Horatio Hornblower - Ships Featured

Ships Featured

Name of ship	Rate of ship	Guns	Main armament	Hornblower's rank	Novel or short story title	End of commission
HMS Justinian	3rd rate	74	32 lb	Midshipman	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	Is transferred to Indefatigable by Justinian's well-meaning captain to get him away from a bully of a senior midshipman.
HMS Indefatigable	5th rate	44	24 lb	Midshipman, later acting lieutenant	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	Is made prize master of Marie Galante, seized as a prize by Indefatigable.
Marie Galante	Captured merchant brig	none		Midshipman	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	Ship sinks when a leak causes the cargo of rice to expand disastrously.
HM transport Caroline	Transport brig	none		Acting lieutenant	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	Returns to Indefatigable after a medical quarantine ends without incident.
Le Reve	Sloop	4	4 lb	Acting lieutenant	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	Is captured by the Spanish.
HMS Marguerite	5th rate	36	18 lb	1st lieutenant	"The Hand of Destiny"	Is paid off.
HMS Renown	3rd rate	74	24 lb	Lieutenant	Lieutenant Hornblower	Is paid off.
HMS Retribution	Sloop-of-war	18	9 lb	Acting commander	Lieutenant Hornblower	Is paid off, as the Peace of Amiens begins.
HMS Hotspur	Sloop-of-war	20	9 lb	Commander	Hornblower and the Hotspur	Is promoted to post-captain (and becomes too high ranking to command such a small ship).
HMS Atropos	6th rate	22	9 lb	Junior post-captain	Hornblower and the Atropos	Ship is given to the King of the two Sicilies to maintain his support against Napoleon.
HMS Lydia	5th rate	36	18 lb	Senior post-captain	The Happy Return and Beat to Quarters	Is paid off. He and the crew are transferred to HMS Sutherland.
HMS Sutherland	3rd rate	74	24 lb	Post-captain	A Ship of the Line	Severely damaged in battle while single-handedly disabling three French ships of the line, forcing them to seek refuge in Rosas Bay. Burned to the waterline to prevent its reuse by the enemy in 'Flying Colours' during an attack by the Mediterranean fleet which destroys the three French ships.
Witch of Endor	Cutter	10	6 lb	Post-captain	Flying Colours	Liberates the previously captured Witch with the help of Bush, Brown and a gang of prisoners, and escapes from France to England. This feat gains him much fame and assists at his mandatory court-martial for surrendering the Sutherland.
Augusta	Yacht	6		Post-captain	"Hornblower and his Majesty"
HMS Nonsuch	3rd rate	74	32 lb	Commodore of the first class	The Commodore and Lord Hornblower	Contracts typhus and returns to England from the Baltic Sea on the Clam.
Lotus and Raven	Sloops			Commodore of the first class	The Commodore
Clam	Cutter			Commodore of the first class	The Commodore
Harvey and Moth	Bomb-ketches		Mortars	Commodore of the first class	The Commodore
Porta Coeli	Brig	18	6 lb	Commodore	Lord Hornblower	After suppressing a mutiny on Porta Coeli's sister ship Flame, he transfers to Flame.
Flame	Brig	18	6 lb	Commodore	Lord Hornblower	Is made Governor of Le Havre.
Crab	Schooner	2		Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief	Hornblower in the West Indies	Transfers his flag back to Clorinda.
HMS Phoebe	5th rate	36	18 lb	Rear-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief	Hornblower in the West Indies	Assignment as Commander-in-Chief ends.
HMS Clorinda	5th rate	36	18 lb	Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief	Hornblower in the West Indies	Assignment as Commander-in-Chief ends.
HMS Roebuck	5th rate	36	18 lb	Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief	Hornblower in the West Indies	Assignment as Commander-in-Chief ends.