Across all the various stories of the Honorverse, the question does arise as to how many commands the now-Duchess has held. Outside her serving in roles as a flag officer, which ships has she held personal command of over the course of the series to date?
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4As of July 2014, no ships at all. She won't be born for another thousand years or so.– Mike ScottCommented Jul 30, 2014 at 18:56
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Adjusted question to appropriately reflect that I'm referring to canon in print as of July 2014.– Stephen Michael KellatCommented Jul 30, 2014 at 19:53
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So far:
Light Attack Craft (LAC) HM LAC 113
Destroyer HMS Hawkwing
Cruiser HMS Fearless
Heavy Cruiser HMS Fearless
Battle Cruiser HMS Nike
Q-ship HMAMC Wayfarer
HMS Unconquered
Source: Posts section of Honor Harrington page on Wikipedia
Note that her position on Unconquered is an honorary position making her the only active duty admiral eligible to wear the white beret of a ships captain.
During the escape from Cerberus in Echoes of Honor, Honor commanded the ENS Farnese (captured from the People's Republic of Haven). However, this was a temporary, jury-rigged, and unofficial situation that stemmed from a shortage of capable warship commanders. At the time, Honor was operating in her role as a full admiral of the Grayson Space Navy and would not normally have been eligible for starship command.
In Ashes of Victory, Honor was piloting the unarmed "civilian pleasure craft" Jamie Candless, which she owned. Compared to her official RMN commands, the Jamie Candless is barely even a ship, but technically, she was in command. It was this ship that she used to shield Grayson One from missiles fired by Massadan terrorists.
In the short story Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington (from Changer of Worlds), during the final battle, tactical command of the War Maiden fell to Honor due to the death, disablement, or loss of communications of all of the ship's senior officer..
answered Jul 29, 2014 at 4:07
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Of interest, the HMS Unconquered command does appear to count towards the "hyper-capable command stars". The cover of A Rising Thunder shows 6 such stars on her uniform.– Compro01Commented Jul 29, 2014 at 14:15
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1Would the Elysian Space Navy ship she and Warner Caslet were on count as her own command in this case? It doubled as her own ship as well as her convoy flag, it seemed. Commented Jul 29, 2014 at 16:20
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Wasn't there a craft she commanded when they escaped captivity? (been a long while since I read HH so I don't recall if they used Havenite's craft for the escape or their own ship) Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 17:42
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Also, I don't recall the technicalities but wasn't she effectively in command of War Maiden during the last fight in Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington? Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 17:45
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1@DVK Actually, I'm just about positive that Honor was a passenger in the first case (being badly injured and malnourished) and did not leave the surface until after Farnese was captured in the second case. Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 21:10
I think she was a Commodore by the time she was captured by the Peeps, so Nike would have been her last as "Mistress after God" though she had several flagships as Commodore and Admiral.
I don't think she was ever actually in command of a Grayson ship, since she started her service with them ("Flag in Exile") with Yu as her flag captain.
Joey
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This doesn't seem to contain enough new information to be a standalone answer, especially since there is already an accepted answer. You may want to post this as a comment. And welcome to Sci-Fi and Fantasy SE! Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 18:47