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.
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.
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.
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