H.M.S. Surprise: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Aubrey/Maturin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the H.M.S. Surprise audiobook runs 15.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Tull (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 15.9 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Aubrey/Maturin
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 36.3 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 265.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master and Commander | 16.8 hrs |
| 2 | Post Captain | 19.5 hrs |
| 3 | H.M.S. Surprise | 15.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Mauritius Command | 14 hrs |
| 5 | Desolation Island | 13.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Fortune of War | 13.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Surgeon's Mate | 15.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Ionian Mission | 15.1 hrs |
| 9 | Treason's Harbour | 12.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Far Side of the World | 14.6 hrs |
| 11 | The Reverse of the Medal | 10.4 hrs |
| 12 | The Letter of Marque | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Tull
Patrick Tull narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 622 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,211 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
H.M.S. Surprise is book 3 of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series: a 15.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Tull, released December 18, 2003, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Tull
- Released
- December 18, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Aubrey/Maturin #3
- ISBN
- 9781436100564
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the H.M.S. Surprise audiobook?
H.M.S. Surprise runs 15.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is the H.M.S. Surprise audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates H.M.S. Surprise?
H.M.S. Surprise is narrated by Patrick Tull.
Is H.M.S. Surprise worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.