1 00:04:16,450 --> 00:04:19,120 Come on. Come on. 2 00:04:19,790 --> 00:04:22,290 Yes, yes, it's alright. 3 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,760 Wake up, Will. 4 00:04:38,470 --> 00:04:41,230 Starboard bow ahoy! 5 00:04:47,650 --> 00:04:48,900 Sir. 6 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:50,400 What is it, Slade? 7 00:04:50,570 --> 00:04:53,990 I thought I heard something. It sounded like a bell. 8 00:04:55,820 --> 00:04:58,330 Native fisherman perhaps. 9 00:04:58,410 --> 00:05:00,080 Or a reef marker, sir. 10 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,410 Mr. Calamy, the lead, if you please! 11 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:20,600 By the mark, five fathom. 12 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,100 Five fathom! 13 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:37,950 Sand and broken shell. 14 00:05:38,030 --> 00:05:39,700 Sand and broken shell! 15 00:05:46,290 --> 00:05:48,290 What is it? 16 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,340 Two points off the starboard bow in the fogbank. 17 00:05:53,460 --> 00:05:55,630 What was it? A sail? 18 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,970 - I don't know what it was. - Should we beat to quarters? 19 00:06:07,310 --> 00:06:08,900 I can't be certain. 20 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:11,730 You're officer of the watch. 21 00:06:11,820 --> 00:06:14,900 Hollom, you must make a decision. 22 00:06:16,490 --> 00:06:19,660 We shall beat to quarters! 23 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,830 Rouse up! Rouse up! 24 00:06:22,910 --> 00:06:24,160 Sleepers, awake! 25 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:27,080 Ready? Grab my hat and follow me up with a coat! 26 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:28,330 Aye, sir. 27 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:30,500 Move! Move along! Move along! 28 00:06:30,670 --> 00:06:32,840 Jump to it, boys! Jump to it! 29 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,090 - Jump to it, man! - Cast off this gear! 30 00:06:35,260 --> 00:06:36,590 Light along there! 31 00:06:58,610 --> 00:07:00,450 Good morning, sir. Sighting in heavy fog. 32 00:07:00,610 --> 00:07:02,450 Handsomely on the yards tackle! 33 00:07:02,620 --> 00:07:04,870 Topmen aloft! 34 00:07:08,370 --> 00:07:12,040 Get that cutter over the side now! 35 00:07:12,790 --> 00:07:14,630 Where away? 36 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:16,960 Two points off the starboard bow, sir. 37 00:07:17,050 --> 00:07:18,470 Not a mile distant. 38 00:07:18,550 --> 00:07:22,220 Clear away your gear and stand ready! 39 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:24,060 Are you sure, Mr. Hollom? 40 00:07:24,140 --> 00:07:25,640 Yes, sir. 41 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,220 Look alive! 42 00:07:27,310 --> 00:07:29,310 Man-of-war? 43 00:07:31,310 --> 00:07:33,230 I don't know, sir. 44 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,900 It was only for a moment. I thought I saw a shape. 45 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:43,070 - Did you see it, Mr. Calamy? - No, sir. 46 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,790 Well, you did the right thing, Mr. Hollom. 47 00:07:47,910 --> 00:07:49,750 Go to your stations. 48 00:07:51,210 --> 00:07:53,880 The deck's yours, Tom. 49 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,670 Sir. 50 00:07:58,050 --> 00:08:01,800 Clear away and launch boats! 51 00:08:05,220 --> 00:08:06,510 Slack away! 52 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,930 Get that last grate below and get to your station! 53 00:08:10,020 --> 00:08:10,940 Quit your dawdling! 54 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:12,440 You heard the man! 55 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,110 Lower away! 56 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,780 Haul both your yard tackles! 57 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,200 Strike the bell! 58 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:29,790 Tighten up the truss tackles! 59 00:08:39,170 --> 00:08:41,840 Trice up! Lay out! 60 00:08:41,970 --> 00:08:45,390 Foretopman, let fly! 61 00:08:45,550 --> 00:08:49,310 Now then, our George, haul away there! 62 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:54,230 Down! 63 00:08:54,310 --> 00:08:56,810 All hands down! 64 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:11,660 Hands, to your stations! 65 00:09:11,750 --> 00:09:14,250 Mr. Hollar, damage report, if you please. 66 00:09:14,420 --> 00:09:15,750 At the helm, keep her steady! 67 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,840 What's afoot with that topsail there? 68 00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:24,590 - 18-pounders. - At least. 69 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,010 We're gonna have to get closer to poke his eye. 70 00:09:26,180 --> 00:09:28,930 Run out the starboard battery. Mr. Allen, come up on the wind! 71 00:09:29,010 --> 00:09:29,760 On the wind, sir. 72 00:09:29,930 --> 00:09:32,020 Lay me alongside at pistol-shot. 73 00:09:37,350 --> 00:09:39,360 Sharpshooters to the tops, Mr. Howard. 74 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,610 Sergeant! Take your section into the main top! 75 00:09:41,780 --> 00:09:44,030 We stand tall on the quarterdeck, son. All of us. 76 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,860 Aye, sir. 77 00:09:46,030 --> 00:09:48,370 Mr. Boyle, run up the colours. 78 00:09:48,450 --> 00:09:49,370 Aye, sir. 79 00:09:53,950 --> 00:09:56,370 Note for the log, Mr. Watt. 80 00:09:56,460 --> 00:09:58,460 "Engaged enemy frigate at six bells." 81 00:09:58,630 --> 00:10:00,040 Aye, sir. 82 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,470 - Straight at 'em, Mr. Mowett. - Straight at 'em, sir. 83 00:10:05,630 --> 00:10:06,800 Bill! 84 00:10:08,050 --> 00:10:10,970 Leave the bloody swords! Get the Captain's silver below. 85 00:10:11,060 --> 00:10:12,640 She's not in range yet! 86 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,060 Stand fast till she's close enough! 87 00:10:15,230 --> 00:10:18,480 - Close with him amidships! - Midships it is, sir. 88 00:10:19,730 --> 00:10:23,070 For God's sake, don't drop anything. 89 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,490 Steady! 90 00:10:28,660 --> 00:10:29,820 Hold your positions! 91 00:10:29,910 --> 00:10:32,490 Hold your position! Courage, now! 92 00:10:33,330 --> 00:10:37,580 Hold steady, boys! Hold steady! 93 00:10:37,750 --> 00:10:39,670 Mr. Pullings, sir. 94 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:42,340 Davies, Jemmy, get Mr. Pullings below! 95 00:10:42,420 --> 00:10:43,670 Aye, sir. 96 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,840 Mr. Blakeney, pass the word for the Captain. 97 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,260 - Aye! - Clear the forward pin rails! 98 00:10:55,770 --> 00:10:58,350 More sand on the floor! 99 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:01,610 On the up roll, fire! 100 00:11:24,710 --> 00:11:26,800 Relieving tackles on the tiller! 101 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,050 You men, collect these wounded! 102 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:33,720 - Keep 'em spitting, Mr. Calamy. - Aye, sir. 103 00:11:33,890 --> 00:11:36,390 Reload and give 'em hell! 104 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:04,840 Sir! To the taffrail! 105 00:12:11,430 --> 00:12:14,350 The rudder's shot away. The steering don't answer, sir. 106 00:12:14,510 --> 00:12:16,720 We're fish in a barrel. 107 00:12:23,940 --> 00:12:26,110 Why are we not firing? 108 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,360 Let me through. 109 00:12:32,530 --> 00:12:34,950 Here, Joe! Here! 110 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:37,280 Hold it in there! 111 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,580 - He's on the larboard bow. - Bring up your small arms. 112 00:12:44,750 --> 00:12:47,550 Up, you fire-eaters, up! 113 00:12:49,460 --> 00:12:52,300 Prepare to repel boarders! 114 00:12:52,340 --> 00:12:55,470 Seize your weapons and wait for the word! 115 00:12:57,560 --> 00:12:59,720 Your orders, sir? 116 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,310 Call the gun crews to deck. 117 00:13:02,390 --> 00:13:04,980 Rig man-ropes over the stern and pull the boats in. 118 00:13:05,150 --> 00:13:07,480 Put us in that fog, Tom. 119 00:13:18,910 --> 00:13:21,250 Pull together, men! 120 00:13:21,370 --> 00:13:23,580 Pull for the fogbank! 121 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,210 Run 'em out! Run 'em out! 122 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,590 Fire! 123 00:13:34,630 --> 00:13:36,340 She's opened up a seam! 124 00:13:36,510 --> 00:13:39,010 We need to get some oakum and pound it in. 125 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:41,600 Joe, a mallet and some irons! 126 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,150 - Get over here! - Lively, mate! 127 00:13:47,730 --> 00:13:49,860 She's gaining on us! 128 00:13:56,410 --> 00:13:58,780 - We're nearly there, boys! - Pull! 129 00:13:58,950 --> 00:14:00,990 Pull! 130 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,290 Fire! 131 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,670 Pull for Lucky Jack! 132 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,550 - Pull into the fogbank! - We've done it! 133 00:14:19,470 --> 00:14:21,890 Pipe down! Silence on deck! 134 00:14:32,230 --> 00:14:34,150 They'll not find us in here! 135 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,240 Silence that man! 136 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:36,400 Quiet, lads. 137 00:14:36,570 --> 00:14:39,070 No shouts, no calls. 138 00:15:06,850 --> 00:15:09,020 Avast rowing. 139 00:15:12,270 --> 00:15:14,530 Well done, lads. 140 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:40,380 2'6", sir. 141 00:15:40,470 --> 00:15:41,970 And holding. 142 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,310 Good work, Mr. Lamb. 143 00:15:47,390 --> 00:15:49,230 Thank you, sir. 144 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:01,070 So, what's the butcher's bill? 145 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,570 9 dead, 27 wounded. 146 00:16:12,830 --> 00:16:14,500 Joe Plaice. 147 00:16:14,590 --> 00:16:16,670 He has a severely depressed fracture of the skull. 148 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:19,510 I don't think he'll see out the night. 149 00:16:19,590 --> 00:16:21,340 Lord Blakeney. 150 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:27,430 Just a broken arm, sir. 151 00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:31,440 Well, you're in very good hands. 152 00:16:36,270 --> 00:16:37,530 I'm doing everything I can. 153 00:16:37,690 --> 00:16:39,780 I know you were close to his father. 154 00:16:39,940 --> 00:16:41,110 His father would have understood. 155 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,110 He knew the life. 156 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:44,280 His mother, however... 157 00:16:44,450 --> 00:16:46,950 Let me take a look at that brow of yours. 158 00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:57,800 Damn, he was good. Just came out of nowhere. 159 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,550 Hit us with a full broadside, 160 00:16:59,630 --> 00:17:02,720 cut across our tail, and took out our rudder. 161 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,050 Damn fine gunnery. 162 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:08,640 We only slipped away because of the fog. 163 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,220 Quite fortunate, really. 164 00:17:10,310 --> 00:17:11,730 He may have had the weather gauge. 165 00:17:11,810 --> 00:17:14,310 But we had the weather gods. 166 00:17:16,810 --> 00:17:19,320 I have no idea precisely what it is you're talking about, 167 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,320 but he did seem to come off rather well. 168 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,070 7 weeks sailing and he happens in darkness 169 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,910 on our exact position. 170 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:34,330 The French have their spies in England and elsewhere. 171 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:35,420 As do we. 172 00:17:35,580 --> 00:17:38,170 Indeed. 173 00:17:39,090 --> 00:17:40,340 If he knew we were looking for him, 174 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:43,760 he could have easily stood to sea and passed well clear. 175 00:17:45,430 --> 00:17:48,430 Well, then perhaps he was looking for us. 176 00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:17,290 Frigate? If she was a frigate, then I am a Dutchman. 177 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:20,210 It was an unfair match. There was no dishonour in it. 178 00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:21,380 She was more like a ship of the line. 179 00:18:21,550 --> 00:18:22,630 A 2-decker, more than a frigate! 180 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,720 You have to wonder about the nature of her hull. 181 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,050 Our shots wouldn't penetrate. 182 00:18:26,220 --> 00:18:28,800 Triple-shotted at 200 yards, and our guns had no effect. 183 00:18:28,890 --> 00:18:31,970 She had the weather gauge and a clear advantage in firepower. 184 00:18:32,140 --> 00:18:35,310 What is the weather gauge? 185 00:18:35,390 --> 00:18:36,810 Shall I show you again, Stephen? 186 00:18:36,890 --> 00:18:40,060 Not on the cloth. 187 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:41,980 She had the wind in her favour. 188 00:18:42,070 --> 00:18:45,070 Therefore, control of the engagement. 189 00:18:45,150 --> 00:18:45,990 She had the longer guns, 190 00:18:46,150 --> 00:18:48,490 which meant she could hit us beyond our effective range. 191 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:51,660 The simple fact is we were soundly beaten. 192 00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:56,910 Heavy frigate like that in the Pacific. 193 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,830 Could tip the balance of war in Napoleon's favour. 194 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:04,510 By comparison, the "Surprise" is a somewhat aged man-of-war. 195 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:10,430 Am I not correct? 196 00:19:10,590 --> 00:19:13,760 Would you call me an aged man of war, Doctor? 197 00:19:13,850 --> 00:19:15,680 The "Surprise" is not old. 198 00:19:15,850 --> 00:19:17,440 No one would call her old. 199 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,350 She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. 200 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:20,770 She's a fine sea boat. 201 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,690 Weatherly, stiff, and fast. 202 00:19:23,770 --> 00:19:26,940 Very fast if she's well-handled. 203 00:19:27,110 --> 00:19:29,360 No, she's not old. 204 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:32,780 She's in her prime. 205 00:19:32,950 --> 00:19:34,620 We can patch up the main and mizzen. 206 00:19:34,790 --> 00:19:37,370 The foresail's too far gone, so we'll bend our spare. 207 00:19:37,460 --> 00:19:40,880 Mr. Lamb is confident with basic repairs. 208 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,960 - We can get home as we are. - We're not going home. 209 00:19:53,050 --> 00:19:55,720 But to refit, we need a port. 210 00:19:55,810 --> 00:19:57,480 And the "Acheron" may be still looking for us. 211 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:58,980 We can refit at sea. 212 00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:01,900 Here. Where it shoals. 213 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:03,980 As you said, Mr. Allen, 214 00:20:04,150 --> 00:20:06,480 she is taking the war to the South Seas, 215 00:20:06,570 --> 00:20:07,900 and we are supposed to stop her. 216 00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:12,160 But, sir, with respect. 217 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,820 She's a vastly heavier ship. 218 00:20:13,910 --> 00:20:15,830 She's out of our class. 219 00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:17,240 She could be halfway to Cape Horn 220 00:20:17,410 --> 00:20:19,580 by the time we're repaired and underway. 221 00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:23,750 Well, then, there's not a moment to lose. 222 00:20:23,830 --> 00:20:27,250 Aloft! Finish reeving the new halyards? 223 00:20:27,420 --> 00:20:30,670 All stretched along and ataunto, sir! 224 00:20:37,350 --> 00:20:38,930 Yo, boy! 225 00:20:39,020 --> 00:20:41,940 Easy, I said, easy! 226 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:43,940 Is it true about how they put the last stitch 227 00:20:44,110 --> 00:20:45,360 through your nose? 228 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,110 What do you mean? 229 00:20:48,530 --> 00:20:50,280 Old Joe told me that when you die, 230 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:51,530 they stitch you up in your hammock 231 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,530 with the last stitch through your nose 232 00:20:53,610 --> 00:20:56,280 just to make sure you're not asleep. 233 00:21:00,710 --> 00:21:02,960 Not through the nose. 234 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:05,040 You'll tell them? 235 00:21:58,550 --> 00:22:00,430 No! 236 00:22:00,510 --> 00:22:02,180 It's alright. 237 00:22:02,270 --> 00:22:05,190 It's just the laudanum speaking. 238 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,720 I've never seen a braver patient. 239 00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:43,060 Handsomely. 240 00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:46,270 Handsomely now, our William. 241 00:22:46,390 --> 00:22:48,060 Poor darling. 242 00:22:48,150 --> 00:22:50,650 Never mind. Soon have you fixed up. 243 00:22:50,730 --> 00:22:52,650 Come on, I want good work now. 244 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:54,990 I'll need two men into the starboard forechannels. 245 00:22:55,070 --> 00:22:56,950 This alright, Mr. Lamb? 246 00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:59,450 That's nice work there. 247 00:22:59,570 --> 00:23:01,330 Repair won't do here. I need these replaced. 248 00:23:01,410 --> 00:23:02,830 Ask Mr. Lamb what he has in stock. 249 00:23:02,910 --> 00:23:05,450 This rudder's got to look like it was newly minted. 250 00:23:05,580 --> 00:23:08,290 Wrong root, Ned! Wrong root! 251 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:12,880 There's something might interest you here. 252 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,260 Look. 253 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:15,590 The Captain carved that 254 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,430 when he was a mid, no more than your age. 255 00:23:17,550 --> 00:23:19,510 He's known this ship, man and boy. 256 00:23:19,590 --> 00:23:22,180 He says there's enough of his blood in the woodwork 257 00:23:22,260 --> 00:23:24,770 for the ship to almost be a relation. 258 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:27,060 I do understand your point, Mr. Allen. 259 00:23:27,180 --> 00:23:29,020 Your knowledge in these areas is beyond question. 260 00:23:29,100 --> 00:23:30,860 However, a week spent crawling 261 00:23:30,940 --> 00:23:31,940 through the Brazilian rain forest 262 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:34,530 looking for a new mast simply will not do. 263 00:23:34,690 --> 00:23:36,780 The "Acheron" will be halfway to China. 264 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:38,820 Mr. Lamb, as always, will do his best, 265 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:41,370 which is all I can hope to expect from any man. 266 00:23:41,450 --> 00:23:42,780 Sir. 267 00:24:16,860 --> 00:24:18,490 Is them his brains, Doctor? 268 00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:20,400 No. That's just dried blood. 269 00:24:20,530 --> 00:24:23,490 Those are his brains. 270 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,660 Physician, he is. 271 00:24:29,830 --> 00:24:31,250 Ain't one of your common surgeons. 272 00:24:31,330 --> 00:24:33,330 Can I have the coin, please? 273 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:34,500 Sir. 274 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:41,840 He wouldn't look at you for under 10 guineas on land. 275 00:24:42,010 --> 00:24:44,100 And he knows his birds and beasts. 276 00:24:44,220 --> 00:24:47,680 You show him a beetle, and he'll tell you what it's thinking. 277 00:24:47,850 --> 00:24:49,980 Back to work, you loafers! 278 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,940 Eckhart, use your pipe. 279 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:53,900 Let's get on with it. Back to work! 280 00:24:53,940 --> 00:24:57,440 You're not a pennyweight of use gawping here. 281 00:25:03,780 --> 00:25:06,530 Still hasn't said a word, sir. 282 00:25:08,370 --> 00:25:10,160 Sir. 283 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:13,960 Lord Blakeney. 284 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,290 Feeling better? 285 00:25:15,460 --> 00:25:17,380 Much better. Thank you, sir. 286 00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:20,210 Well, good. Good. 287 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:24,800 The doctor told me you were fond of reading, so I... 288 00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:33,560 It has all of his major battles in it 289 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,400 and some very fine illustrations. 290 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,400 Thank you, sir. 291 00:25:38,150 --> 00:25:40,900 Did you ever meet Lord Nelson, sir? 292 00:25:40,990 --> 00:25:43,320 I had the honour and privilege of serving with him 293 00:25:43,490 --> 00:25:44,990 at the Nile, a great victory. 294 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,320 You can find it in here, actually. 295 00:25:47,490 --> 00:25:50,830 Page 135 if I'm not mistaken. 296 00:25:52,410 --> 00:25:53,910 Yes. 297 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:03,760 May I beg you to tell me what kind of man he is? 298 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,600 You should read the book. 299 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,100 I will, sir. 300 00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:11,930 Thank you. 301 00:26:31,950 --> 00:26:33,450 Oh, here we go again. 302 00:26:33,620 --> 00:26:36,620 Scrape, scrape, screech, screech. 303 00:26:36,710 --> 00:26:39,210 Never a tune you could dance to, 304 00:26:39,290 --> 00:26:41,880 not if you were as drunk as Davy's sow. 305 00:26:50,810 --> 00:26:52,720 How about this? 306 00:26:52,810 --> 00:26:55,060 Or are you in the mood for something more aggressive? 307 00:26:55,140 --> 00:26:58,150 Three, four. One, two. 308 00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:12,550 Salute. 309 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,720 Hats off. 310 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,810 What's all this about? 311 00:28:21,650 --> 00:28:23,310 What's this? 312 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:24,570 It's the phantom, sir. 313 00:28:24,650 --> 00:28:27,320 Excuse me. That's what the men call it. 314 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,900 It's the "Acheron," sir. 315 00:28:28,990 --> 00:28:32,160 You see, Will here, he's seen her being built. 316 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,820 In Boston, sir. 317 00:28:33,910 --> 00:28:35,740 During the peace. 318 00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:37,660 She's Yankee-built, sir. 319 00:28:37,830 --> 00:28:39,080 He was getting married there, 320 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,500 and his wife's second cousin, he works in the yards, 321 00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:43,670 so Will here saw the ship out of water. 322 00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:47,760 Sir, I saw there was something right strange about her, 323 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,010 so I asked Joe and... 324 00:28:49,170 --> 00:28:52,260 He described it to me, and I knocked you up a model, sir. 325 00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:54,010 And this framing is accurate? 326 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:56,180 Exactly accurate, sir. 327 00:28:57,010 --> 00:28:58,270 Thank you, lads. 328 00:28:58,350 --> 00:28:59,600 - Thank you, sir. - Thank you, sir. 329 00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:01,020 Killick. 330 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:03,270 An extra ration of rum for these men. 331 00:29:03,350 --> 00:29:05,940 - Thank you very much, sir. - Thank you, sir. 332 00:29:06,110 --> 00:29:07,690 Which I was saving for Saluting Day. 333 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:08,610 We'll drink wine. 334 00:29:08,690 --> 00:29:11,030 Oh, drink wine on Saluting Day. 335 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,610 Bluff above the water and sharp below. 336 00:29:13,780 --> 00:29:16,950 Gives the hull a finer entry and a long run as she goes aft. 337 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,200 That's why she's so fast. 338 00:29:19,290 --> 00:29:21,870 Heavier, but fast despite it. 339 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,960 That's the future. 340 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:27,630 What a fascinating modern age we live in. 341 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:30,380 Planking and framing like that would make her hull 342 00:29:30,460 --> 00:29:32,130 two foot thick? Solid oak? 343 00:29:32,220 --> 00:29:33,720 That's why we couldn't dent her. 344 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,390 Probably capable of making 12 to 14 knots. 345 00:29:37,470 --> 00:29:39,140 Now we know. 346 00:29:39,220 --> 00:29:41,560 Thank God for Warley and his wife's second cousin. 347 00:29:41,730 --> 00:29:44,480 She could be doing up to 280 miles a day. 348 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,320 Even if we did catch up with her. 349 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,570 I mean, to take her... 350 00:29:50,740 --> 00:29:52,320 She's out of our class. 351 00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:55,410 She's a 44-gun ship. 352 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,910 She's still vulnerable at the stern like the rest of us. 353 00:30:20,510 --> 00:30:21,180 Name? 354 00:30:21,350 --> 00:30:22,600 My name is Maria. 355 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:23,680 Hey! 356 00:30:23,850 --> 00:30:26,440 Give us some arrows. I give axe. Quick, mate. 357 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,020 Thank you, mate. 358 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:40,200 Gangway for the mail, please. 359 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,040 Here we are. Very important mail. 360 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:45,540 Letters. The first ship... 361 00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:47,460 What's he saying? 362 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:54,220 A large man-of-war. French. 363 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:57,130 Stopped here on the 10th and then headed South. 364 00:31:01,970 --> 00:31:03,890 Somewhere here. 365 00:31:04,060 --> 00:31:05,980 A full three weeks ahead. 366 00:31:06,060 --> 00:31:08,400 Damn. 367 00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:11,820 Alright, Tom. Let's get all this squared away. 368 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:13,400 Aye, sir. 369 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:14,650 - Mr. Hollar! - Aye, sir. 370 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:16,490 Let us complete our business here. 371 00:31:16,570 --> 00:31:19,990 Hands, prepare to weigh anchor! 372 00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:23,240 Put that woman down, Slade! 373 00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:25,330 This is a ship of His Majesty's Navy, 374 00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:28,420 not a floating bordello. 375 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,420 All hands, get these provisions stowed. 376 00:31:47,690 --> 00:31:49,270 Well done. 377 00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:50,770 Gentlemen. 378 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,860 To wives and to sweethearts. 379 00:31:56,030 --> 00:31:57,450 To wives and sweethearts. 380 00:31:57,610 --> 00:31:59,360 May they never meet. 381 00:32:01,030 --> 00:32:03,120 Mr. Howard, the bottle, the bottle. 382 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,950 The bottle stands by you. 383 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,200 Sir? 384 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,370 Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Blakeney said 385 00:32:10,540 --> 00:32:13,290 you served under Lord Nelson at the Nile. 386 00:32:13,380 --> 00:32:14,710 Indeed. 387 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,220 I was a young lieutenant, not much older than you are now. 388 00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:21,720 And Mr. Pullings. Mr. Pullings was a snivelling midshipman, 389 00:32:21,890 --> 00:32:23,640 still yearning for hearth and home. 390 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,720 Did you meet him, sir? 391 00:32:25,890 --> 00:32:27,640 Can you tell me what he's like? 392 00:32:27,810 --> 00:32:30,810 I have had the honour of dining with him twice. 393 00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:33,650 He spoke to me on both occasions. 394 00:32:33,730 --> 00:32:37,070 A master tactician and a man of singular vision. 395 00:32:37,150 --> 00:32:39,650 He always said in battle, 396 00:32:39,820 --> 00:32:42,490 "Never mind the manoeuvres. Just go straight at 'em." 397 00:32:42,570 --> 00:32:46,660 Some would say not a great seaman, but a great leader. 398 00:32:46,830 --> 00:32:49,830 He's England's only hope if Old Boney intends to invade. 399 00:32:49,910 --> 00:32:54,170 Sir, might we press you for an anecdote? 400 00:32:56,090 --> 00:32:59,170 The first time that he spoke to me 401 00:32:59,260 --> 00:33:01,760 I shall never forget his words. 402 00:33:01,930 --> 00:33:04,600 I remember it like it was yesterday. 403 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,180 He leaned across the table, 404 00:33:06,350 --> 00:33:08,270 he looked me straight in the eye, 405 00:33:08,350 --> 00:33:10,020 and he said 406 00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:11,600 "Aubrey. 407 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:14,110 May I trouble you for the salt?" 408 00:33:15,270 --> 00:33:21,030 I've always tried to say it exactly as he did ever since. 409 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,950 The second time. 410 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,870 The second time, he told me a story. 411 00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:34,710 About how someone offered him a boat-cloak on a cold night. 412 00:33:34,790 --> 00:33:37,880 And he said no, he didn't need it, 413 00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:40,050 that he was quite warm. 414 00:33:40,130 --> 00:33:43,300 His zeal for King and country kept him warm. 415 00:33:45,050 --> 00:33:48,470 I know it sounds absurd, and were it from another man, 416 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,230 you'd cry out, "Oh, what pitiful stuff!" 417 00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:54,310 And dismiss it as mere enthusiasm. 418 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,650 But with Nelson, 419 00:33:58,570 --> 00:34:00,740 you felt your heart glow. 420 00:34:07,490 --> 00:34:10,080 Wouldn't you say, Mr. Pullings? 421 00:34:10,910 --> 00:34:13,250 You did indeed, sir. 422 00:34:13,330 --> 00:34:15,330 Then he would seem to be the exception 423 00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:18,170 to the rule that authority corrupts. 424 00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:21,340 To Lord Nelson. 425 00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:23,090 To Lord Nelson. 426 00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:25,510 - To Lord Nelson. - To Lord Nelson. 427 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,680 Do you see those two weevils, Doctor? 428 00:34:30,260 --> 00:34:31,600 I do. 429 00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:33,180 Which would you choose? 430 00:34:35,020 --> 00:34:37,350 Neither. There's not a scrap of difference between them. 431 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,610 They're the same species of curculio. 432 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,690 If you had to choose, 433 00:34:43,860 --> 00:34:46,200 if you were forced to make a choice, 434 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,530 if there was no other response. 435 00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:51,120 If you're going to push me. 436 00:34:52,950 --> 00:34:55,040 I would choose the right-hand weevil. 437 00:34:55,210 --> 00:35:00,130 It has significant advantage in both length and breadth. 438 00:35:00,210 --> 00:35:01,460 There! I have you! 439 00:35:01,630 --> 00:35:03,550 You're completely dished. 440 00:35:03,710 --> 00:35:06,470 Do you not know that in the service, 441 00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:10,390 one must always choose the lesser of two weevils. 442 00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:19,480 "He who would pun would pick a pocket." 443 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:23,400 Really. Weevils. 444 00:35:23,570 --> 00:35:26,320 To the lesser of two weevils. 445 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,740 To the lesser of two weevils! 446 00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:41,840 Yay, Joe! 447 00:35:43,090 --> 00:35:45,590 Whoo! 448 00:35:45,670 --> 00:35:48,010 Dance! 449 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,950 The Lord taketh. 450 00:36:09,110 --> 00:36:12,120 And the Lord giveth away. 451 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,620 You hear that? 452 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:15,040 He said something! 453 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,700 Doctor! 454 00:36:16,790 --> 00:36:18,040 He spoke, Doctor! 455 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,790 Well done indeed, Stephen. 456 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,960 To you, Spanish ladies 457 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,050 Farewell and adieu 458 00:36:25,130 --> 00:36:27,380 You ladies of Spain 459 00:36:27,550 --> 00:36:29,720 For we've received orders 460 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,300 To sail for old England 461 00:36:32,470 --> 00:36:35,560 We hope in a short time 462 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:38,640 To see you again 463 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,480 What a wonderfully true voice Mr. Hollom possesses. 464 00:36:43,650 --> 00:36:45,570 Indeed. 465 00:36:47,150 --> 00:36:50,070 Come, all you bold, young, thoughtless men 466 00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:52,660 A warning take by me 467 00:36:52,740 --> 00:36:55,240 And never leave your happy homes 468 00:36:55,410 --> 00:36:57,330 To sail the raging sea 469 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,660 Come, all you bold, young, thoughtless men 470 00:37:00,750 --> 00:37:02,920 A warning take by me 471 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,670 And never leave your happy homes 472 00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:08,340 To sail the raging sea 473 00:37:09,090 --> 00:37:10,090 On deck there! 474 00:37:10,170 --> 00:37:12,590 Sail ho! 475 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,430 Looks like a frigate! 476 00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:22,020 The question is "How did he get there?" 477 00:37:22,190 --> 00:37:24,690 We have no alternative. We must turn and fight. 478 00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:25,860 But he has the weather gauge again. 479 00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:27,440 He must have been watching us from some inlet 480 00:37:27,530 --> 00:37:29,190 and waited till we passed. 481 00:37:32,860 --> 00:37:34,870 My God, what can we do? 482 00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:36,780 He has us by the hip! 483 00:37:36,870 --> 00:37:39,950 - Run like smoke and oakum. - We'll have to bend every sail. 484 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,370 We'll put up our pocket handkerchiefs if we have to. 485 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:43,960 We must survive this day. 486 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,630 Let's get about it. Mr. Allen, gentlemen. 487 00:37:45,710 --> 00:37:46,880 - Aye, sir. - Aye, sir. 488 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,050 All hands, make sail! 489 00:37:49,210 --> 00:37:50,800 This is the second time he's done this to me. 490 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,130 There will not be a third. 491 00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:11,490 I tell you 492 00:38:11,650 --> 00:38:15,490 the devil's at the wheel of that there phantom ship. 493 00:38:15,570 --> 00:38:18,160 You better hold fast. 494 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,250 What is it with this man? 495 00:38:26,330 --> 00:38:29,750 Did I kill a relative of his in battle perhaps? 496 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:32,510 His boy, God forbid? 497 00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:35,510 He fights like you, Jack. 498 00:38:52,690 --> 00:38:56,030 Bring the sun down to the horizon. 499 00:38:56,110 --> 00:38:58,030 When its lower limb is touching the horizon... 500 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,200 Williamson, look to your sexton! 501 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,120 When the orb is no longer rising, 502 00:39:04,460 --> 00:39:07,210 then it has reached its zenith. 503 00:39:07,380 --> 00:39:09,460 - And that would be noon. - Sir? 504 00:39:10,710 --> 00:39:12,960 - Did you make noon, Mr. Hollom? - Yes. 505 00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:15,050 Call noon. It's your class. 506 00:39:17,390 --> 00:39:19,470 Sir, that's noon. 507 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,140 Mr. Nichols, make that 12! 508 00:39:21,310 --> 00:39:22,970 Six hours? 509 00:39:23,470 --> 00:39:25,480 Five at most. 510 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,810 Just keep us out of her reach until nightfall. 511 00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:40,070 She's to look like us, lads. Don't forget. 512 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,740 Jibbo, make fast those whips. 513 00:39:42,870 --> 00:39:44,660 We didn't want to make it any taller, sir, 514 00:39:44,830 --> 00:39:46,330 on account of this wind. 515 00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:48,420 Excuse me, sir. What are they building? 516 00:39:48,580 --> 00:39:51,090 Your first command. 517 00:39:58,590 --> 00:40:00,850 Quickly. She'll be on top of us. 518 00:40:00,930 --> 00:40:03,720 Take the weight on the yard tackles. 519 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,310 Fend her off, fend her off! 520 00:40:06,430 --> 00:40:08,770 Lower away on the main. 521 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,610 - Wouldn't want to lose you. - Aye, sir. 522 00:40:30,290 --> 00:40:32,710 There's a painter, bo. Pass her aft. 523 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,710 Outside everything, mind. 524 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,800 Lively, now. We got 10 minutes before he's up with us. 525 00:40:38,970 --> 00:40:42,470 Lively, lads. We've got precious little time. 526 00:40:46,140 --> 00:40:48,560 Mind what the Captain told you. 527 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,060 Pull, boys. That's it! 528 00:40:50,140 --> 00:40:52,440 Pull on that larboard line there. 529 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,650 Line her up. Line her up! 530 00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:14,630 Now. 531 00:41:20,170 --> 00:41:21,340 Killick, there. 532 00:41:21,430 --> 00:41:23,220 Douse your light. 533 00:41:29,730 --> 00:41:31,310 Mr. Allen, make ready. 534 00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:14,900 Hello! We caught a fish. 535 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,400 Take the helm, Bonden. 536 00:42:18,570 --> 00:42:22,070 - Now, tell me that wasn't fun. - Yes. 537 00:42:23,820 --> 00:42:25,780 Hard a'larboard. 538 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,520 Stand the men down, Mr. Pullings. 539 00:42:57,610 --> 00:42:59,770 I'll take this watch. 540 00:42:59,940 --> 00:43:01,610 Aye, sir. 541 00:43:01,730 --> 00:43:04,280 Mr. Mowett, Mr. Allen, calmly, now. 542 00:43:04,450 --> 00:43:06,200 You know his orders. 543 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,620 Well done, sir. 544 00:43:10,450 --> 00:43:12,790 She's a right phantom, she is. 545 00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:15,040 Way she come up again behind us like that. 546 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:16,540 Out of nowhere. 547 00:43:16,620 --> 00:43:18,040 Right behind us. 548 00:43:18,170 --> 00:43:20,380 Like that first time out of the fog 549 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,880 with our shot bouncing off her. 550 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,880 Captain's not called "Lucky Jack" for no reason. 551 00:43:26,010 --> 00:43:28,300 Phantom or no, she's a privateer. 552 00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:30,300 Lucky Jack will have her. 553 00:43:30,430 --> 00:43:34,140 Need more than luck against a phantom. 554 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:36,310 Is she like a pirate? 555 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:38,230 No, they're not pirates, Lofty. 556 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:39,730 Oh, no. 557 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:42,820 If they were, we could hang them when we catch them. 558 00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:45,740 Privateer gets a piece of paper from the Frenchies. 559 00:43:45,820 --> 00:43:47,910 Says they can hunt down anything that bears our flag. 560 00:43:47,990 --> 00:43:52,160 They go after rich merchantmen and the like. 561 00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:56,080 Hey, but think on our share of the prize money. 562 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:57,790 She'll be loaded with gold 563 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,170 and ambergris and all the gems of Araby. 564 00:44:01,250 --> 00:44:02,750 That's all very well, Nagle. 565 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:03,920 Got to get home to spend it, 566 00:44:04,050 --> 00:44:07,170 but never met a dead man who bought me a drink. 567 00:44:07,340 --> 00:44:11,260 I've never met a live one you've bought one for, neither. 568 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:16,180 Sitting up all night, catching your death of cold. 569 00:44:16,770 --> 00:44:18,520 That's the last of the coffee, too. 570 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,860 Thank you, Killick. 571 00:44:24,900 --> 00:44:26,780 Bonden? 572 00:44:27,450 --> 00:44:30,200 That's enough easting. Set a course south-southwest. 573 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,280 Aye, sir. 574 00:44:32,450 --> 00:44:34,700 South-southwest. 575 00:44:38,460 --> 00:44:40,960 Sail! 576 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,540 Two points off starboard bow! 577 00:44:43,670 --> 00:44:45,050 Told you. 578 00:44:45,210 --> 00:44:47,340 Three cheers for Lucky Jack! 579 00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:53,390 Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! 580 00:44:53,550 --> 00:44:56,430 She's ours, boys! 581 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:07,650 Foul, foul! 582 00:45:07,740 --> 00:45:09,990 You got away before me! 583 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,410 - Set royals and courses. - Sir. 584 00:45:16,540 --> 00:45:18,500 Have the idlers placed along the rails. 585 00:45:18,620 --> 00:45:19,580 Sir. 586 00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:21,670 In all my years, I've never seen the like. 587 00:45:21,830 --> 00:45:23,540 It has to be more than 100 sea miles. 588 00:45:23,580 --> 00:45:25,670 And he brings us up on his tail. 589 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,010 That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. 590 00:45:28,090 --> 00:45:30,010 My God, that's seamanship. 591 00:45:30,090 --> 00:45:31,840 I told you the plan would work, Will. 592 00:45:31,930 --> 00:45:35,010 - We'll have them by nightfall. - I think we've got him, sir. 593 00:45:35,180 --> 00:45:36,760 And the wind favours us this time. 594 00:45:36,930 --> 00:45:37,850 Don't count your eggs 595 00:45:37,930 --> 00:45:40,100 before they're in the pudding, Mr. Calamy. 596 00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:43,770 Still, if we can close this gap and get up behind her, 597 00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:45,190 she may well be ours. 598 00:45:45,270 --> 00:45:46,860 Touch wood. 599 00:45:46,940 --> 00:45:48,440 Scratch a stay. 600 00:45:48,570 --> 00:45:49,860 Turn three times! 601 00:45:49,940 --> 00:45:51,860 May the Lord and saints preserve us! 602 00:46:07,130 --> 00:46:09,210 Turn! 603 00:46:09,380 --> 00:46:11,010 Move along, men. Move along. 604 00:46:11,130 --> 00:46:13,090 We'll have lost him before you rig it up. 605 00:46:13,220 --> 00:46:15,300 Hold!