| HORATIO | ___ Hornblower, fictional Royal Navy officer created by C.S. Forester (7) |
| HORNBLOWER | Horatio -, fictional naval officer created by C S Forester (10) |
| REACHER | Jack, fictional U.S. ex-military officer created by British thriller writer Lee Child (7) |
| ADMIRAL | Highest rank of currently serving Royal Navy officer (7) |
| COLOURS | 1938 novel by C S Forester (6,7) (see 17A) |
| AFRICAN | 'The --', 1935 novel by C.S. Forester (7) |
| THESHIP | 1943 novel by C.S. Forester (3,4) |
| NARNIA | Fictional land created by C.S. Lewis (6) |
| ASLAN | Lion character created by C S Lewis (5) |
| CAPTAINHORATIOHORNBLOWER | 1951 Raoul Walsh film based on novels by C S Forester (7,7,10) |
| BYRONBAY | Beachside town in New South Wales, Australia, named by Captain Cook after a Royal Navy officer and explorer (5,3) |
| SCOTT | Royal Navy officer led two expeditions to the Antarctic region, Robert Falcon (5) |
| BEAUFORT | Scale of wind speed named after the Royal Navy officer who devised it in 1805 (8) |
| ROSS | The ___ Dependency: area of Antarctica named after a Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (4) |
| AFRICANQUEEN | The ___, 1935 novel by C S Forester (7,5) |
| FLYING | 1938 novel by C S Forester (6,7) (see 23A) |
| THEPURSUED | 1935 novel by C S Forester first published in 2011 (3,7) |
| BOSUN | Royal Navy officer |
| GEORGEBYNG | The first Viscount Torrington, a Royal Navy officer and statesman who became First Lord of the Admir |
| FREMANTLE | Charles ---, 19th Century British Royal Navy officer after whom a city port in Western Australia is named (9) |
