Captain Roake
The captain when Grey joins Wyrmouth. Grey’s special-service appointment is under him.
A useful distinction
The appointment does not make Grey captain.
Address aboard: Captain Roake
Who Has the Deck?
A captain, two different lieutenants and a civilian warrant. Know who does what when the voyage begins.
Lieutenant Elias Grey
An additional lieutenant for special service. Roake assigns him inspection of the associated stores and interference with them.
A useful distinction
His responsibilities are specific, not an automatic replacement for the first lieutenant.
Address aboard: Lieutenant Grey
Mr Hales
Retains the ordinary duties of first lieutenant while Grey answers to Roake for the special service.
A useful distinction
A disagreement between the two lieutenants is not a change of command.
Address aboard: Mr Hales
Lieutenant Keane
Commands the Marine detachment. His men have a different chain of duties from the sailors working the ship.
A useful distinction
Keep his role distinct from Hales’s.
Address aboard: Lieutenant Keane
Mr Wren
Examines and treats the injured. His first encounter with Grey centres on the wound, the dressing and the coat rubbing it.
A useful distinction
An injury needs attention even when its owner has other business.
Address aboard: Mr Wren
Asha Baranov
An interpreter and examiner of captured correspondence, attached by warrant and answerable to the captain.
A useful distinction
Her warrant gives her no authority over the ship’s company.
Address aboard: Miss Baranov
McKendrick
A long-serving gunner’s mate who tests the new lieutenant at their first meeting.
A useful distinction
A rating and a commissioned rank are not the same thing.
Address aboard: McKendrick
Midshipman Lennox
A young midshipman, attentive to the officers’ silences as well as their conversation.
A useful distinction
These notes stop at his introduction and reveal no later events.
Address aboard: Mr Lennox
Two duties. One captain.
Captain Roake
Mr Hales
Ordinary first-lieutenant duties
Lieutenant Grey
Special service under Roake
The folio’s title refers to shipboard responsibility. It is not a roll call of later promotions or changes in command.
Story source & editorial note
Based on The Guns of Wyrmouth, Chapters One and Two. This folio is a companion to the novel, not an archival document. Names and responsibilities stop at the opening company. No later injuries, absences, family connections or changes of rank are disclosed.