HMS Clorinda

HMS Clorinda

HMS "Clorinda" is a fictional frigate from C. S. Forester’s novel Hornblower in the West Indies. In the novel, "Clorinda" is one of the ships assigned to Horatio Hornblower’s first command as an Admiral. The "Clorinda" is featured in one of the main stories in the novel, the capture of a slave ship at Puerto Rico.

References

C. S. Forester, "Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies", Pinnacle Books, New York 1980.

C. Northcote Parkinson, "The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower", Little, Brown & Company, Boston 1970.

ee also

*List of fictional ships


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