "With them he could only command a broadside of 141 pounds, but he knew very well that even a [[hundredweight]] of iron hitting a ship in the right place could wound her terribly". ''Ibid.''</ref> one of these called ''Beelzebub''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: pp. 125 & 142</ref> "...She possessed six twenty-four-pounder carronades, but since they tended to oppress her in heavy seas they were often struck down into the hold".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 81</ref> Of these guns, the names of the starboard -- even numbered from two through twenty-four -- included ''Wilful Murder'' (number 4)<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3658</ref>, ''Towser'' (number 6), ''Jumping Billy'' (number 22), ''True Blue'' (number 24), ''Viper'', ''Mad Anthony'', ''Bulldog'', and ''Nancy's Fancy''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: pp. 84-85</ref>, as well as ''Belcher'', ''Sudden Death'', ''Tom Crib''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 39</ref>, ''Fumping Billy''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Letter of Marque. ©1988. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3888</ref>, ''Nancy Dawson'', ''Revenge'', and ''Spitfire'', the latter shipped adjacent to ''Sudden Death''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. (c)1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 217, 220</ref> The carronades were "only a third the weight of the ''Surprise'''s regular twelve-pounder cannon but fir[ed] a ball twice as heavy; furthermore they could be fought by a much smaller crew -- two zealous hands at a pinch, as opposed to the seven or eight gathered round a long twelve. On the other hand, they could not fire their heavy ball very far nor very accurately".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 67</ref> Aubrey is frequently mentioned to have preferred using slow-match to the more modern and, to his mind, less reliable flint locks in the earlier portion of the canon, but later reflect with pride on "the brilliant flint-locks that now...adorned ''Surprise''s guns, doing away with those potential misfires when the linstock [''sic''] wavered over the touch hole or was doused by flying spray."<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. (c) 1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 40; However, that same volume contains later references to linstocks, ''q''.''v''., p. 58, and to slow-match, ''q''.''v''., p. 262, with no future mention of flint-locks.</ref><br />
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The gunroom was "a long dim corridor-like room, some eighteen feet wide and twenty-eight in length, with an almost equally long table running down the middle and the officers' cabin doors opening on to the narrow space on either side -- opening outwards, since if they opened the other way they must necessarily crush the man within." The mizzen-mast ran through it to the keelson below.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 107</ref><br />
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Jack Aubrey first takes command of the ship in 1805, in ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]''. In ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' she is bought by [[Stephen Maturin]] on his friend's behalf; later Jack buys her from Stephen and leases her to the [[Royal Navy|Navy]], ostensibly as a survey vessel but in fact to carry Stephen to [[South America]] for secret dealings with anti-Spanish forces there, a theme which runs from ''[[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]]'' to ''[[21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey|21]]''. In the latter book ''Surprise'' is last heard of as sailing back to [[England]] with Jack's despatches.<br />
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=== External Links ===<br />
[http://members.aol.com/batrnq/Surprise/Surprise1.htm Bruce Trinque's ''HMS Surprise'' web pages], containing a wealth of technical and historical information (partly drawn from Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817'' (2005)), along with plans and sections.<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3698</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3726</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
|-<br />
|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3698</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
|-<br />
|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
|-<br />
|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
|-<br />
| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
|-<br />
|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
<br />
Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/HMS_Surprise_(ship)
HMS Surprise (ship)
2011-05-30T19:13:49Z
<p>Czrisher: /* Specifications in the Canon */ Ibids to proper citations after an intervention</p>
<hr />
<div>'''''HMS Surprise''''', a [[frigate]] of the [[rate|sixth rate]], is the ship most closely associated with [[Jack Aubrey]] from the third book of the Canon, ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]'', until the very end.<br />
<br />
==Specification==<br />
''Surprise'' was 126 feet (38 metres) long on the gun-deck and 31 feet (9.45 metres) in beam; she was rated at just under 579 tons (589.5 tonnes). She is usually described as a 28-gun ship, but this was a somewhat artificial reckoning to distinguish her from an unrated [[post ship]] on the one hand (such vessels might carry up to 26 guns) and from a 32-gun frigate on the other. In fact her main deck was pierced for 24 guns, while the [[quarter deck]] carried a further eight to twelve and her [[forecastle]] between two and six, all these being of smaller [[calibre]]. The guns on the main deck were either nine-pounder long guns or 32-pounder [[carronade]]s.<br />
<br />
''Surprise'' is usually said to have been equipped with an abnormally tall [[mast|mainmast]], designed for a 36-gun frigate, and POB accepts this. However, recent research by Brian Lavery <ref>Lavery, Brian, and Geoff Hunt: ''The Frigate Surprise'' (London, Conway Maritime, 2008)</ref> suggests that this may have been at most a short-lived experiment on the part of Captain Hamilton (see below). By contrast, a letter written by Hamilton in May 1798 instructs the dockyard to remove the mainmast and set up the existing foremast (which would have been shorter) in its place, on the grounds that this would make the ship more 'stiff' or stable; and the record (also cited by Lavery) of the ship's fittings at the time of sale in 1802 seems consistent with this, all the spars being appropriate to a 24- or even 20-gun ship. <ref>The mainmast was then 71ft and the foremast 66ft. By contrast, the table in Burney, ''New Universal Dictionary of the Marine'' (1815: article 'Mast') gives the lower mainmast of a 28-gun ship as 81ft tall as against 89ft for a 36 and 71ft for a 20. [[Geoff Hunt]] (''The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt'' [Conway Maritime, 2004], p.114) adopts the 89ft figure; he reckons the overall height of the main-topgallant truck as 146ft.</ref>. She was established for a crew of between 200 and 240.<br />
<br />
By the standards of the 1790s ''Surprise'' was decidedly on the small side for a frigate; many such ships were over 150 feet long and were reckoned at 1000 tons or more. Nonetheless, she briefly enjoyed the status of a [[rate|fifth rate]] ship before reverting to the sixth rate.<br />
<br />
==''Surprise'' in history==<br />
''Surprise'' began her life in 1794 as the French corvette ''L'Unité'', designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait who was at one time Minister of Marine under [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]. Captured by HMS ''Inconstant'' in April 1796, she was renamed (since the Royal Navy already possessed a ship called ''Unité'', taken just a week previously) and served for six years, mostly in the Caribbean. In 1801 her penultimate captain, Christopher Laroche, reported that she sailed well before the wind but made a great deal of [[leeway]] when close-hauled - a contrast to her performance in the Canon. She was by then in poor condition and was sent home as escort to a convoy, to end her naval career as an observation-vessel off the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] coast. Nothing is known of her fate after she was sold out of the Service in February 1802.<br />
<br />
Her most distinguished action dates from October 1799, when she was commanded by Captain Sir Edward Hamilton. The crew of the frigate ''[[HMS Hermione]]'' had mutinied under great provocation, murdered their officers and handed their ship over to the [[Spain|Spanish]], who had her moored under very strong guard at Puerto Cabello on the Spanish American coast. Nonetheless, boats from ''Surprise'' succeeded in cutting out ''Hermione'' and restoring her to the King's service.<br />
<br />
==''Surprise'' in the Canon==<br />
O'Brian's ''Surprise'' retains the French origin and name, the specification and the history of the real ship, but he has greatly extended her lifespan in both directions. In ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]'' we are told that Jack had served on board her when he was a [[midshipman]] - that is to say before 1792, since his [[commission]] as [[lieutenant]] dates from that year. As the war against the [[France|French]] Republic did not break out until 1793, it follows that the capture of ''Surprise'' must have taken place in the last previous period of hostilities between [[Great Britain|Britain]] and France, namely the war of [[American Revolutionary War|American independence]], which came to an end in 1783. Thus the fictional ''Surprise'' is at least eleven years older than her prototype. At the other extreme, O'Brian's ''Surprise'' is still at sea in 1817. O'Brian also raises her principal armament (when she is carrying long guns) from 9-pounders to 12-pounders; he postulates several major refits (the last in ''[[Blue at the Mizzen]]'') to account for her ability to cope with the stress of this and of her exceptionally eventful service.<br />
===Ship's Schedule===<br />
The daily routine for the crew left it to the morning watch -- 0400-0800 -- "to show the sun a spotless deck". Aubrey himself typically rose at 0600, and the hands were piped to dinner at "eight bells in the forenoon watch" -- 1200, noon -- after the "officers fixed the height of the noonday sun".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. (c)1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 246</ref> <br />
<br />
===Specifications in the Canon===<br />
''Surprise'' displaced "less than six hundred tons"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 49</ref> and her best bower weighed thirty-one [[hundredweight]], or 3,472lbs.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. (c)1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: pp. 235-6</ref><br />
<br />
Among her idiosyncratic features, ''Surprise'' shipped a spritsail course, "an odd, rather old-fashioned sail, slung under the [[bowsprit]] and masking the [[chasers]]".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. First published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 111</ref><br />
<br />
Although she carried numerous different armament in her time, during the latter part of the [[Aubreyad]]'s extended 1813, ''Surprise'' "carried twenty-two twelve-pounders [ [[cannon|long guns]] ] on her maindeck and two beautiful brass long nines...."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3656. "With them he could only command a broadside of 141 pounds, but he knew very well that even a [[hundredweight]] of iron hitting a ship in the right place could wound her terribly". ''Ibid.''</ref> one of these called ''Beelzebub''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: pp. 125 & 142</ref> "...She possessed six twenty-four-pounder carronades, but since they tended to oppress her in heavy seas they were often struck down into the hold".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 81</ref> Of these guns, the names of the starboard -- even numbered from two through twenty-four -- included ''Wilful Murder'' (number 4)<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3658</ref>, ''Towser'' (number 6), ''Jumping Billy'' (number 22), ''True Blue'' (number 24), ''Viper'', ''Mad Anthony'', ''Bulldog'', and ''Nancy's Fancy''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: pp. 84-85</ref>, as well as ''Belcher'', ''Sudden Death'', ''Tom Crib''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 39</ref>, ''Nancy Dawson'', ''Revenge'', and ''Spitfire'', the latter shipped adjacent to ''Sudden Death''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. (c)1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 217, 220</ref> The carronades were "only a third the weight of the ''Surprise'''s regular twelve-pounder cannon but fir[ed] a ball twice as heavy; furthermore they could be fought by a much smaller crew -- two zealous hands at a pinch, as opposed to the seven or eight gathered round a long twelve. On the other hand, they could not fire their heavy ball very far nor very accurately".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 67</ref> Aubrey is frequently mentioned to have preferred using slow-match to the more modern and, to his mind, less reliable flint locks in the earlier portion of the canon, but later reflect with pride on "the brilliant flint-locks that now...adorned ''Surprise''s guns, doing away with those potential misfires when the linstock [''sic''] wavered over the touch hole or was doused by flying spray."<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. (c) 1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 40; However, that same volume contains later references to linstocks, ''q''.''v''., p. 58, and to slow-match, ''q''.''v''., p. 262, with no future mention of flint-locks.</ref><br />
<br />
The gunroom was "a long dim corridor-like room, some eighteen feet wide and twenty-eight in length, with an almost equally long table running down the middle and the officers' cabin doors opening on to the narrow space on either side -- opening outwards, since if they opened the other way they must necessarily crush the man within." The mizzen-mast ran through it to the keelson below.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 107</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
{{spoiler|series}}<br />
<br />
<br />
Jack Aubrey first takes command of the ship in 1805, in ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]''. In ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' she is bought by [[Stephen Maturin]] on his friend's behalf; later Jack buys her from Stephen and leases her to the [[Royal Navy|Navy]], ostensibly as a survey vessel but in fact to carry Stephen to [[South America]] for secret dealings with anti-Spanish forces there, a theme which runs from ''[[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]]'' to ''[[21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey|21]]''. In the latter book ''Surprise'' is last heard of as sailing back to [[England]] with Jack's despatches.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
=== External Links ===<br />
[http://members.aol.com/batrnq/Surprise/Surprise1.htm Bruce Trinque's ''HMS Surprise'' web pages], containing a wealth of technical and historical information (partly drawn from Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817'' (2005)), along with plans and sections.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Historical ships|Surprise, HMS]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/HMS_Surprise_(ship)
HMS Surprise (ship)
2011-05-30T19:12:06Z
<p>Czrisher: /* Specifications in the Canon */ - Guns</p>
<hr />
<div>'''''HMS Surprise''''', a [[frigate]] of the [[rate|sixth rate]], is the ship most closely associated with [[Jack Aubrey]] from the third book of the Canon, ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]'', until the very end.<br />
<br />
==Specification==<br />
''Surprise'' was 126 feet (38 metres) long on the gun-deck and 31 feet (9.45 metres) in beam; she was rated at just under 579 tons (589.5 tonnes). She is usually described as a 28-gun ship, but this was a somewhat artificial reckoning to distinguish her from an unrated [[post ship]] on the one hand (such vessels might carry up to 26 guns) and from a 32-gun frigate on the other. In fact her main deck was pierced for 24 guns, while the [[quarter deck]] carried a further eight to twelve and her [[forecastle]] between two and six, all these being of smaller [[calibre]]. The guns on the main deck were either nine-pounder long guns or 32-pounder [[carronade]]s.<br />
<br />
''Surprise'' is usually said to have been equipped with an abnormally tall [[mast|mainmast]], designed for a 36-gun frigate, and POB accepts this. However, recent research by Brian Lavery <ref>Lavery, Brian, and Geoff Hunt: ''The Frigate Surprise'' (London, Conway Maritime, 2008)</ref> suggests that this may have been at most a short-lived experiment on the part of Captain Hamilton (see below). By contrast, a letter written by Hamilton in May 1798 instructs the dockyard to remove the mainmast and set up the existing foremast (which would have been shorter) in its place, on the grounds that this would make the ship more 'stiff' or stable; and the record (also cited by Lavery) of the ship's fittings at the time of sale in 1802 seems consistent with this, all the spars being appropriate to a 24- or even 20-gun ship. <ref>The mainmast was then 71ft and the foremast 66ft. By contrast, the table in Burney, ''New Universal Dictionary of the Marine'' (1815: article 'Mast') gives the lower mainmast of a 28-gun ship as 81ft tall as against 89ft for a 36 and 71ft for a 20. [[Geoff Hunt]] (''The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt'' [Conway Maritime, 2004], p.114) adopts the 89ft figure; he reckons the overall height of the main-topgallant truck as 146ft.</ref>. She was established for a crew of between 200 and 240.<br />
<br />
By the standards of the 1790s ''Surprise'' was decidedly on the small side for a frigate; many such ships were over 150 feet long and were reckoned at 1000 tons or more. Nonetheless, she briefly enjoyed the status of a [[rate|fifth rate]] ship before reverting to the sixth rate.<br />
<br />
==''Surprise'' in history==<br />
''Surprise'' began her life in 1794 as the French corvette ''L'Unité'', designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait who was at one time Minister of Marine under [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]. Captured by HMS ''Inconstant'' in April 1796, she was renamed (since the Royal Navy already possessed a ship called ''Unité'', taken just a week previously) and served for six years, mostly in the Caribbean. In 1801 her penultimate captain, Christopher Laroche, reported that she sailed well before the wind but made a great deal of [[leeway]] when close-hauled - a contrast to her performance in the Canon. She was by then in poor condition and was sent home as escort to a convoy, to end her naval career as an observation-vessel off the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] coast. Nothing is known of her fate after she was sold out of the Service in February 1802.<br />
<br />
Her most distinguished action dates from October 1799, when she was commanded by Captain Sir Edward Hamilton. The crew of the frigate ''[[HMS Hermione]]'' had mutinied under great provocation, murdered their officers and handed their ship over to the [[Spain|Spanish]], who had her moored under very strong guard at Puerto Cabello on the Spanish American coast. Nonetheless, boats from ''Surprise'' succeeded in cutting out ''Hermione'' and restoring her to the King's service.<br />
<br />
==''Surprise'' in the Canon==<br />
O'Brian's ''Surprise'' retains the French origin and name, the specification and the history of the real ship, but he has greatly extended her lifespan in both directions. In ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]'' we are told that Jack had served on board her when he was a [[midshipman]] - that is to say before 1792, since his [[commission]] as [[lieutenant]] dates from that year. As the war against the [[France|French]] Republic did not break out until 1793, it follows that the capture of ''Surprise'' must have taken place in the last previous period of hostilities between [[Great Britain|Britain]] and France, namely the war of [[American Revolutionary War|American independence]], which came to an end in 1783. Thus the fictional ''Surprise'' is at least eleven years older than her prototype. At the other extreme, O'Brian's ''Surprise'' is still at sea in 1817. O'Brian also raises her principal armament (when she is carrying long guns) from 9-pounders to 12-pounders; he postulates several major refits (the last in ''[[Blue at the Mizzen]]'') to account for her ability to cope with the stress of this and of her exceptionally eventful service.<br />
===Ship's Schedule===<br />
The daily routine for the crew left it to the morning watch -- 0400-0800 -- "to show the sun a spotless deck". Aubrey himself typically rose at 0600, and the hands were piped to dinner at "eight bells in the forenoon watch" -- 1200, noon -- after the "officers fixed the height of the noonday sun".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. (c)1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 246</ref> <br />
<br />
===Specifications in the Canon===<br />
''Surprise'' displaced "less than six hundred tons"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 49</ref> and her best bower weighed thirty-one [[hundredweight]], or 3,472lbs.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. (c)1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: pp. 235-6</ref><br />
<br />
Among her idiosyncratic features, ''Surprise'' shipped a spritsail course, "an odd, rather old-fashioned sail, slung under the [[bowsprit]] and masking the [[chasers]]".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. First published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 111</ref><br />
<br />
Although she carried numerous different armament in her time, during the latter part of the [[Aubreyad]]'s extended 1813, ''Surprise'' "carried twenty-two twelve-pounders [ [[cannon|long guns]] ] on her maindeck and two beautiful brass long nines...."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3656. "With them he could only command a broadside of 141 pounds, but he knew very well that even a [[hundredweight]] of iron hitting a ship in the right place could wound her terribly". ''Ibid.''</ref> one of these called ''Beelzebub''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. (c) 1991 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: pp. 125 & 142</ref> "...She possessed six twenty-four-pounder carronades, but since they tended to oppress her in heavy seas they were often struck down into the hold".<ref>''Ibid''. p. 81</ref> Of these guns, the names of the starboard -- even numbered from two through twenty-four -- included ''Wilful Murder'' (number 4)<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Reverse of the Medal. ©1987. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3658</ref>, ''Towser'' (number 6), ''Jumping Billy'' (number 22), ''True Blue'' (number 24), ''Viper'', ''Mad Anthony'', ''Bulldog'', and ''Nancy's Fancy''<ref>''Ibid.'' pp. 84-85</ref>, as well as ''Belcher'', ''Sudden Death'', ''Tom Crib''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 39</ref>, ''Nancy Dawson'', ''Revenge'', and ''Spitfire'', the latter shipped adjacent to ''Sudden Death''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. (c)1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 217, 220</ref> The carronades were "only a third the weight of the ''Surprise'''s regular twelve-pounder cannon but fir[ed] a ball twice as heavy; furthermore they could be fought by a much smaller crew -- two zealous hands at a pinch, as opposed to the seven or eight gathered round a long twelve. On the other hand, they could not fire their heavy ball very far nor very accurately".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 67</ref> Aubrey is frequently mentioned to have preferred using slow-match to the more modern and, to his mind, less reliable flint locks in the earlier portion of the canon, but later reflect with pride on "the brilliant flint-locks that now...adorned ''Surprise''s guns, doing away with those potential misfires when the linstock [''sic''] wavered over the touch hole or was doused by flying spray."<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. (c) 1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 40; However, that same volume contains later references to linstocks, ''q''.''v''., p. 58, and to slow-match, ''q''.''v''., p. 262, with no future mention of flint-locks.</ref><br />
<br />
The gunroom was "a long dim corridor-like room, some eighteen feet wide and twenty-eight in length, with an almost equally long table running down the middle and the officers' cabin doors opening on to the narrow space on either side -- opening outwards, since if they opened the other way they must necessarily crush the man within." The mizzen-mast ran through it to the keelson below.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. (c) 1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 107</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
{{spoiler|series}}<br />
<br />
<br />
Jack Aubrey first takes command of the ship in 1805, in ''[[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]]''. In ''[[The Reverse of the Medal]]'' she is bought by [[Stephen Maturin]] on his friend's behalf; later Jack buys her from Stephen and leases her to the [[Royal Navy|Navy]], ostensibly as a survey vessel but in fact to carry Stephen to [[South America]] for secret dealings with anti-Spanish forces there, a theme which runs from ''[[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]]'' to ''[[21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey|21]]''. In the latter book ''Surprise'' is last heard of as sailing back to [[England]] with Jack's despatches.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
=== External Links ===<br />
[http://members.aol.com/batrnq/Surprise/Surprise1.htm Bruce Trinque's ''HMS Surprise'' web pages], containing a wealth of technical and historical information (partly drawn from Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817'' (2005)), along with plans and sections.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Historical ships|Surprise, HMS]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Jack_Aubrey
Jack Aubrey
2011-05-30T19:04:56Z
<p>Czrisher: /* The Ships of Jack Aubrey */ - Namur</p>
<hr />
<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
<br />
In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Namur''|| || "escorting the Archangel trade" ||Midshipman|| <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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<div>'''Gaskets''' are the lines used to secure squaresails to their [[yard]]s. When a squaresail has been taken in, ''i.e.'', when the sheet have been cast off, the [[gear]] hauled up, and the yard hauled down, men will go aloft. They [[furl]] the sail, wrapping it into a bundle with the amount of care varying with the conditions. The gaskets, which are dangling from the yard in a special coil, commonly known as a "gasket coil" are loosed and then wrapped around the yard and sail, typically from fore to aft, and made fast. When the sail is to be set, "the men [run] up on to the yards [and] cast off the gaskets, holding the sail under their arms" until, at the call "Let fall. Sheet home", they release it.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3432</ref> The gaskets will be recoiled before the men return to deck.<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
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|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
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|1792 c.|| ''Formidable'' || || || Master's Mate ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels'':The Far Side of the World. ©1984. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 3352</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
|-<br />
|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
|-<br />
|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
|-<br />
| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.||''Fortitude''|| || "under the guns of San Felipe"||Midshipman|| Captain Hartley<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: p. 49</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1799 c.||''Eurotas''|| "drew eighteen foot six abaft"|| Western Mediterranean || 3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbour''. ©1983 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY 10110: pp. 306 & 321</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
|-<br />
|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
|-<br />
|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
|-<br />
|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
|-<br />
| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1791 c.|| ''Resolution'' || || Brest blockade || 17-year-old master's mate ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Surgeon's Mate''. ©1981. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY: p. 306</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Pawl
Pawl
2010-12-13T00:03:03Z
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Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Capstan
Capstan
2010-12-13T00:02:44Z
<p>Czrisher: Correction: pawls not necessarily wooden</p>
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<div>A capstan is a mechanical device used to pull on a rope or chain. It is capable of exerting great force on a rope and thus lifting heavy weights or pulling a vast load. The capstan is used to [[weigh]] or lift the anchor or other large loads. The capstan consists of a head and a barrel. The head has holes around its periphery. Long bars are shipped or placed into these holes. If the ends of the bars are secured to each other, they are “swifted”. Sailors push on each of the long bars. The mechanical advantage of the capstan is achieved by the length of the bars. Beneath the head is the barrel. The rope or chain to be pulled on is wrapped around the barrel. To “pawl the capstan”, one of two pieces of wood or iron, attached to the deck for the purpose, are pushed into grooves cut into the capstan's barrel, preventing it from turning in the reverse direction. Because the pawls sit on opposite sides of the capstan, one can be constantly pushed into the grooves even as the capstan turns in the opposite direction as a ratchet.<ref>Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 Admiral. The Sailor's Word~Book. Blackie and Son, Paternoster Row, 1867 Reprinted by Algrove Publishing Limited Almonte, ON Canada 2004. ISBN 1-897030-05-3</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Capstan
Capstan
2010-12-13T00:01:18Z
<p>Czrisher: Corrected spelling of and added information on pawls</p>
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<div>A capstan is a mechanical device used to pull on a rope or chain. It is capable of exerting great force on a rope and thus lifting heavy weights or pulling a vast load. The capstan is used to [[weigh]] or lift the anchor or other large loads. The capstan consists of a head and a barrel. The head has holes around its periphery. Long bars are shipped or placed into these holes. If the ends of the bars are secured to each other, they are “swifted”. Sailors push on each of the long bars. The mechanical advantage of the capstan is achieved by the length of the bars. Beneath the head is the barrel. The rope or chain to be pulled on is wrapped around the barrel. To “pawl the capstan”, one of two large pieces of wood, attached to the deck for the purpose, are pushed into grooves cut into the capstan's barrel, preventing it from turning in the reverse direction. Because the pawls sit on opposite sides of the capstan, one can be constantly pushed into the grooves even as the capstan turns in the opposite direction as a ratchet.<ref>Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 Admiral. The Sailor's Word~Book. Blackie and Son, Paternoster Row, 1867 Reprinted by Algrove Publishing Limited Almonte, ON Canada 2004. ISBN 1-897030-05-3</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/User_talk:Aquinas
User talk:Aquinas
2010-12-12T23:57:14Z
<p>Czrisher: Alas</p>
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==Sickbay sick berth==<br />
This is something direct from John's lexicon project from the old wiki. I'm not sure why he had both, but left it that way so as not to make his reloading more difficult. --[[User:LadyShelley|LadyShelley]] 19:17, 14 July 2007 (BST)<br />
:I had not thought of that, but it wasn't even displaying as a redlink so I fixed it to do that. [[User:Aquinas|Aquinas]] 19:33, 14 July 2007 (BST)<br />
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== Thanks! ==<br />
Hey Adam, thanks for the nice welcome, and for adding to my entry. I have to re-read the books before I'll be comfortable adding anything about the plots, so that's very helpful! <br />
--[[User:Kimmysanders|Kimmysanders]] 10:19, 3 October 2007 (BST)<br />
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==Sort key?==<br />
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Adam what is this 'sort key' thing popping up in the recent changes for pages? What does it do? --[[User:LadyShelley|LadyShelley]] 02:59, 2 May 2008 (BST)<br />
:Trying to think of a word for it! Categories list according to the first letter of the article name. That is fine for Marlin spike of Cannon ball. However, for people's names, do we want P-reserved K-illick listed under P or K? I decided that names should be listed under the surname initial not the first name initial so Thomas P-ullings is listed with Sam P-anda. Of course Sidney Smith didn't need fixing :-). This is done by simply adding the name order to the Category name template, see <nowiki>[[Category:Category name'''|Lastname, Firstname''']]</nowiki><br />
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[[User:Aquinas|Aquinas]] 11:20, 2 May 2008 (BST)<br />
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==Categorizing?==<br />
Hi Adam: <br><br />
I am new here. I have added three pages: [[sloop]], [[capstan]], and [[longitude]]. I have noticed on some existing pages that there are categories listed at the end of the article. How do I include such categories to the pages I have added? I would also appriciate any feed back on the pages I have created. I would like some confirmation that I am on the right track before I do too much more.<br />
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Thanks<br><br />
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[[User:Brucep|Bruce]] 16:21, 5 January 2009 (GMT)<br />
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<blockquote>This question was answered on my discussion page. Thank you! [[User:Brucep|Bruce]] 17:32, 5 January 2009 (GMT)</blockquote><br />
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==Bosun, your duty awaits.==<br />
I fear your attention may be needed at User talk:LauraBrenneman. There's likely a more appropriate way for me to deal with the issue, but I know it not.[[User:Czrisher|Czrisher]] 23:57, 12 December 2010 (UTC)</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Jack_Aubrey
Jack Aubrey
2010-11-29T15:16:09Z
<p>Czrisher: Added Goliath and Euterpe</p>
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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| "Long ago" as of 1812 || ''Euterpe'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 261</ref>||<br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1794 c.<ref>Admiral Henry Harvey was not promoted to that rank until after [[The Glorious First of June]] in 1794. Admiral John Harvey, his nephew, did not become an admiral until 1813.</ref> || ''Goliath'' || 74-gun, 3rd Rate<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1781) Wikipedia's page on H.M.S. ''Goliath'']</ref> || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 200</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
|-<br />
|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
<br />
Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Round_turn
Round turn
2010-11-22T14:59:27Z
<p>Czrisher: /* In the Canon */ - Added FOW reference</p>
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<div>Specifically, a round turn is the passing of a line through 360 degrees around an object. The friction caused by the turn when such a line comes under tension is dramatic. Thus, in tending a line apt to come under heavy strain, a sailor will often "catch a turn" around a [[belaying pin]], [[cleat]], or [[bitt]] to aid him in maintaining control. <br />
<br />
A common example is, "a round turn and two half-hitches", a knot said to be "Good enough for the King's yacht".<br />
==In the Canon==<br />
Characters throughout the canon frequently speak of being, "brought up with a round turn". For example, in [[The Reverse of the Medal]], Wilks, a sailor on ''[[HMS Irresistible]]'' says of [[Jack Aubrey|Aubrey]], "The [[Sam Panda|black parson]] will bring him up with a round turn".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 16</ref> In ''The Fortune of War'', Aubrey thinks "that if Stephen were not brought up with a round turn he might go on for hours".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 49</ref><br />
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[[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] often mistakes the phrase. At one point, he tells [[Major Beck]] that he "brought him up with a round [[stern]]".<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=idKmOKXDoUIC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=stern 'The Surgeon's Mate', page 22, from Google Books]</ref> At another he assures Aubrey that, "if the Admiral proves inquisitive, I may toss him off with a round turn."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 21</ref> The nautical error, leaving aside the question of pun, is that a round turn helps to make something fast, not to let it loose.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<div class="references-small"><br />
<references/><br />
</div><br />
[[Category:Marlinspike seamanship]]</div>
Czrisher
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Stopper
2010-11-22T14:57:44Z
<p>Czrisher: /* Use in the Canon */ - Added FOW reference</p>
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<div>A small piece of line, made fast at one end to a solid purchase like a [[bit]], which may be temporarily made fast to a working line to hold the strain while that line is made fast. The bitter end of the stopper is often [[unlaid]] and braided to provide more surface area for a better hold.<br />
<br />
The procedure for making fast the [[foresail]] [[tack]] provides a good example. It takes the full strength of several men to "board the tack" in any kind of breeze but, for the line to be made fast, those men must release the [[bitter end]]. With nothing to hold the tack-line, the sail would flog away or a great deal of the hard-won tension would be lost. Before they release the line, therefore, a man at the head will "clap a stopper on" it. In this case, the stopper would likely be made fast at one end around the [[knight head]]. The man would tie a stopper-knot, often a modified [[midshipman's hitch]], onto the tack-line with the stopper. The men behind would ease the tack-line until all of the tension rested on the stopper. When they released the line, one man could make it fast and then release the stopper. The result would be a loss of a few inches or less.<br />
<br />
== Use in the Canon ==<br />
The expression "to clap a stopper on" something appears not in frequently among seamen, and even Maturin is able to use it properly at times.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=idKmOKXDoUIC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=stopper+maturin&source=bl&ots=6iBcb8UiXU&sig=JJGDqu4FQJIHlBthdAU-xQgQLPE&hl=en&ei=hDYaTPD5AYSKlwf85rGvCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=stopper%20maturin&f=false 'The Surgeon's Mate', page 22, from Google Books]</ref> For example, [[Aubrey]] writes a letter to an attorney who may be keeping one of his sailor's wives from her fair share of prize money, declaring, "that will clap a stopper over his antics."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 150</ref> Similarly, the men of ''[[La Flèche]]'' disliked having their doctor "in the [[galley]] at any time, since it stood to reason that he clapped a stopper on any kind of free conversation".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Fortune of War''. (c)1979 William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow: p. 55</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Marlinspike seamanship]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Grog
Grog
2010-08-15T23:04:52Z
<p>Czrisher: Aubrey's 3:1 Ratio, new cite</p>
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<div>'''Grog''' is a mixture of [[rum]] and water served daily aboard ships in the [[Royal Navy]]. The daily grog ration was of highest importance to the sailors under [[Jack Aubrey]]'s command. It might be stopped as a [[Punishment aboard ship|punishment]] for lesser crimes or increased as a reward for services above the call of duty. To [[Stephen Maturin|Dr. Maturin's]] dismay it was an immemorial custom of the service until 1970 in the [[Royal Navy]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
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As the Royal Navy began exploring more of the oceans the issue of liquid for drinking became more and more an issue. Most ships carried casks of [[beer]] and water in the 1650's, with the sailors' daily beer ration approximately a gallon each. Longer voyages required more and more space to stow beer and water that tended to spoil quickly as algae grew in the casks. To make the water taste better, sailors would often mix their beer and water rations together. <br />
<br />
The capture of [[Jamaica]] by [[Vice Admiral]] [[William Penn]] in 1655 also led to the availability of [[rum]] and, in 1731, a half-pint of undiluted rum was considered equal to the gallon ration of beer for sailors at sea in the [[West Indies]]. Regulations were later changed to allow the rum ration in all ships, though beer was still normally served in waters close to England.<ref>''Q.v.'', O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Letter of Marque''. (c)1988 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1990. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 61, 180</ref> The men might also be served wine or other spirits if rum were unavailable. For example, wine was usually issued in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]].<br />
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Credit for the invention of grog is given to Vice Admiral [[Edward Vernon]] who felt the undisciplined and drunken nature of his crew was the direct result of the rum ration. In August of 1740, he ordered the rum to be mixed with water on deck in the presence of the [[lieutenant]] of the watch; some sources suggest that a little sugar was added to make the mixture more palatable. Later, to counter the affects of [[scurvy]] on the crews, lime or lemon juice was also added to the mixture. Vernon's nickname, "Old Grog", may have come from this practice, though other legends suggest it derived from the [[grogram]] cloak he wore. The word "grog" is recorded in use as Jamaican slang years before Vernon developed the practice of diluting the rum.<br />
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== Mixing grog ==<br />
<br />
Admiral Vernon's mixture was simply one quart of water to a half pint of rum, a four to one ratio. Some admirals mixed a three to one ratio and [[Lord Keith|Admiral Keith]] issued grog in a five to one ratio. <br />
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== In the Canon ==<br />
When first detailed, the Sophies are said to receive "his half-pint a day, at twice", "[a]t an admixture of four to one."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. (c) 1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 287</ref><br />
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The recipe aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]] is described in Chapter 3 of '''[[The Far Side of the World]]''' as "three [parts] water, one of rum, and the due proportions of lemon-juice and sugar."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. The Far Side of the World. New York: W. W. Norton, 1994, p. 103. See also, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rx_yw5iMtnIC&lpg=PP1&dq=master%20and%20commander&pg=PA305#v=onepage&q=ounces&f=false 'Master and Commander'] p. 305 "an admixture of three to one"</ref> <br />
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However, in [[The Wine-Dark Sea]], "a quarter of a pint of Sydney rum" is "publicly diluted with three quarters of a pint of water and lemon-juice", so the exact proportion of juice to water is not wholly consistent<ref>O'Brian, Patrick, The Wine-Dark Sea (p.27)</ref>. Captain [[Jack Aubrey|Aubrey]], however, sometimes orders defaulters to have six water grog as a minor punishment, partly, perhaps, because, "he (like everybody else aboard) still privately believed that grog, doubly diluted to a thin, unpalatable wash, was far less intoxicating."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. The Far Side of the World. New York: W. W. Norton, 1994, p. 112</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
*[http://www.contemplator.com/history/grog.html A short history of grog] Retrieved July 8, 2005. <br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog Wikipedia:Grog] Retrieved July 8, 2005. <br />
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[[Category:Food and drink]]<br />
[[Category:Naval life]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Round_turn
Round turn
2010-06-17T14:57:26Z
<p>Czrisher: Added citation for "round stern"</p>
<hr />
<div>Specifically, a round turn is the passing of a line through 360 degrees around an object. The friction caused by the turn when such a line comes under tension is dramatic. Thus, in tending a line apt to come under heavy strain, a sailor will often "catch a turn" around a [[belaying pin]], [[cleat]], or [[bitt]] to aid him in maintaining control. <br />
<br />
A common example is, "a round turn and two half-hitches", a knot said to be "Good enough for the King's yacht".<br />
==In the Canon==<br />
Characters throughout the canon frequently speak of being, "brought up with a round turn". For example, in [[The Reverse of the Medal]], Wilks, a sailor on ''[[HMS Irresistible]]'' says of [[Jack Aubrey|Aubrey]], "The [[Sam Panda|black parson]] will bring him up with a round turn".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 16</ref><br />
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[[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] often mistakes the phrase. At one point, he tells [[Major Beck]] that he "brought him up with a round [[stern]]".<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=idKmOKXDoUIC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=stern 'The Surgeon's Mate', page 22, from Google Books]</ref> At another he assures Aubrey that, "if the Admiral proves inquisitive, I may toss him off with a round turn."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. (c)1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 21</ref> The nautical error, leaving aside the question of pun, is that a round turn helps to make something fast, not to let it loose.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
<div class="references-small"><br />
<references/><br />
</div><br />
[[Category:Marlinspike seamanship]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Stopper
Stopper
2010-06-17T14:55:09Z
<p>Czrisher: Added Maturin citation</p>
<hr />
<div>A small piece of line, made fast at one end to a solid purchase like a [[bit]], which may be temporarily made fast to a working line to hold the strain while that line is made fast. The bitter end of the stopper is often [[unlaid]] and braided to provide more surface area for a better hold.<br />
<br />
The procedure for making fast the [[foresail]] [[tack]] provides a good example. It takes the full strength of several men to "board the tack" in any kind of breeze but, for the line to be made fast, those men must release the [[bitter end]]. With nothing to hold the tack-line, the sail would flog away or a great deal of the hard-won tension would be lost. Before they release the line, therefore, a man at the head will "clap a stopper on" it. In this case, the stopper would likely be made fast at one end around the [[knight head]]. The man would tie a stopper-knot, often a modified [[midshipman's hitch]], onto the tack-line with the stopper. The men behind would ease the tack-line until all of the tension rested on the stopper. When they released the line, one man could make it fast and then release the stopper. The result would be a loss of a few inches or less.<br />
<br />
== Use in the Canon ==<br />
The expression "to clap a stopper on" something appears not in frequently among seamen, and even Maturin is able to use it properly at times.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=idKmOKXDoUIC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=stopper+maturin&source=bl&ots=6iBcb8UiXU&sig=JJGDqu4FQJIHlBthdAU-xQgQLPE&hl=en&ei=hDYaTPD5AYSKlwf85rGvCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=stopper%20maturin&f=false 'The Surgeon's Mate', page 22, from Google Books]</ref> For example, [[Aubrey]] writes a letter to an attorney who may be keeping one of his sailor's wives from her fair share of prize money, declaring, "that will clap a stopper over his antics."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 150</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Marlinspike seamanship]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Ship%27s_Time
Ship's Time
2010-06-04T17:33:10Z
<p>Czrisher: Created, because the quote needs to be in here, but surely not here nor as is</p>
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<div>"…a life in which it was natural and inevitable that all hands should be piped just before eight bells in the middle watch and that sleepers should start from their hammocks to the muster and then to scrubbing of the decks in the first light of dawn; that all hands should be piped to dinner at eight bells in the forenoon watch, that this dinner should consist of cheese and duff on Monday, two pounds of salt beef on Tuesday, dried peas and duff on Wednesday, one pound of salt pork on Thursday, dried peas and cheese on Friday, two more pounds of salt beef on Saturday, a pound of salt pork and some such treat as figgy-dowdy on Sunday, always accompanied by a daily pound of biscuit; that at one bell dinner should be followed by a pint of grog, that after supper (with another pint of grog) all hands should repair to their action-stations at the beat of the drum, and that eventually hammocks should be piped down so that the watch below might have four hours of sleep before being roused again at midnight for another spell on deck."<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 44</ref><br />
==References==<br />
<references/></div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Jack_Aubrey
Jack Aubrey
2010-06-04T17:30:28Z
<p>Czrisher: Circe</p>
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|179? c.||''Circe'' || || Off Tenerife || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 33</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
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|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
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Cannon
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<div>'''Cannons''', sometimes also known as “great guns” or “long guns”, formed the main battery armament of most [[frigate]]s and ships of the line, as well as that of some smaller vessels, during the Napoleonic Wars. Their barrels were usually made from cast iron, although bronze (sometimes erroneously referred to as “brass”) was at times used, and they were mounted on wooden wheeled carriages. The technology of the era did not permit efficient breech-loading guns, so the cannons were loaded through their muzzles in a laborious and time-consuming procedure that greatly limited the speed of fire. Numerous patterns of cannon were tried, but the specifications given below were typical of those often used in Royal Navy vessels:<br />
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Shot Wt.(lbs) Barrel Length Barrel Weight (lbs) Crew Range at 6 Degrees Elevation <br />
3 4’ 6” 812 2 or 3 1225 yds<br />
4 6’ 1372 4 1250<br />
6 8’ 2464 4 1500<br />
9 7’ 6” 2744 8 1730<br />
12 9’ 3584 10 1820<br />
18 9’ 6” 4704 10 1920<br />
24 10’ 5824 12 1980<br />
32 10’ 6496 14 2640<br />
42 9’ 6” 7280 16 2740<br />
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The cannons were generally designated by the weight of the solid iron round shot usually fired at long range, although other types of ammunition, such as grape shot, could be fired when the circumstances warranted. The typical specifications for round shot were:<br />
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Shot Wt.(lbs) Shot Diameter (ins) Bore Diameter (ins)<br />
3 2.78 2.91<br />
4 3.05 3.22<br />
6 3.50 3.67<br />
9 4.00 4.22<br />
12 4.40 4.62<br />
18 5.04 5.29<br />
24 5.55 5.82<br />
32 6.10 6.43<br />
42 6.68 6.90<br />
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The standard powder charge for firing cannons was one-third the weight of the shot, but charges were frequently reduced when the guns became heated (to reduce the recoil) and sometimes when the target was close (a slower projectile created more deadly splinters when the shot hit the enemy’s hull).<br />
During the Napoleonic Wars, long guns were often supplemented by the shorter, lighter weight [[carronade]]s, and sometimes on small vessels carronades completely replaced full length cannons (except possibly for one or two long guns retained as “chasers”).<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
"Regulations confined Jack to a hundred round-shot for each of his long eighteen-pounders, and he had to hoard them with jealous care, for there was no certainty of any more at the Cape – a wretched situation…."<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., St. James’s Place, London: p. 45</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Weapons]]</div>
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Stopper
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<div>A small piece of line, made fast at one end to a solid purchase like a [[bit]], which may be temporarily made fast to a working line to hold the strain while that line is made fast. The bitter end of the stopper is often [[unlaid]] and braided to provide more surface area for a better hold.<br />
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The procedure for making fast the [[foresail]] [[tack]] provides a good example. It takes the full strength of several men to "board the tack" in any kind of breeze but, for the line to be made fast, those men must release the [[bitter end]]. With nothing to hold the tack-line, the sail would flog away or a great deal of the hard-won tension would be lost. Before they release the line, therefore, a man at the head will "clap a stopper on" it. In this case, the stopper would likely be made fast at one end around the [[knight head]]. The man would tie a stopper-knot, often a modified [[midshipman's hitch]], onto the tack-line with the stopper. The men behind would ease the tack-line until all of the tension rested on the stopper. When they released the line, one man could make it fast and then release the stopper. The result would be a loss of a few inches or less.<br />
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== Use in the Canon ==<br />
The expression "to clap a stopper on" something appears not in frequently among seamen, and even Maturin is able to use it properly at times. For example, [[Aubrey]] writes a letter to an attorney who may be keeping one of his sailor's wives from her fair share of prize money, declaring, "that will clap a stopper over his antics."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 150</ref><br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Marlinspike seamanship]]</div>
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Jack Aubrey
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
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|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || || Boy||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|178? c.||''Ramillies''|| || || "little chap"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref>||<br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || || Youngster ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
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|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || [[Midshipman]]||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
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|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> or "an oldster"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 76</ref><br />
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|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
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|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
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|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || [[Master's mate|Master's Mate]] || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th [[Lieutenant]] || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown||''Agamemnon''||Ship of the Line||West Indies||Lieutenant ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: pp. 48, 68</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
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|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
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|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
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|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
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|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
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|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] || Aubrey<br />
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|1809-1811|| ''Boadicea''||38-Gun Ship || Cape Station || Commodore || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Mauritius Command''. ©1977. William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., Glasgow: p. 57</ref> <br />
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|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||[[Post Captain (rank)|Captain]] || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
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Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
|-<br />
|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || Boy|| ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || Youngster || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || Midshipman||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
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|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || Master's Mate || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || 5th Lieutenant || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
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|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||3rd Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || Master and Commander || Aubrey<br />
|- <br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||Captain || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
<br />
Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
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Jack Aubrey
2010-05-09T21:18:07Z
<p>Czrisher: Several More Ships of Jack Aubrey</p>
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<div>'''John Aubrey'''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 17</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Treason's Harbor''. ©1983. W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY; p. 173: Aubrey signs his letter home "your most affectionate husband, Jno Aubrey." Jno was the common abbreviation for John at the time. See also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> is usually known as '''Jack Aubrey''' in the Aubrey-Maturin series. One of two primary protagonists of the series, Aubrey begins the series as a [[Royal Navy]] [[lieutenant]] in [[Port Mahon]], [[Minorca]], in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
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In the opening scene, Aubrey is at a concert at Governor's House in Port Mahon. He is described as "Between twenty and thirty whose big form overflowed his seat...with the silver medal of the Nile in his buttonhole...while his bright blue eyes, staring from what would have been a pink-a-white face if it had not been so deeply tanned gazed fixedly at the bow of the first violin." (Norton pg 7) Early in his career, "he was familiarly known as Goldilocks" because of the brightness of his long yellow hair.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 133</ref> <br />
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== Family background and childhood ==<br />
Jack Aubrey is the oldest son of [[General Aubrey]] of [[Woolcombe]] in the County of Dorset. His family has been lords of the manor for generations. When introduced in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]], he is "between twenty and thirty" as of March 31, 1800.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 11 and 17</ref> In ''[[The Surgeon's Mate (novel)|The Surgeon's Mate]]'' he is said to have been 'a seventeen-year-old [[master's mate]]' on board ''HMS Resolution'' at the time of an action near [[Brest]], and this would imply that he was born in 1774 or 1775, since such an action could only have taken place after the declaration of war against [[France]] in 1793; however, elsewhere he is said to have already gained his commission as lieutenant in 1792, and this suggests that he was born soon after 1770. His mother died when he was a small child and he was cared for by his cousin [[Queenie, Lady Keith|Queenie Keith]]. His education was intermittent, although a few Latin tags remained with him into maturity. [[Philip Broke]], afterwards captain of ''[[HMS Shannon]]'', was a childhood friend.<br />
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== Early career ==<br />
Aubrey's name was first put into a ship's books when he was nine years old, though he did not actually go to sea until three years later.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 32</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 367; ''c.f.'' Aubrey, in [[Post Captain (novel)]], saying "I have been afloat since I was fourteen". (O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 127)</ref><br />
By the time of the [[Peace of Amiens]], "he had spent two thirds of his life at sea<br />
".<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 18</ref> He first served "under a nephew of the amiable Admiral Boscawen".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Truelove''. ©1992 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 191</ref> This may have been aboard HMS ''Sylph'', on which he served as a boy.<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
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He was in HMS ''Theseus'' as a man young enough that "he had been so small that he could easily sit on the middle [[crosstree]] with his legs dangling, lean forward on his arms folded over the after tree and go to sleep, firmly wedged in spite of the wild gyrations of his seat."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 83</ref><br />
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He was a midshipman aboard HMS ''Bellerophon'', serving with [[Heneage Dundas]] in the West Indies, where they engaged in a sword duel over a disputed game of backgammon, a duel in which Aubrey received a scar but which ended with the two friends reunited for life.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> They were also midshipmen together in HMS ''Britannia'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> nicknamed "Old Ironsides" in the Royal Navy,<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 147</ref> and aboard [[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS ''Surprise'']].<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> He was also aboard HMS ''Alert'' in the West Indies.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref> He almost drowned in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Ortegal while a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate ''Latona''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref> As the "most junior midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref> aboard ''HMS Resolution'', "a discontented ship on the Cape station",<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> Aubrey was disrated by [[Charles Douglas|Captain Douglas]] and turned before the mast where he spent some months as a foremast-hand. He originally tells [[Stephen Maturin|Maturin]] that the cause of his disrating was that he kept a [[Sally M'puta|girl]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Reverse of the Medal''. ©1986 First published as a Norton Paperback 1992. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 36</ref> in the [[cable tier]].<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 72-3</ref> In [[The Reverse of the Medal]], however, Captain Goole, who was himself a midshipman on ''Resolution'' at the time, tells his wife that it was due to another liberty Aubrey took with the rule. "He stole most of the captain's dish of tripe by means of a system of hooks and tackles."<ref>''Ibid''.: p. 13, see also, O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 97-98</ref> Aubrey would later serve under Captain Richardson as [[master's mate]] in the ''Sybille''. <ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
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Besides ''Resolution'', Jack served on HMS ''Success'' under [[Sir Henry Neale]]<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>, HMS ''Colossus''<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute''. ©1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., Glasgow: p. 88</ref> aboard HMS ''Marlborough'',<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 74</ref> and as [[midshipman]] on HMS ''Namur''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. ©1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 373</ref> At a unknown time he served on board ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]'' as a midshipmen. He spent some time in HMS ''Minerva'', sailing to England from the Cape of Good Hope under Captain Soules.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Wine-Dark Sea''. ©1993 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 17</ref> As [[lieutenant]], he took part in the [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] (1797) on board the ''Orion'' and in the [[Battle of the Nile]] (1798), in which he "directed the fire of eight of" the fifty-two guns on the ''[[HMS Leander|Leander]]''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref> It was this occasion which brought him into contact with [[Horatio Nelson|Nelson]]. <br />
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He served as fifth lieutenant in HMS ''Hannibal'' under Captain Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref> and as a lieutenant aboard HMS ''Arethusa''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref> It is unclear whether is was from ''Arethusa'' or as 2nd Lieutenant of HMS ''Foudroyant'' that he lead the prize crew that took ''Généreux'' into Port Mahon<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref> or <ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 209</ref> after her capture by a squadron under Lord Nelson on 18 February, 1800.<ref> [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/liste.php?char=G#1005 Age of Nelson website's history of HMS ''Généreux'']</ref><br />
He messed in the [[gun-room]] of HMS ''Agamemnon'' and served aboard HMS ''Thunderer''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 14</ref><br />
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Aubrey received his step to Master and Commander after getting "knocked on the head, once at the Nile and then again when the ''Généreux'' took the old ''Leander'': rewards were obliged to be handed out, so I being the only surviving lieutenant, one came my way at last."<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 41</ref><br />
==The Ships of Jack Aubrey==<br />
{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"<br />
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! Years !! Name !! Vessel Type !! Station !!Aubrey's<br>Rank !! Captain<br />
|-<br />
|1786 c.||''Sylph''|| || Boy|| ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Nutmeg of Consolation''. ©1991 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 221</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1790 c.|| ''Tonnant'' || || Youngster || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1792 c.||''Bellerophon'' || || West Indies || Midshipman||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: pp. 117, 4-5</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Britannia'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 191</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|1793 c.||''Surprise'' || || || Midshipman ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''H.M.S. Surprise''. © 1973. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110: p. 106</ref> <br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Resolution || || Cape Station<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 304</ref> || "Most-Junior Midshipman"<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 220</ref>|| Douglas<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: pp. 137-8</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? || ''Latona''||38-Gun Frigate || Bay of Biscay || Midshipman ||<ref><br />
O'Brian, Patrick. ''Blue at the Mizzen''. ©1999 W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY 10110. p. 88</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1795? c.|| ''Fox'' || || || ||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p> 17</ref><br />
|-<br />
|179? ||''Sybile''|| || || Master's Mate || Richardson<ref> O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Hundred Days''. ©1998 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY: p. 238</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Hannibal'' || Ship of the Line || || Fifth Lieutenant || Newman<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 138</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Alert'' || || West Indies || ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 115</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Feb.<br>[[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] ||''Orion''||First Rate||Atlantic?||Lieutenant||<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 378</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1797 Oct.<br>[[Battle of Camperdown]] || ''Ardent'' || 64-gun || || Midshipman || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 145</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798<br>[[Battle of the Nile]] ||''Leander''||52 Guns ||Toulon Blockade||Lieutenant ||<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 356</ref><br />
|-<br />
|Unknown || ''Arethusa'' || Ship of the Line || || Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Commodore''. ©1994 by Patrick O'Brian. First American Edition, 1995. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, NY.</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1798 c.|| ''Theseus'' || || South of Wales?<br>(The Penmarks)||Third Lieutenant || <ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 188</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Foudroyant'' || Ship of the Line || || 2nd Lieutenant || Unknown<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800 || ''Généreux'' || French Prize || || Prize Commander || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. ©1969 by Patrick O'Brian. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, First Edition: p. 50</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1800-1801|| ''Sophie''||Brig (Sloop of War) || Western Mediterranean || Master and Commander || Aubrey<br />
|- <br />
|1811-1812|| ''Leopard''||50-Gun 4th-Rate|| Reinforcement of Botany Bay ||Captain || Aubrey<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:pp. 13-14</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==In the Canon==<br />
{{spoiler|the whole series}}<br />
<br />
Highlights of his life and career as presented in the Canon: <br />
*Promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|Master and Commander]] in [[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Post Captain (rank)|Post Captain]] in [[Post Captain (novel)|Post Captain]]. <br />
*Marries [[Sophia Aubrey|Sophia Williams]] after the end of [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS Surprise]].<br />
*Posted as [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] to command a squadron tasked to pry the French out of the Mauritius island group in [[The Mauritius Command]].<br />
*Cashiered from the navy after conviction for stock exchange fraud in [[The Reverse of the Medal]] and earns a fortune commanding [[Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']] as a [[Letter of marque (document)|letter of marque]].<br />
*Becomes a [[Member of Parliament|MP]] on the death of his father and is reinstated in the navy in [[The Thirteen-Gun Salute]].<br />
*Posted as Commodore tasked to interdict the slave trade off the coast of western [[Africa]] in [[The Commodore (novel)|The Commodore]]. <br />
*Promoted to [[Rear Admiral]] at the end of [[Blue at the Mizzen]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Commissioned officers|Aubrey, Jack]]<br />
[[Category:Flag officers|Aubrey, Jack]]</div>
Czrisher
http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php/Lizard
Lizard
2010-05-02T16:29:55Z
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<div>{{disambig}}<br />
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* [[Lizard (term)]]<br />
* [[The Lizard (place)]]</div>
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Ushant
2010-05-02T16:29:08Z
<p>Czrisher: Creation</p>
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<div>'''Ushant''' is a small island off the northwestern coast of France. It marks the extremity of that country and, being due south of [[The Lizard (place)|The Lizard]], the southern edge of the English Channel. It is, therefore, a reference point for sailors entering and exiting the Channel and the Bay of Biscay.<br />
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==External Link==<br />
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ushant,+France&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.502405,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ile+d'Ouessant,+France&ll=48.465637,-5.08667&spn=4.035949,7.064209&t=h&z=7 Google Map of Ushant]</div>
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The Lizard (place)
2010-05-02T16:26:40Z
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<div>'''The Lizard''' is a peninsula in Cornwall, the southernmost part of the English mainland. Approximately due north of [[Ushant]], it marks the northern boundary of the western entrance to the English Channel and, thus, is a commonly used reference point for sailors.<br />
==External Link==<br />
[http://tinyurl.com/38wt3yk Google Map of The Lizard]<br />
[[Category:Animal names in nautical use]]</div>
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Lizard (term)
2010-05-02T16:21:19Z
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<div>A '''lizard''' is a "small piece of Rope with a Thimble, sliced into a larger one."<ref>Lever, Darcy. ''The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: or, A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship.'' (c)1998 by Dover Publications, Inc.: p.122</ref> A hook or line might be affixed to the lizard and hauled using the Rope.<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Animal names in nautical use]]</div>
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Holystone
2010-05-02T16:14:01Z
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<div>A '''holystone''' is a block of sandstone used to sand the deck of a ship. The typical procedure is to spread a mixture of sand and water on the deck, place the stone atop it, and scrub back and forth with the stone. The scattered sand would scrape away any dirt on the deck, smooth down any pitch which had worked its way up from the seams on deck, and remove the top layer of wood from the deck. The combination produced a slightly lighter colored wood, somewhat more tacky feel, and smooth seams. The sand and detritus would be swept, scrubbed, and washed from deck with swabs, buckets, and hoses and the deck then flogged dry as part of the morning routine. This was typically done every morning and both [[Jack Aubrey]] and [[Stephen Maturin]] are often awakened -- or not, depending on how tired they are -- by the noise, which tends to echo throughout the ship with a sound quite unlike any other.<br />
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The name is thought to derive from the fact that such scrubbing is done by hand, requiring a seaman to kneel; thus, the holystone brings a man to his knees. Building off the etymology, smaller stones were termed "prayer-books". As [[Preserved Killick]] once explains to Maturin, "a bear, at sea, was only a holystone writ large".<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Yellow Admiral''. (c)1996, W.W. Norton & Company, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY: p. 91</ref>. <br />
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[[Category:Animal names in nautical use]]</div>
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<div>Many characters in the [[Aubrey-Maturin series|Canon]] remark on the use of animal names for nautical items that, to the landsmen at least, have no connection to the animal. At one point, Maturin and other non-sailors attempt to list all of the animal names used for such purposes, though they are generally unsure of to what the names refer. As he explains to [[Sophia]], “There are [[horse]]s, [[Fish (term)|fish]]es, [[cat-falls|cat]]s, [[dog]]s and [[mouse|mice]] in their barbarous jargon; and [[Bear (stone)|bears]]”.<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Post Captain''. ©1972. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York: p. 380</ref><br />
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[[Category:Parts of a sailing vessel]]<br />
[[Category:Naval life]]</div>
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William Babbington
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<div>'''William Babbington''' was notably short of stature and short of teeth,<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 90</ref> both perhaps the result of ill-health brought on by his obsessive (and frequently successful) pursuit of women, even at a young age. In later years, he formed a strong and permanent attachment to [[Fanny Harte]], the daughter of Admiral [[M. Harte|Harte]], Jack Aubrey’s most persistent service enemy, and the wife of [[Andrew Wray]], an important [[Admiralty]] official. Upon at least one occasion, Fanny was heard to refer to Babbington as "Charles", which she later explained as being a nickname derived from a masked ball where Babbington dressed as Bonnie Prince Charlie (and Fanny had impersonated a Highland sheep). There was a marked affection between [[Jack Aubrey]] and William Babbington, which perhaps could be characterized as almost a father-son relationship.<br />
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==Naval Career Outside the Canon ==<br />
Babbington dodged icebergs while serving north of the Banks in ''Erebus''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 210</ref><br />
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==Naval career with Jack Aubrey==<br />
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William Babbington was among the most loyal of Jack Aubrey's followers. They first met in 1800 when Babbington was a young, but sexually precocious, [[midshipman]] aboard the [[brig]] ''[[HMS Sophie]]'', Aubrey’s first command. Babbington followed Aubrey as a midshipman into ''[[HMS Polychrest]]'' and ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]''; in the latter ship, Aubrey appointed Babbington as an acting [[lieutenant]] (1805), the promotion later being made permanent after the ship's arrival in [[India]]. Babbington returned to serve under Aubrey's direct command as a lieutenant in ''[[HMS Leopard]]'' (1812), loyally staying with Aubrey when the ship seemed on the verge of sinking after a collision with an iceberg. Babbington accompanied Aubrey on ''HMS LaFleche'' as passengers on a voyage intended to return them to [[England]], but ''LaFleche'' burned in an accident, resulting in Aubrey, Babbington, and others adrift in a small boat in the South Atlantic. They were rescued by ''[[HMS Java]]'' in time to take part in that ship's disastrous encounter with the [[USN Constitution]]. As a prisoner of the American Navy, Babbington was repatriated to England for exchange. <br />
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==Naval career after serving under Jack Aubrey==<br />
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After being repatriated to Endland, Babbington was promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|commander]] in ''HMS Sylphide'' and then given command of ''HMS Oedipus'', a cartel ship assigned to make [[English Channel|Channel]] crossings between England and [[France]]. In that role, Babbington again encountered Jack Aubrey, in company with [[Stephen Maturin]] and [[Diana Villiers]], escaping from French custody. During the voyage across the Channel to England, Babbington in his capacity as ship's captain performs a marriage ceremony for Stephen and Diana.<br />
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Babbington next met Jack Aubrey, by this time [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] of ''[[HMS Worcester]]'' in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], as commander of the [[sloop]] ''[[HMS Dryad]]'', narrowly escaping death at the hands of the French in an ambush at the port of [[Medina]]. Some years later, Babbington again encountered Aubrey as commander of the sloop ''HMS Tartarus'' in the English Channel, where he rendered crucial aid to Aubrey in a cutting out action intended to bolster Aubrey's chances for reinstatement to the [[Naval List|Navy List]]. Aubrey had been reluctant to ask Babbington’s assistance out of concern that this could harm Babbington’s prospects for promotion to post captain, but was relieved to find that Babbington had already been promised promotion to that rank because of his family connections (this political influence notwithstanding, Babbington had consistently shown himself to be a brave capable sea officer on numerous occasions).<br />
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Babbington’s career following his promotion to post captain is not detailed in the Aubrey-Maturin novels but, thanks to Babbington's family connections, it can be safely assumed that he found steady employment throughout the remainder of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<br />
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Babbington was an avid and skilled amateur [[cricket|cricketer]]. He was especially close to Stephen Maturin, who not infrequently indulged Babbington with loans of money and with needed medical care, connected with his encounters with women.<br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Babbington, William]]</div>
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William Babbington
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<div>'''William Babbington''' was notably short of stature and short of teeth,<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 90</ref> both perhaps the result of ill-health brought on by his obsessive (and frequently successful) pursuit of women, even at a young age. In later years, he formed a strong and permanent attachment to [[Fanny Harte]], the daughter of Admiral [[M. Harte|Harte]], Jack Aubrey’s most persistent service enemy, and the wife of [[Andrew Wray]], an important [[Admiralty]] official. Upon at least one occasion, Fanny was heard to refer to Babbington as "Charles", which she later explained as being a nickname derived from a masked ball where Babbington dressed as Bonnie Prince Charlie (and Fanny had impersonated a Highland sheep). There was a marked affection between [[Jack Aubrey]] and William Babbington, which perhaps could be characterized as almost a father-son relationship.<br />
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==Naval Career Outside the Canon ==<br />
Babbington dodged icebergs while serving north of the Banks in ''Erebus''.<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''Desolation Island''.(c)1978. Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510:p. 210</ref><br />
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==Naval career with Jack Aubrey==<br />
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William Babbington was among the most loyal of Jack Aubrey's followers. They first met in 1800 when Babbington was a young, but sexually precocious, [[midshipman]] aboard the [[brig]] ''[[HMS Sophie]]'', Aubrey’s first command. Babbington followed Aubrey as a midshipman into ''[[HMS Polychrest]]'' and ''[[HMS Surprise (ship)|HMS Surprise]]''; in the latter ship, Aubrey appointed Babbington as an acting [[lieutenant]] (1805), the promotion later being made permanent after the ship's arrival in [[India]]. Babbington returned to serve under Aubrey's direct command as a lieutenant in ''[[HMS Leopard]]'' (1812), loyally staying with Aubrey when the ship seemed on the verge of sinking after a collision with an iceberg. Babbington accompanied Aubrey on ''HMS LaFleche'' as passengers on a voyage intended to return them to [[England]], but ''LaFleche'' burned in an accident, resulting in Aubrey, Babbington, and others adrift in a small boat in the South Atlantic. They were rescued by ''[[HMS Java]]'' in time to take part in that ship's disastrous encounter with the [[USN Constitution]]. As a prisoner of the American Navy, Babbington was repatriated to England for exchange. <br />
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==Naval career after serving under Jack Aubrey==<br />
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After being repatriated to Endland, Babbington was promoted to [[Master and Commander (rank)|commander]] in ''HMS Sylphide'' and then given command of ''HMS Oedipus'', a cartel ship assigned to make [[English Channel|Channel]] crossings between England and [[France]]. In that role, Babbington again encountered Jack Aubrey, in company with [[Stephen Maturin]] and [[Diana Villiers]], escaping from French custody. During the voyage across the Channel to England, Babbington in his capacity as ship's captain performs a marriage ceremony for Stephen and Diana.<br />
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Babbington next met Jack Aubrey, by this time [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] of ''[[HMS Worcester]]'' in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], as commander of the [[sloop]] ''[[HMS Dryad]]'', narrowly escaping death at the hands of the French in an ambush at the port of [[Medina]]. Some years later, Babbington again encountered Aubrey as commander of the sloop ''HMS Tartarus'' in the English Channel, where he rendered crucial aid to Aubrey in a cutting out action intended to bolster Aubrey's chances for reinstatement to the [[Naval List|Navy List]]. Aubrey had been reluctant to ask Babbington’s assistance out of concern that this could harm Babbington’s prospects for promotion to post captain, but was relieved to find that Babbington had already been promised promotion to that rank because of his family connections (this political influence notwithstanding, Babbington had consistently shown himself to be a brave capable sea officer on numerous occasions).<br />
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Babbington’s career following his promotion to post captain is not detailed in the Aubrey-Maturin novels but, thanks to Babbington's family connections, it can be safely assumed that he found steady employment throughout the remainder of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<br />
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Babbington was an avid and skilled amateur [[cricket|cricketer]]. He was especially close to Stephen Maturin, who not infrequently indulged Babbington with loans of money and with needed medical care, connected with his encounters with women.<br />
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[[Category:Aubrey-Maturin series characters|Babbington, William]]</div>
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