Ferris also appears as a minor character in the first of the Aubrey-Maturin series of nautical historical novels by Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander.

The Devil to Pay is one of a series of nautical novels by C. Northcote Parkinson.

The Good Shepherd (1955) is a nautical and war novel by C.S. Forester, best known as the creator of fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower.

Of her three surviving children, one of her daughters married Major William Price Drury, a Royal Marine, who wrote some nautical novels at the end of the 20th century.

William Clark Russell (24 February 1844 - 8 November 1911) was an English writer best known for his nautical novels.

The Fireship is one of a series of nautical novels by C. Northcote Parkinson.

The Dutch writer Jan de Hartog wrote numerous nautical novels, first in Dutch, then in English.

Critics question whether the 20 th entry in this series of nautical novels set in the 19 th century will actually be the final one, as the author has promised.

One of his daughters later married Major William Price Drury, a Royal Marine, who wrote some nautical novels at the end of the century.

Patrick O'Brian's nautical historical novels feature the Aubrey-Maturin series set in the Royal Navy, the first being Master and Commander 1969.