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Books Timeline 1800 - 1809
On this page I have set out the timeline (where it is given or can be established) for the various books set during the period from 1800 to 1809
For context actual historic events have been added below in italics.
| Year | Book | Series |
| 1800 | The Inshore Squadron | Richard Bolitho |
| Master & Commander | Jack Aubrey | |
| The Bomb Vessel | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| Cut and Thrust | George Abercrombie Fox | |
| Boarders Away | George Abercrombie Fox | |
| The Fireship | George Abercrombie Fox | |
| Troubled Waters | Alan Lewrie | |
| The English Captain | "Cocky" Penhaligon | |
| Peter Raven Under Fire | Peter Raven | |
| 1801 | Battle of Copenhagen | |
| A Tradition of Victory | Richard Bolitho | |
| Lieutenant Hornblower | Horatio Hornblower | |
| Ramage & the Guillotine | Lord Ramage | |
| Prison Ship | Sam Witchall | |
| The Baltic Gambit | Alan Lewrie | |
| The Night Attack | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| Blood Beach | George Abercrombie Fox | |
| Sea Flame | George Abercrombie Fox | |
| Close Quarters | George Abercrombie Fox | |
| 1802 | Post Captain | Jack Aubrey |
| Ramage's Diamond | Lord Ramage | |
| Ramage's Mutiny | Lord Ramage | |
| Ramage & the Rebels | Lord Ramage | |
| The Ramage Touch | Lord Ramage | |
| Ramage's Signal | Lord Ramage | |
| Peace of Amiens | ||
| Ramage & the Renegades | Lord Ramage | |
| Success to the Brave | Richard Bolitho | |
| Floating Gold | ||
| 1803 | Colours Aloft | Richard Bolitho |
| The Corvette | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| Hornblower & the Hotspur | Horatio Hornblower | |
| Ramage's Devil | Lord Ramage | |
| So Near, So Far | Richard Delancey | |
| Mr Fitton's Commission | Michael Fitton | |
| The Greater The Honor | Oliver Baldwin | |
| The Admiral's Daughter | Thomas Kydd | |
| King, Ship & Sword | Alan Lewrie | |
| 1804 | Honour this Day | Richard Bolitho |
| HMS Surprise | Jack Aubrey | |
| Ramage's Trial | Lord Ramage | |
| Ramage's Challenge | Lord Ramage | |
| Captain Justice | Captain Justice | |
| The Pandora Secret | Captain Justice | |
| Hellfire in Tripoli | Stephen Decatur | |
| Against Cold Steel | Stephen Decatur | |
| Decatur's Revenge | Stephen Decatur | |
| The Log of a Privateersman | ||
| Midshipman Quinn and Denise the Spy | Septimus Quinn | |
| 1805 | Hornblower & the Crises | Horatio Hornblower |
| Battle of Trafalgar | ||
| Ramage at Trafalgar | Lord Ramage | |
| "1805" | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| The Far off Ships | ||
| Dead Reckoning | Richard Delancey | |
| Battle Fleet | Sam Witchall | |
| Victory | ||
| Quinn at Trafalgar | Septimus Quinn | |
| The French Imposter | The adventures of Lt. Nicholas Chenevix | |
| Dispatch from Cadiz | The adventures of Lt. Nicholas Chenevix | |
| Victory | Thomas Kydd | |
| Blood Brothers | ||
| 1806 | The Only Victor | Richard Bolitho |
| Hornblower & the Atropos | Horatio Hornblower | |
| Ramage & the Saracens | Lord Ramage | |
| The East Indiaman | Percival Merewether | |
| The Blighted Cliffs | The Reluctant Adventures of Martin Jerrold | |
| The Chains of Albion | The Reluctant Adventures of Martin Jerrold | |
| Treason's River | The Reluctant Adventures of Martin Jerrold | |
| The Arethusa: A Naval Story | ||
| 1807 | Ramage & the Dido | Lord Ramage |
| Baltic Mission | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| In Distant Waters | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| On the Company's Service | Percival Merewether | |
| A Balance of Dangers | Captain Justice | |
| In Pursuit of Glory | Oliver Baldwin | |
| 1808 | Beyond the Reef | Richard Bolitho |
| The Happy Return | Horatio Hornblower | |
| Mauritius Command | Jack Aubrey | |
| A Private Revenge | Nathaniel Drinkwater | |
| For King & Company | Percival Merewether | |
| 1809 | Battle of Basque Roads | |
| The Darkening Sea | Richard Bolitho | |
| Under False Colours | Nathaniel Drinkwater |