Characters who also appeared in the two previous books of the trilogy.
| George Kelly Maguire | (Ginger) | ||
| Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Maguire, Bt. | Kelly’s Father | ||
| James Caspar Verschoyle (Cruiser) | Kelly’s term-mate at Verschoyle and enemy turned friend | ||
| Charlotte Kimister | Kelly’s former girl-friend, married to a term-mate but widowed after the Invergordon Mutiny | ||
| Mabel Dunbar | Charley’s sister | ||
| Christina Verschoyle | Kelly’s former wife, now married to Verschoyle | ||
| Hugh Withinshawe | Christina’s son by her first husband and Kelly’s stepson | ||
| Albert Rumbelo | Kelly’s coxswain | ||
| Biddy Rumbelo | Rumbelo’s wife and Kelly’s housekeeper | ||
| Albert Kelly Rumbelo | Rumbelo’s son and Kelly’s godson | ||
| Patricia Rumbelo | Rumbelo’s daughter | ||
| Admiral Corbett Admiral Orrmont |
Former captains of ships in which Kelly served | ||
| William Latimer Arthur Smart Archibald Fanshawe Seamus Boyle |
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| Former Shipmates of Kelly’s | |||