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As a heavyweight, [[Temeraire]] had a flight crew of about thirty or forty men, plus a ground crew.  During long periods of service, this number might be considerably reduced by casualties.  For example, of the eight topmen originally assigned to Temeraire in 1805, five were dead by the end of the year and one more was killed in 1806.
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As a heavyweight, [[Temeraire]] had a flight crew of about thirty men, plus a ground crew.  During long periods of service, this number might be considerably reduced by casualties.
  
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After [[William Laurence]] was convicted of treason in late 1807, all of Temeraire's remaining crew were reassigned.  When Laurence was temporarily recommissioned to the [[Aerial Corps]] during Napoleon's invasion of Britain, only [[Emily Roland]], [[Allen]], [[Demane]], [[Sipho]], [[Fellowes]], [[Blythe]] and [[Dorset]] returned.
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After [[William Laurence]] was convicted of treason in late 1807, all of Temeraire's remaining crew were reassigned.  When Laurence was temporarily recommissioned to the [[Aerial Corps]] during Napoleon's invasion of Britain, only [[Emily Roland]], [[Allen]], [[Demane]], [[Sipho]], [[Fellowes]] and [[Dorset]] returned.
  
 
The following list is not all-inclusive, as the names of all crew members may not be known.
 
The following list is not all-inclusive, as the names of all crew members may not be known.
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[[Topmen]]: Under normal conditions, there were 5 Topmen under the Lieutenant.
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[[Topmen]]:
 
* Lieutenant [[Johns]] - killed in action in the [[Battle of Dover]], November 1805.
 
* Lieutenant [[Johns]] - killed in action in the [[Battle of Dover]], November 1805.
 
* Midwingman [[Challoner]] - killed in action in the [[Battle of Dover]], November 1805.
 
* Midwingman [[Challoner]] - killed in action in the [[Battle of Dover]], November 1805.
 
* Midwingman [[Croyn]] - killed in action in November or December 1805, when the British attempted to stop a French convoy from reaching Le Havre.
 
* Midwingman [[Croyn]] - killed in action in November or December 1805, when the British attempted to stop a French convoy from reaching Le Havre.
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* Midwingman [[Macdonaugh]] - briefly reassigned to [[Maximus]] after the [[Battle of Dover]] but returned to [[Temeraire]] after the [[Valerie engagement]]. Killed during the attack by raiders in the Taklamakan desert in August 1806.
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* Midwingman [[Macdonaugh]]
 
* Midwingman [[Ezekiah Martin]] - reassigned to [[Orchestia]] after Laurence was convicted of treason.
 
* Midwingman [[Ezekiah Martin]] - reassigned to [[Orchestia]] after Laurence was convicted of treason.
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* Midwingman [[Portis]] - briefly reassigned to [[Maximus]] after the [[Battle of Dover]] but returned to [[Temeraire]] after the [[Valerie engagement]].
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* Midwingman [[Portis]]
 
* Midwingman [[Quarle]] - killed in action in November or December 1805, when the British attempted to stop a French convoy from reaching Le Havre.
 
* Midwingman [[Quarle]] - killed in action in November or December 1805, when the British attempted to stop a French convoy from reaching Le Havre.
 
* Midwingman [[Wright]] - killed in action in the [[Battle of Dover]], November 1805.
 
* Midwingman [[Wright]] - killed in action in the [[Battle of Dover]], November 1805.
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[[Bellmen]]:
 
[[Bellmen]]:
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* Lieutenant [[Baylesworth]] - killed in an avalanche in the Pamirs in the summer of 1806.
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Eight altogether?
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* Midwingman [[Miggsy]] - killed in action in the [[Valerie engagement]], November or December 1805.
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* [[Miggsy]] - killed in action in the [[Valerie engagement]], November or December 1805.
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* Midwingman [[Therrows]]
 
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* Midwingman [[Wickley]] - reassigned to [[Arkady]] in early 1807.
 
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* Possibly four others?
 
  
  
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* Midwingman [[Dunne]] - reassigned to [[Arkady]] in early 1807.
 
* Midwingman [[Dunne]] - reassigned to [[Arkady]] in early 1807.
 
* Midwingman [[Hackley]]
 
* Midwingman [[Hackley]]
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* Possibly seven or eight others?
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* Possibly apx seven others?
  
  
 
[[Lookouts]]:
 
[[Lookouts]]:
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* Ensign [[Allen]], forward port lookout - reassigned to the clerks after Laurence was convicted of treason but returned to Temeraire when Laurence was temporarily recommissioned.
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* Ensign [[Allen]], forward port lookout
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* Ensign [[Digby]], forward starboard lookout - promoted to midwingman in Istanbul in the summer of 1806 but killed shortly afterwards during the crew's escape from this city.
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* Ensign [[Digby]], forward starbooard lookout
 
* Ensign [[Harley]]
 
* Ensign [[Harley]]
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* Ensign [[Salyer]] - promoted to midwingman in or shortly before arriving in Istanbul in the summer of 1806, but demoted back to ensign after allowing Dunne and Hackley to slip out of quarters while he was on guard.
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* Ensign [[Salyer]]
  
  
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[[Signal-Ensign]]: [[Turner]]
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Signal-ensign: [[Turner]]
  
  
 
[[Runners]]:
 
[[Runners]]:
 
* Cadet [[Peter Dyer]] - promoted to ensign apx September 1807.
 
* Cadet [[Peter Dyer]] - promoted to ensign apx September 1807.
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* Cadet [[Emily Roland]] - promoted to ensign apx September 1807.  Reassigned as "fifth lookout" to [[Artemisia]] after Laurence was convicted of treason but returned to Temeraire when Laurence was temporarily recommissioned.
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* Cadet [[Emily Roland]] - promoted to ensign apx September 1807.  Reassigned as "fifth lookout" to [[Artemisia]] after Laurence was convicted of treason but later returned to Temeraire.
 
* Cadet [[Andrew Morgan]] - killed in action in the [[Valerie engagement]], November or December 1805.
 
* Cadet [[Andrew Morgan]] - killed in action in the [[Valerie engagement]], November or December 1805.
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* Cadet [[Demane]] Dlamini - taken on by Laurence as a runner after Dyer and Roland were promoted to ensigns.  Reassigned to [[Arkady]] after Laurence was convicted of treason but returned to Temeraire when Laurence was temporarily recommissioned.
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* Cadet [[Demane]] Dlamini - taken on by Laurence as a runner after Dyer and Roland were promoted to ensigns.
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* Cadet [[Sipho]] Tsuluka Dlamini - taken on by Laurence as a runner after Dyer and Roland were promoted to ensigns. Reassigned to [[Maximus]] as ground crew after Laurence was convicted of treason but returned to Temeraire when Laurence was temporarily recommissioned.
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* Cadet [[Sipho]] Tsuluka Dlamini - taken on by Laurence as a runner after Dyer and Roland were promoted to ensigns.
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'''Ground Crew'''
 
'''Ground Crew'''
 
* Ground crew chief: [[Hollin]] - left Temeraire's crew to become [[Elsie]]'s captain in November 1805.
 
* Ground crew chief: [[Hollin]] - left Temeraire's crew to become [[Elsie]]'s captain in November 1805.
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* Armourer: [[Pratt]] - killed in action in Africa in the summer of 1807.
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* Armourer: [[Pratt]]
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* Armourer's mate: [[Blythe]] - reassigned after Laurence was convicted of treason but returned to Temeraire when Laurence was temporarily recommissioned.
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* Armourer's mate: [[Blythe]]
 
* Leatherworker: [[Bell]]
 
* Leatherworker: [[Bell]]
 
* Gunner: [[Calloway]]
 
* Gunner: [[Calloway]]
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* Harness master: [[Fellowes]] - reassigned after Laurence was convicted of treason but returned to Temeraire when Laurence was temporarily recommissioned.
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* Harness Master: [[Fellowes]]
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* Harness-men - Originally eight, but four were killed in action in the [[Valerie engagement]], November or December 1805.  The remaining four included [[Willoughby]], killed in action in Peking in the summer of 1806, and Winston, who was mentioned as being at the [[Siege of Danzig]] and who was also present for the trip to Africa in 1807.
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* Harness-men - Originally eight, but four were killed in action in the [[Valerie engagement]], November or December 1805.
 
* Surgeon: [[Keynes]] - left Temeraire's crew in early 1807 to treat other dragons ill with the [[Dragon Plague]].
 
* Surgeon: [[Keynes]] - left Temeraire's crew in early 1807 to treat other dragons ill with the [[Dragon Plague]].
 
* Surgeon: [[Dorset]] - assigned as Temeraire's surgeon to replace Keynes.
 
* Surgeon: [[Dorset]] - assigned as Temeraire's surgeon to replace Keynes.
  
  
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Temeraire himself considered [[Gong Su]] to be part of his crew.  However, "dragon chef" was not a position generally recognized within the Aerial Corps.
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Temeraire himself probably considered [[Gong Su]] to be part of his crew.  However, "dragon chef" was not a position generally recognized within the Aerial Corps.
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[[Category:A-Z]]
 
[[Category:A-Z]]
 
[[Category:Aerial Corps]]
 
[[Category:Aerial Corps]]
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[[Category:Aviators]]
 
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[[Category:British]]
 
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[[Category:People]]
 

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