OFFSHORE
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Miss | Barker | Pinkie's acquaintance |
| Richard | Blake | Ex-Navy man, serves as leader of the Battersea household community |
| Laura | Blake | Former Naval officer, Richard's wife. Aka: Lollie |
| Anton | Bruckner | Austrian composer and organist |
| William | de Morgan | Prominent figure in English literature and art |
| Dreadnought | One of several houseboats in the Battersea Reach | |
| Gordon | Hodge | Marine engineer officer, both nuclear and conventional submarines |
| Mrs. | Hodge | Gordon's mother |
| Nenna | James | Musician and the protagonist of the story |
| Matilda | James | Nenna's younger daughter. Aka: Tilda |
| Martha | James | Nenna's twelve-year-old daughter. Aka: Mattie |
| Edward | James | Nenna's husband. Aka: Ed, Eddie |
| Lord | Jim | Converted minesweeper owned by Richard |
| Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President |
| Gustav | Mahler | Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer |
| Sister | Paul | Nun who wrote the special prayer |
| Elvis | Presley | American singer and actor |
| Walter | Raleigh | English explorer. Title: Sir |
| Cliff | Richard | British singer and author |
| Mr. | Stephen | Antique shop owner |
| Wilhelmina | Stirling | Prolific writer |
| Stripey | Stripey | Ship's cat |
| Louise | Swanson | Nenna's sister. Aka: Lou |
| Joel | Swanson | Louise's husband |
| Heinrich | von Furstenfeld | 16-year-old German teenager visiting the houseboat community |
| Father | Watson | Old priest |
| Sam | Willis | Elderly, retired marine painter; owner of Dreadnought |
| Dandy | Refers to a man overly concerned with appearance and dress | |
| Fortuna | Boat name | |
| Grace | Decommissioned Thames sailing barge | |
| Harry | Sinister criminal | |
| Heine | German poet | |
| Janet | Woodie's wife | |
| Maurice | Friendly, amiable young man living in a houseboat named Maurice | |
| Pinkie | Richard's friend | |
| Rochester | Name of the boat in which Woodie lives | |
| Woodrow | Character who lives in a boat with his wife. Aka: Woodie |
