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Did Horatio Hornblower really serve in the British Navy?

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Did Horatio Hornblower really serve in the British Navy?

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Sorry, Horatio Hornblower is a purely fictional character. Not only is he fictional, but he was not even invented until after World War Two, when the famous Hornblower novels were published by C.S. Forrester. As an added note, Horatio Hornblower’s character is also not based on the life of British Admiral Horatio Nelson. Many of the events in the Hornblower novels were drawn from a variety of articles and stories published in old 19th century Naval Gazettes.