Admiral Sir Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith KCVO KBE CB (22 September 1872 – 6 October 1957) was a Royal Navy officer who saw active service in the First World...
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(1863–1948), English actor and cricketer Sir Aubrey Smith (Royal Navy officer) (1872–1957), British admiral Aubrey Smith (long jumper) (born 1988), Jamaican long...
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Aubrey Smith (Royal Navy officer) (1872–1957), British Royal Navy admiral Conolly Abel Smith (1899–1985), British Royal Navy vice admiral Isaac Smith...
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The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's...
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printing of the novels. Jack Aubrey is one of the heroes of the series. His rise from a young lieutenant in the Royal Navy, through the ranks of commander...
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Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (c. 1710 – 22 March 1741) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession and was killed...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
Aubrey–Maturin series, which includes 20 completed novels of Jack Aubrey's naval career. The film stars Russell Crowe as Aubrey, captain in the Royal...
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Post-captain (category Royal Navy appointments)
of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy. The term served to distinguish those who were captains by rank from: Officers in command of a naval vessel,...
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The Surgeon's Mate (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
mission. Letters from Miss Smith discomfit Aubrey. Maturin advises Aubrey that Miss Smith is lying. Maturin wants Aubrey as his captain to reach the...
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1944 Birthday Honours (BEM) (section Royal Navy)
Petty Officer Writer Aubrey MacGregor Oakford, P/MX.46369. Chief Petty Officer Writer John Henry Pearcy, C/M.27007 (Windsor). Chief Petty Officer Writer...
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The Yellow Admiral (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
trouble for Aubrey in the Royal Navy. On land, he is settled in Woolcombe, the family estate, where he has powers as lord of the manor. Aubrey's financial...
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The Commodore (novel) (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
Commodore Aubrey is given a squadron to conduct a mission against slave ships in West Africa and then he and Maturin are sent against Napoleon's Navy. Dr Maturin...
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Captain Hathaway, Royal Navy James Alexander - Lieutenant Lincoln, Royal Navy Ian van der Heyden - Lieutenant Jackson, Royal Navy Thomas Kretschmann...
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The rank of admiral is currently the highest rank to which an officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being used nowadays only...
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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (category Royal Navy officers who were court-martialled)
a British naval officer, peer, mercenary and politician. Serving during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy, his naval successes...
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1944 Birthday Honours (OBE) (section Royal Navy)
Hereford). Chief Officer Gladys Octavia Snow, WRNS (Upham, Southampton). Acting Commander Rupert Basil Michel Long, Royal Australian Navy. Major (temporary...
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States Navy, the Indian Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Royal New Zealand...
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character actor C. Aubrey Smith, who often appeared in British and American films as the dignified, aging, somewhat bumbling English officer and gentleman...
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Post Captain (novel) (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
colors on meeting four Royal Navy ships of the line. Mr Adam Scriven: An unemployed literary man and translator who instructs Aubrey and Maturin in the laws...
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(Temporary) William John Smith, Royal Marines, Ply/X121275(T). Acting Leading Seaman Anthony Smurthwaite, C/JX231926. Petty Officer Telegraphist Ernest William...
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
Lord Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty, reinstates Aubrey as a Post-Captain in the Royal Navy and gives him command of the recently captured French...
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1943 Birthday Honours (section Royal Navy)
A-4419. Chief Petty Officer H. G. Wood, Royal Canadian Navy, O.N.2229. Supply Chief Petty Officer Frederick C. Bingham, Royal Canadian Navy, O.N.2641. Master-at-Arms...
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Edward Boscawen (redirect from Edward Boscawen (Royal Navy officer))
Boscawen, PC (19 August 1711 – 10 January 1761) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall, England....
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Treason's Harbour (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He escapes Bitche and is rescued by HMS Nymphe. Heneage Dundas: Captain based in Malta and a close friend to Aubrey. He and Maturin...
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Solomon Ferris (redirect from Solomon Ferris (Royal Navy officer))
Solomon Ferris (c. 1748 – 27 May 1803) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary...
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C. S. Forester (redirect from Cecil Louis Troughton Smith)
Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966). He is best known for a series of novels featuring Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the...
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Rear Admiral (RAdm) is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It is immediately superior to Commodore and is subordinate to Vice Admiral. It is...
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William Beechey (category Royal Academicians)
Patrick O'Brian wrote that Capt. Jack Aubrey had been painted by Beechey. The portrait, which showed Aubrey in Royal Navy uniform wearing the insignia of the...
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The Nutmeg of Consolation (category Aubrey–Maturin series)
The Nutmeg of Consolation is the fourteenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1991. The...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Royal Navy)
Bhalchandra Nagesh Lele, Royal Indian Navy. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) John Addison Lewis, RNVR. Mary Olwen Liddell, Second Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant (E)...
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