Characters and ships from Dewey Lambdin’s Alan Lewrie novel, King’s Coat

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Ships

British
HMS Ariadne. 64 gun ship of the line.
HMS Dauntless. 50-gun 4th rate
HMS Glatton. Flagship of Rear Admiral Matthews.
HMS Parrot. 8 gun schooner.
Black Friars. Merchant brig.
HMS Dido. Frigate.
HMS Vixen. Sloop of war.
HMS Telemachus. 80-gun ship of the line.
HMS Desperate. 20-gun frigate.
HMS Barfleur. Ship of the line.
HMS Roebuck. Sloop of war.
HMS Amphion. 32-gun frigate.

French
Ephegenie. Transport.

Characters
Belinda Willoughby. Lewrie’s half sister.

Gerald Willoghby. Lewrie’s half brother.

General Sir Hugo St. John Willoughby. Lewrie’s father.

Morton. Sir Hugo’s manservant.

Pilchard. Sir Hugo’s solicitor.

Bevan. Captain. Impress service.

Bell. Captain Bevan’s coxswain.

Horace Harm. Fifth lieutenant. HMS Ariadne. Killed in action.

Rolston. Midshipman. HMS Ariadne. Disrated for trying to kill Lewrie.

Kenyon. Second lieutenant. HMS Ariadne. Later commander of Parrot.

Swift. First lieutenant. HMS Ariadne. Cashiered for neglect.

Tencher. Gunner. HMS Ariadne.

Fowles. Seaman. HMS Ariadne.

Beckett. Midshipman. HMS Ariadne. Loses a foot in action.

Keith Ashburn. Midshipman. HMS Ariadne. Promoted to lieutenant.

Chapman. Senior midshipman. HMS Ariadne. Loses a leg in action.

Bales. Captain. HMS Ariadne. Cashiered for neglect.

Brail Captain’s clerk. HMS Ariadne.

Roth. Fourth lieutenant. HMS Ariadne. Killed in action.

Bostwick. Seaman. HMS Ariadne.

Jones. Wardroom steward. HMS Ariadne.

Jemmy Shirke. Midshipman. HMS Ariadne.

Harvey Bascombe. Midshipman. HMS Ariadne.

Ellison. Sailing master. HMS Ariadne.

Turner. Master’s mate. HMS Ariadne.

Osmonde. Captain. Marine detachment. HMS Ariadne.

Ream. Bosun’s mate. HMS Ariadne.

Harrison. Seaman. HMS Ariadne.

Finnegan. Master’s mate. HMS Ariadne.

Church. Third lieutenant. HMS Ariadne. Cashiered for cowardice.

Gibbs. Seaman. HMS Ariadne. Killed in fall from rigging.

Hawkes. Seaman. HMS Ariadne.

Blunt. Seaman. HMS Ariadne.

Cole. Gunner’s mate. HMS Ariadne.

Snow. Quarter gunner. HMS Ariadne. Killed in action.

Striplin. Midshipman. HMS Ariadne. Killed in action.

Stuyckes. Captain. Flag captain to Rear Admiral Matthews.

Onsley Matthews. Rear Admiral. Commander in Antigua.

Cork. Lieutenant. Commander of HMS Ariadne. when it is made into a receiving ship.

Claghorne. Master’s mate. HMS Parrot.

Boggs. Surgeon’s mate. HMS Parrot.

Thaddeus Purnell. Midshipman. HMS Parrot. Dies of yellow fever.

Leonard. Captain’s clerk. HMS Parrot. Dies of yellow fever.

Mooney. Bosun. HMS Parrot.

Docken. Gunner. HMS Parrot. Dies of yellow fever.

Bright. Gunner’s mate. HMS Parrot. Dies of yellow fever.

George. Captain’s servant. HMS Parrot.

Kelly. Bosun’s mate. HMS Parrot.

Bee. Carpenter. HMS Parrot.

Sir Richard Slade. Prominent merchant in Kingston and friend of Kenyon.

Lord Roger Cantner. A British politician and a passenger aboard HMS Parrot.

Lady Delia Cantner. The much younger wife of Lord Cantner.

Betty Hillwood. A woman at a party in Kingston.

Margaret Haymer. A woman at a party in Kingston.

Cassius. A servant of Sir Richard Slade’s.

Crouch. Seaman. HMS Parrot.

Maude Matthews. Wife of Rear Admiral Onsley Matthews.

Lucy Beauman. Rear Admiral Matthews’s niece.

Isaac. Lucy’s slave and chaperone.

Warner. Lieutenant. Dido.

Ozzard. Commander. Vixen.

Wyndham. Lieutenant. 12th Foot. Killed by Lewrie in a duel.

Aemilia. Young woman at a party in Antigua.

Ames. Ensign. 12th Foot.

O’Boyle. Captain 12th Foot.

Overstreet. Major.

Honourable Tobias Treghues. Captain. Commander of HMS Desperate.

Railsford. First lieutenant. HMS Desperate.

Monk. Sailing master. HMS Desperate.

Dorne. Surgeon. HMS Desperate.

Cheatham. Purser. HMS Desperate.

Peck. Lieutenant. Marine detachment. HMS Desperate.

Peter Carey. Midshipman. HMS Desperate.

Francis Forrester. Midshipman. HMS Desperate. A favorite of the captain.

David Avery. Midshipman. HMS Desperate.

Gwynn. Gunner. HMS Desperate.

Beauman. Lucy’s father.

Toliver. Bosun’s mate. HMS Desperate.

Judkin. Captain’s servant. HMS Desperate.

Robinson. Gunner’s mate. HMS Desperate. Wounded in action.

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