Jack Aubrey

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John "Jack" Aubrey
First appearance	Master and Commander
Last appearance	The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey
Created by	Patrick O'Brian
Portrayed by	Russell Crowe
Episode count	20/21
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Nickname(s)	Lucky, Goldilocks
Occupation	Sailor
Title	Rear-Admiral
Spouse(s)	Sophie Aubrey
Children	Charlotte, Fanny, George, Sam Panda
Relatives	Several

Rear Admiral Sir John Aubrey, KB, MP, JP, FRS, is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. The series portrays his rise from Lieutenant to Admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The twenty (and almost twenty-one) book series encompasses Aubrey's adventures and various commands along his course to flying a rear admiral's flag. He starts as a lieutenant, depressed, poor and without a ship until he is given his first command: a fourteen-gun brig-rigged sloop, HMS Sophie. He is a good navigator.

Most of his naval battles and adventures are drawn from actual Royal Navy history; several of his exploits and reverses are directly based on the chequered career of Thomas Cochrane. O'Brian is said to have pictured his friend, actor Charlton Heston, as Aubrey.^{[citation needed]}

Aubrey is played by Russell Crowe in the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

[edit] Ships commanded by Jack Aubrey

During the series of novels, Jack Aubrey commands a large number of vessels. Most of them are ships of the Royal Navy, prefixed HMS. On one occasion he commands an Honourable East India Company Ship, and for some time Surprise is a hired vessel working for the Royal Navy (HMHV). Nutmeg of Consolation's status is undefined, as she belongs to the Governor of Batavia.

Ship	Rate	Guns	Main armament	Book	Notional Year	End of commission	Fictional?
HMS Sophie	Sloop	14	4lb	Master and Commander	1800	Captured	=HMS Speedy
HMS Polychrest	6th	24	32lb carronades	Post Captain	1803	Sunk	Yes
HMS Lively	5th	38	18lb	Post Captain	1804	Temporary command	No
HMS Surprise	6th	28	12lb	HMS Surprise	1805	Paid off	No
HMS Boadicea	5th	38	18lb	The Mauritius Command	1809	Paid off	No
HMS Raisonnable	3rd	64	24lb	The Mauritius Command	1809	Monsoon season	No
HMS Leopard	4th	50	24lb	Desolation Island	1811	Converted to transport	No
HMS Ariel	Sloop	16	6lb	The Surgeon's Mate	1813	Sunk	No
HMS Worcester	3rd	74	36lb	The Ionian Mission	1813	Storm damage	Yes
HMS Surprise	6th	28	12lb	The Ionian Mission	1813	Temporary command	No
HEICS Niobe				Treason's Harbour	1813	Temporary command	Yes
HMS Surprise	6th	28	12lb	The Far Side of the World	1813	Sold out of service	No
HMS Diane	6th	32	18lb	The Thirteen Gun Salute	1813	Wrecked	Yes
Nutmeg of Consolation	6th	20	9lb	The Nutmeg of Consolation	1813	Returned to governor	Yes
HMHV Surprise	6th	28	12lb	Clarissa Oakes	1813	Transferred to Franklin	No
Privateer Franklin		22	32lb carronades	The Wine Dark Sea	1813	Temporary command	Yes
HMS Bellona	3rd	74	32lb	The Commodore	1813	Paid off	No
HMS Pomone	5th	38	18lb	The Hundred Days	1815	Transferred to Surprise	No
HMHV Surprise	6th	28	12lb	The Hundred Days	1813	Collision	No
HMHV Surprise	6th	28	12lb	Blue at the Mizzen	1815	Raised Flag on Suffolk	No
HMS Suffolk	3rd	74	32lb	The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey	1817		No