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01:52All right, you lads. Come on, let's have you.
01:55Bill, when are you going to fix that oven for us?
01:57All in good time.
01:58Yes, you said that a week ago.
01:59We're undergoing a self-maintenance period, Monty.
02:02Everything has its priorities.
02:03Your oven is pretty low on the list.
02:05Yes, well, any idea when you're going to...
02:07There's a pile of stalls sitting on the jetty.
02:09I don't want our captain to have to climb over them when he comes aboard.
02:11Well, at least they've arrived. I'll see about it right away, sir.
02:13See what you can do for us, Bill.
02:15Right. Is your department in good shape, Bill?
02:17The weapons and electrical department is in just the shape it should be.
02:20On the 10th day of a self-maintenance period, sir.
02:24Will our new captain expect anything else?
02:27I was going to say that if things could be better than he expected,
02:30it would give us all the good staff we could do with.
02:33Don't you think?
02:37Harassed officers, frustrated POs, bored men,
02:40no coordination, marine departments, everybody getting in each other's way,
02:43causing severe damage to morale and discipline right through the ship.
02:47Understandable, perhaps, sir, in view of the circumstances.
02:49Of course. They hadn't had a captain for six weeks.
02:52And even then, of course, he was a sick man, although we didn't know it then.
02:55Mental illness takes some time to be recognised.
02:58Still, when he'd left, I naturally supposed his first lieutenant could take over.
03:01I didn't know that he had his problems, too.
03:04His wife, I believe.
03:06Well, yes, that might explain his drinking, but it hardly excuses it.
03:12Well, this new chap Beaumont arrived three days ago.
03:15He seems a good man.
03:17Oh, he is, sir. He was my number one some years ago in a sweeper. He's frustrated.
03:20Well, he needs to be.
03:22I'm afraid he's got a lot of trouble sorting things out for you.
03:25Have you, er... seen here, or yet?
03:28Barely, sir. My orders were to report to you first.
03:31Well, come and take a look at her.
03:33One of the great advantages of this job, you know,
03:36is you can see most of the ships from the office window.
03:39Though I... I doubt if they think it's an advantage out there.
03:43This your first command?
03:46No, sir. Two minesweepers.
03:48Small ships.
03:50In my day, frigates were small ships.
03:55Well, they've given you a severe test.
03:58It shouldn't be beyond you.
04:00Thank you, sir.
04:02I want that ship pulled together, Niles.
04:08I wonder what he is like.
04:10The first lieutenant seems to think very highly of him.
04:13Hardly surprising, of course, old shipmates.
04:15We'd better watch our language in the wardroom.
04:18Come off it, Bill.
04:20It's the duty of a number one to keep the captain informed about his officers.
04:23Yes, except in this case there'll be 100% loyalty from Beaumont upwards,
04:26none at all downwards.
04:28He's a whole lot better than his predecessor, anyway.
04:30Have you fallen for the old-school charm already?
04:32I haven't noticed any charm at all.
04:34No, he's been chasing me all the way.
04:36He wants to get on with the job and no messing.
04:38If things are any better than he's right to expect, it's all due to him.
04:41Now, give him a chance, Bill.
04:43For four months we've been stuck with a skipper in the hands of a psychiatrist
04:47and a number one who was on the bottle.
04:49And what do they give us now?
04:51A commander who's never had anything better than a mind-sweeper
04:54and his tame first lieutenant who is the son of an admiral.
05:00I just heard from Mattar. Commander Niles will be with us in five minutes.
05:03I didn't think he was due till 14.30, sir.
05:05There's no point in sitting around if there's work to be done here.
05:08All new captains like to arrive early if they can.
05:11Catch us off guard.
05:13No need to join me in greeting him.
05:15Heads of departments can meet him later when they go round the ship with him.
05:21I know the captain would rather have you all at work than lined up on decks saluting.
05:25Especially when there's so much work for all of us to be doing.
05:30Maybe right, Bill.
05:36WHISTLE BLOWS
05:45Welcome to the hero, sir.
05:54Come in.
05:56Oh, Superintendent Cummings.
05:58How are you? Very well.
06:00Nice to see you.
06:02Yes.
06:04Bellamy, what's all this about, hmm?
06:06The police wanting the Navy's help?
06:08Yes, sir, it's true.
06:10The only trouble is I don't know when.
06:12When the time comes, we're going to need your help in a hurry.
06:17SHOUTING
06:19SHOUTING
06:27Where the hell is that bitch?
06:32Excuse me.
06:34Listen.
06:36If you happen to stumble over my wife
06:39while you're snooping around my ship,
06:41you send her to me, huh?
06:43I know she's hiding somewhere on this ship.
06:45And when I get my hands on her...
06:47What are you looking for, anyway?
06:49Just protein.
06:51Look, man, there's no dope in here, I swear.
06:53Where the hell is she?
06:55Look, man, you'll find out in here.
06:57Where the hell's Janet, huh?
06:59She went ashore, sir.
07:01She did not?
07:03Yes, sir, you're asleep in your cabin.
07:05You're lying, Monroe.
07:07No, I'm not, sir.
07:09Your dinghy's still alongside.
07:11She went in the waterboat.
07:13You're lying!
07:15We can go along to your cabin now, sir.
07:17What for? She's not there.
07:19It's not your wife we happen to be looking for, sir.
07:21Please!
07:23And what the hell are we looking for?
07:25Coming aboard my ship?
07:27I'm not even discharging cargo here!
07:45What time are you sailing, Mr. McPhee?
07:47I've engine problems.
07:49Need some new parts.
07:51It'll depend on the yard Thursday, Friday.
07:53If I find my old woman by then.
07:55I'm sure she can't be too far away, Captain.
07:57Well, I'll not have her roaring around
07:59gyp for the next three days.
08:01Well, all that seems to be in order.
08:03I'll bid you good day.
08:05And if you see her ashore...
08:07Good day.
08:09...you tell her McPhee's looking for her.
08:11You tell her McPhee's looking for her!
08:35Did you see anything?
08:37Only me.
08:39They won't come back.
08:41We'll not fall for that again.
08:43Ah, they won't be back.
08:45Why not? They're on the summit, you know.
08:47Every ship on the harbour's being searched.
08:49Maybe they've caught O'Leary.
08:51Never. He's too smart for that.
08:53He'll be at the hotel tonight at six.
08:55He'll be there to meet him.
08:57We are searching all the ships, but the port's busy.
08:59Well, if she's running guns,
09:01I'm surprised she'd even call in at gyp.
09:03Well, they have to meet an agent here.
09:05A man called O'Leary.
09:07He's come for one of the biggest operators in this business.
09:09We're searching all the ships,
09:11finding nothing.
09:13So we're going to tail O'Leary and see who he contacts.
09:15And that's where we need your help.
09:17If we make a hash of it,
09:19that ship could be outside
09:21territorial waters within 15 minutes
09:23and no police alarms could catch her.
09:25And you think the Navy could?
09:27Yes.
09:29It takes eight hours, you know, to get a frigate flashed up from cold.
09:31I could put one under notice for steam now
09:33if you're sure you're going to need her.
09:35I'm not quite sure yet.
09:37Well, let me know just as soon as you are.
09:39On the whole, we seem to be quite well advanced
09:41with the maintenance period, number one.
09:43Hmm. What's due to be completed?
09:45Our fortnight, sir.
09:47Sorry, sir.
09:49What's your name tape?
09:51Leading Steward Brown, sir.
09:53I'll remember it more easily if I see it written up.
09:55Yes, sir.
09:57All right, carry on.
09:59Thank you, sir.
10:01Get rid of that.
10:03All right.
10:05All right.
10:07Oh, great steaming boat.
10:09Why don't you watch where you're going?
10:11I'm sorry, Dave. That was a new captain there.
10:13I just bumped into him.
10:15He seems to make a habit of it, don't you?
10:17Well, he can't expect to find everything ship-shaped.
10:19Well, at least he'll get us back to sea one day.
10:21That'll be the day.
10:23No, he's for packing up the maintenance period early.
10:25Get out of harbour, he said.
10:27Huh? When?
10:29Just now.
10:31I'll see you this afternoon.
10:33Have a big date at four.
10:35But you're still on duty till four.
10:37Oh, slope off a bit early won't be the first time.
10:39Right.
10:41Well, that's about it.
10:43Quick tour, anyway.
10:45Don't look so pained, master.
10:47Whatever I may have noticed going around this ship,
10:49I can't really be blamed on an SMB,
10:51even though being without a captain or a first-class dinner
10:53might have had something to do with it.
10:55I've as good as forgotten.
10:57You're a full ship's compliment now,
10:59take it from today.
11:01That make good sense to you, gentlemen?
11:03Let's stop scratching our itchies
11:05and get on with it. Right, Bill?
11:11Brown!
11:19Yes, master?
11:23There's still five minutes before secure.
11:25Five minutes of work.
11:27Clever heart, master.
11:29I've got this date, she's a Moroccan girl,
11:31she has to catch the ferry at six.
11:33Well, it's nearly four.
11:37How long, Brown, did it take you
11:39to change into plain clothes?
11:41Oh, I'm very quick, a few seconds.
11:43Well, I'll give you a bit more than that to change back again.
11:45I'll give you over an hour.
11:47Master, look, I've got this...
11:49Report back to me at 1700, properly dressed!
11:51Move!
11:53We're back in the navy, lad!
11:55And about time, too.
11:57Yes!
11:59Lieutenant Blast?
12:01Lieutenant Blast, sir.
12:03Bob Blast, isn't it? Yes, sir.
12:05Weren't you a rugger captain, Dartmouth, 1966?
12:07That's right, sir.
12:09Pretty good squash player, too, I hear.
12:11I might give you a game if I get time to unpack my racket.
12:13Would you like another scotch, sir?
12:15Thank you, Boswell. Peter.
12:17Didn't you do your flying training with...
12:19Dickie Enders, Lyndon O'Neill, who was 1968?
12:21Yes, that's right, sir.
12:23Oh, he's come down to the world.
12:25The father's certainly done his homework, hasn't he?
12:29She's a Moroccan girl.
12:31Works in the kitchen here. You know her name is.
12:33She'll have caught the ferry by now.
12:37Well, you couldn't just check for me, could you?
12:39She's supposed to be meeting me.
12:47Has she stood you up?
12:49Oh, she'll probably say I did. I'm a bit on the late side.
12:51Oh, you're not the only one.
12:53She's gone.
12:57What time are you supposed to be meeting her?
12:59At four outside.
13:01Four? Men.
13:03Well, I couldn't help it. I got held up.
13:05You expect a girl to wait three hours for you?
13:07Well, you seem to be waiting quite a time for your friend.
13:09Yes.
13:11Can I have another gin, please?
13:13Yes, madame.
13:15Make that two.
13:17Here, you have that on me.
13:19You're too short on reaching me.
13:21The trouble is, you always pick up the innocent bird.
13:23You're right, Bob. I'm just a romantic.
13:25Do you think we could be through the SMP by Thursday?
13:27Well, we're still having trouble with the main feed farm, sir,
13:29but we're doing our best, of course.
13:31We can't ask for more than your best, now, can we?
13:33Scotch, sir.
13:35Oh, thank you, Tarek. Wait, how are things going with the supply department?
13:37Could you be through by Thursday?
13:39Well, we advance the storing, sir.
13:41I don't know what number one is going to say about the semen department.
13:43We're OK, sir.
13:45I think I can tell you, sir,
13:47that the ship will see to it that you can.
13:49We've been sitting around on our backsides so long,
13:51we've all got bedsores.
13:53Bill, how about weapons and electronics?
13:55Sorry, gentlemen, for talking shop.
13:57I'd like to be able to tell the ship's company
13:59that we're wrapping up the SMP and going to sea for 48 hours.
14:01And do a few knots, sir.
14:03Well, sir, the self-maintenance period
14:05is not due to be completed until tomorrow week.
14:07I mean, the weapons and electrical department
14:09will, of course, be ready by then.
14:13Yes, well, we'll just have to wait another week, then, shall we?
14:15Well...
14:17thank you for your hospitality.
14:19I'll say good night.
14:21Good night, sir.
14:23For God's sake, Bill.
14:25Way to be driven into the ground so he can prove himself.
14:27That's not why he said it.
14:29He's sized up the state of this ship
14:31within ten minutes of coming on board.
14:33To get out of jib for a few days could be just what's needed.
14:35At least give the man a chance.
14:37I think he's going to be a good'un.
14:39Good night.
14:41Good night.
14:43Good night, Bill.
14:53Look, sir, don't worry.
14:55He'll be all right.
14:57Look, I've only been in this ship three days.
14:59Isn't it about time
15:01someone called me by my first name?
15:03Well, they were all rather shy.
15:06Well, they were all rather shy.
15:08Of course, a round of drinks
15:10might make us more familiar.
15:12Drambuie Shandy.
15:14Oh, really?
15:19Come on, let's go.
15:21No, I must wait for my friend, honestly.
15:23Well, he won't turn up. It's nearly nine.
15:25Well, you turned up after three hours.
15:27Well, she didn't wait, did she? And no more should you.
15:29Look, there's a little Spanish cafe around the corner.
15:31Oh, no. If we're going to eat anywhere,
15:33we're going to eat in the hotel.
15:35Well, the stewards pay this place.
15:37Oh, you were steward?
15:39Leading steward.
15:41Leading steward, huh?
15:43What do you think I was, bloody captain?
15:45Well, what's so funny?
15:47Nothing. I wonder, would you get me another drink, please, steward?
15:49Thank you, Jenkins.
15:51Come in.
15:55Coffee?
15:57Ah, no, thanks, sir.
16:03What are you doing?
16:05Well...
16:07Not with Kylie.
16:09Ah, no, sir.
16:11But he will come round, the others asked me to tell you.
16:13My predecessor was his age.
16:15I think so, yes, sir.
16:17Yes, Kylie could kid himself then, just.
16:19Not now.
16:21A captain six years his junior.
16:23Ah, this could be a problem.
16:25Salt in the wound that he remembers me
16:27as a young lieutenant in sweepers
16:29when he was a two-and-a-half on the base staff.
16:31Ah.
16:39Wait here just a moment.
16:41Barman? Yes, madam?
16:43I would like to leave a message, please.
16:45Yes, madam, who for?
16:47For the person I am waiting for, Mr O'Leary.
16:49How will I know him?
16:51He's Irish and about 40
16:53and will be looking for me
16:55and will probably be drinking rum and orange.
16:57Madam, what do I tell him, madam?
16:59Oh, that I shall be dining in the restaurant downstairs
17:01with leading steward.
17:03Yes, madam.
17:05Tell him Las Parenza round the corner.
17:07No, downstairs.
17:09Oh, look, wait a minute. Hang on. Just wait a minute. Listen.
17:11Look, the bloke who runs the Spanish joint
17:13has got a couple of rums upstairs.
17:15Now, we could have one if we wanted.
17:17What would we be wanting a rum for?
17:19Well, you never know how things might turn out, do you?
17:21Oh, get out. Go on.
17:23Take that, you!
17:25Stop!
17:28Leading steward Brown, sir.
17:33Off cap.
17:37Leading steward Brown, sir,
17:39was guilty of disorder,
17:41the credit just of good order
17:43and naval discipline
17:45in creating a disturbance on shore
17:47at the Royal Hotel, Gibraltar.
17:53The police have agreed to our trying this man?
17:55Yes, sir.
17:57So has the hotel proprietor,
17:59as long as he's reimbursed for the damage.
18:03I'll hear the evidence
18:05in support of the charge.
18:11Did they fetch the police?
18:13I don't know. I didn't wait to find out.
18:15Look, I had waited for O'Leary for four hours
18:17and he didn't show.
18:19Suppose he came later.
18:21So I left a message with the barman
18:23and I've been waiting for him.
18:25Do you mean you left your name with the barman?
18:27No. I told him that I was waiting for a man called O'Leary.
18:29I did not say who I was.
18:31But suppose the barman mentions that to the police?
18:33Why the hell should he?
18:35What has this got to do with some drunken sailor
18:37smashing the place up
18:39just because I threw him to the floor?
18:47Who was this woman?
18:49I don't know, sir.
18:51An Irish fellow called O'Leary.
18:53When he didn't turn up, I thought...
18:55You made an unseemly suggestion.
18:57She laid you out flat on the deck.
18:59Yes, sir.
19:01Any witnesses you want to call?
19:03No, sir.
19:05So why can't we just sail?
19:07Because we need a six-figure grid reference for the charts.
19:09Well, you know roughly where the rendezvous is supposed to be.
19:11Roughly? A 50-mile box
19:13and we don't even know the name of the vessel we're going to meet.
19:15How long do we have to wait, then?
19:17I'll give him another night.
19:19Well, I can't go back in that bar again.
19:23Now you're right.
19:27You go.
19:29How was it?
19:31I'm on remand.
19:33Warrant fine, probably.
19:35Plus 50 quid of my wage for the damage.
19:37Expensive night.
19:39Oh, if I ever see that female again,
19:41by God, I'll forget I'm a gentleman.
19:43An application for appointment elsewhere
19:45is more likely to be successful
19:47if you give reasons.
19:49I'd be grateful if you could
19:51be forwarded through the Admiral here, sir.
19:53The reasons would be obvious to him.
19:55It's not going to do your career much good.
19:57There's not a lot left of my career to matter, sir.
19:59Oh, come now, Bill.
20:01You're one of the best weapons and electrics officers
20:03I could have.
20:05Yes, sir.
20:07All right.
20:10All right.
20:12I'll get it across to him.
20:14By tomorrow morning,
20:16this could be on its way to the Commander-in-Chief.
20:18Do you want it to go through that fast?
20:20If it can, yes, sir.
20:22In return, Bill,
20:24will you have your department ready
20:26so I can put to sea at 1600 tomorrow?
20:30I'll see that it is, sir.
20:36There's nothing personal in this, sir.
20:39Had I waited to apply for my reappointment
20:41until I'd served under your command
20:43for five or six weeks,
20:45it might seem to have reflect on you.
20:47This way it can't.
20:49You're very bitter.
20:51You give your life to the service.
20:53You don't put a foot wrong anywhere.
20:55People whose faces fit get given jobs.
21:01It's a matter of principle, sir.
21:05Come in.
21:09Ah, Niles, come in.
21:11Good evening, sir.
21:13You caught me. I was about to have one. Will you join me?
21:15Is that whiskey, sir?
21:17It is.
21:19Thank you very much, sir.
21:21Whiskey it is. Straight?
21:23Please say yes.
21:25So, how's it going?
21:27I want your permission to put to sea tomorrow, sir.
21:29Take half of it. Say we shake down.
21:31I think it will be good for morale.
21:33What about the SMP?
21:35All departments are ready to go, sir.
21:38Weapons and electrics?
21:40Especially weapons and electrics.
21:42In return for my getting that to you so promptly.
21:44He was particularly anxious that it should go through you.
21:47Well, it might be quite some time
21:49before I get round to reading this, Niles.
21:51I've got a lot on my plate.
21:53Well, sir, I can't really depend on an officer
21:55who has no confidence in me.
21:57Give him time.
21:59Time, sir? Time for what?
22:01Oh, excuse me. Sit down.
22:03Hello.
22:05Lieutenant, don't tell me you're going to call on us now.
22:07No, not yet, sir. I'm just calling to say
22:09we won't need your help today, but almost certainly
22:11within the next 48 hours.
22:13Does this mean that your man O'Leary's turned up?
22:15No, no, not yet, but I'm just keeping you posted.
22:17Well, thanks for warning me.
22:19I shall be up at the mount all evening if you need me.
22:21Right.
22:23This is Superintendent Bellamy of the police.
22:25They think there's a gun-running freighter in the harbour.
22:27What was their name, sir? O'Leary?
22:29Yes, why?
22:31Well, one of my men had some trouble
22:33with a woman in a bar.
22:35She was trying to make contact
22:37with a man called O'Leary.
22:57Sir?
22:59Rum and orange, please. Yes, sir.
23:03Another whiskey, mate.
23:05Yes, sir.
23:17Could I use your phone?
23:19A local call, sir.
23:21Harbourmaster. Yes, sir.
23:33Sir? Gin and tonic, please.
23:35Yes, sir.
23:37Harbourmaster's office.
23:39I'm inquiring about a ship
23:41called the Princess Ida.
23:43She's due in on Saturday.
23:45Saturday afternoon, 3.30.
23:49I just thought she might have got in early, that's all.
24:03Is your clock right?
24:05It should be, sir.
24:07Good evening. Good night, sir.
24:09Hello, Mr Mason.
24:11Oh, it's you.
24:13Has your captain found his wife yet?
24:15By lad, you didn't have to save me a lot of trouble there.
24:17Will you a drink, mate?
24:19No, no, don't... Oh, here you are.
24:21Get this lad a drink, will you?
24:23I'm sorry I can't, sir. That's all right.
24:25Cheers. Thanks a lot.
24:27What was that about?
24:29Oh, it's a good story, but he needs time to tell.
24:31Have you got a minute?
24:33You're sure you've got these numbers right, huh?
24:35Well, I just had to watch the dial
24:37as he telephoned.
24:39OK. 245.
24:41And this 372
24:43for the other coordinates.
24:45What time do we have to be there?
24:47Saturday afternoon, 3.30.
24:49He even told us the name of the ship we have to meet,
24:51Princess Ida.
24:53Passed all that information right underneath the copper's nose.
25:01Anybody tried to contact him yet?
25:03No, sir. Doesn't seem to be waiting for anyone.
25:05Oh, yes, he is.
25:07This is from the Admiral.
25:09Somebody tried to meet him last night, a woman.
25:11But whoever comes tonight,
25:13that's the one we're waiting for.
25:15And what about him, sir?
25:17He came up any time.
25:19Oh, I'll have a large scotch.
25:21I still think we should sail tonight.
25:23No.
25:25I've bought clearance for tomorrow.
25:27Slept early with a round suspicion.
25:29Yeah, but look, Mark, if they pick up all the air,
25:31we're in dead stuff.
25:33Never.
25:35We'll eat them a dance all around here.
25:37We'll have a good time.
25:39We'll have a good time.
25:41We'll have a good time.
25:43We'll have a good time.
25:45We'll have a good time.
25:47We'll have a good time.
25:49We'll eat them a dance all around Jip tonight.
25:51Supposing they get bored and arrest him?
25:53He'll have a good enough yarn
25:55to see us through till tomorrow.
25:57We'll sail in the morning as planned.
25:59Last orders, gentlemen, please.
26:01Last orders.
26:15Is there anybody who's not going to be ready
26:17by 1600, chief, pay, number one?
26:19No, sir.
26:21Yes?
26:23Yes, pilot.
26:25The police are here, sir.
26:27They want to question leading Stuart Brown.
26:29Ah, yes. If he's to go to police headquarters,
26:31make sure he's back by the time we sail.
26:33Right, sir.
26:351600.
26:37Right, sir.
26:39He sat on that barstool till 2 o'clock this morning.
26:41I remember.
26:43When he left here, we followed him.
26:45He was all around the town, so in the end we pulled him in.
26:47So? You can ask him.
26:49I'm asking you.
26:51The only man he was seen to speak to last night was you.
26:53You don't think I'm mixed up in this, do you?
26:55Well, he met nobody else.
26:57We made a phone call.
26:59Harbourmaster's office, he says.
27:01About a ship that isn't even due.
27:03And nobody there remembers it.
27:05Did you see what number he dialed?
27:07I was amazed he got through.
27:09He dialed six figures.
27:11I was serving a customer at the time.
27:13I don't remember. Customer where?
27:15Where you are now.
27:17Did they talk? Not a word.
27:19Your chap
27:21came up,
27:23bought a drink, then he left.
27:25This customer,
27:27what was he like? He was in the Merchant Navy.
27:29One of the customs blokes was in here,
27:31told me a story about him.
27:33It's the mate on the, um, the Edith.
27:35See what time the Edith sails?
27:37Sir? Oh, you won't find anything on that ship.
27:39Customs have searched her.
27:41The only thing they found that shouldn't have been there
27:43was the captain's wife, stark naked,
27:45in the first mate's locker.
27:47That should have caused a punch-up.
27:49Oh, no, no, he pretended not to see her.
27:51I mean, he couldn't pull her out.
27:53He would have murdered the whole lot of them.
27:55I wonder when the Edith's due to sail.
27:57So they left her where she was.
27:59Didn't examine the locker further.
28:01I had to know about that. I didn't say.
28:03I see. Thank you.
28:05False panel. Oldest trick in the book.
28:07Come on, Sergeant, we'll search the Edith again.
28:09Too late, sir. She sailed three minutes ago.
28:17Ah, yes, sir. One moment, please.
28:19It's the Admiral.
28:21Thank you, Derek.
28:23Sir!
28:25I see, sir.
28:29Yes, we can.
28:33Right, sir.
28:35Scramble the wasp.
28:37Yes, sir.
28:45Hands to flying stations.
28:47Hands to flying stations.
28:49Scramble the wasp.
28:53This is not an exercise.
28:55Hands to flying stations.
28:57No smoking on the other deck
28:59above the mainboard.
29:07Off we go.
29:11Bridge.
29:13Yes, sir.
29:15How's she doing?
29:17About ten knots, sir.
29:19Flag officer, sir.
29:21Think you can catch her, Niles?
29:23I don't know how good the flight is, sir.
29:25If they can get her up in eight minutes, they're doing very well.
29:27When did she slip?
29:29Just five minutes ago.
29:31We've got her on the radar now, sir.
29:33She's making about ten knots.
29:35Presumably she doesn't know we're after her.
29:37Even so, she could be outside that limit in 12 minutes from now.
29:39We might just about make that, sir.
29:41We'll make sure she's well inside that limit
29:43when the helicopter tries to arrest her.
29:45I don't want a breach of international law.
29:47Understood, sir.
29:51If she doesn't stop with the wasp,
29:53we may have to go after her ourselves.
29:55Tell the chief to be as quick as he can.
29:57Start the C-conflicts, pilot. Aye, aye, sir.
29:59Derek, send Boswell to my cabin as soon as he's dressed.
30:01Yes, sir.
30:06Stand by.
30:08Stop.
30:10Two locks, two machines.
30:31Stop and be searched.
30:33I've done it before, Peter. Not for real, sir.
30:35I'll make sure he understands you. Stop and be searched.
30:37Now, you may need to overfly
30:39until the hero can catch up, so maximum endurance.
30:41Right, sir. All right, carry on, sir.
30:45Wheelhouse bridge.
30:47Check ship's head by gyro. Aye, aye, sir.
30:53How far has she gone?
30:551.5 miles, sir. Halfway.
30:57Not yet, sir.
30:59Correct from the bridge.
31:01On the course she's following,
31:03the territorial limit is 3.8 miles.
31:05She should reach there in 9.5 minutes from now.
31:07Or sooner if she increases speed.
31:09Which she can very easily.
31:11If only I knew how good the flight is.
31:13Well, bound to be a bit rusty, sir.
31:15Well, I've had 3.5 minutes so far.
31:17How much longer? Another six.
31:21I had three to get there.
31:23Pilot, what chance do we stand with the Geminis?
31:2526 knots.
31:27They should be there from launching in just under eight minutes.
31:29Don't interrupt the wasp. Launch the Geminis.
31:31Sir. Flying white ensigns.
31:33Sir.
31:59I want 900.
32:17Engine room.
32:19Testing communications from the bridge.
32:21Loud and clear. Loud and clear, all, sir.
32:23Main broadcast alarm's about to be tested.
32:35Right, Mac. All secure.
32:37Take over.
32:39I'm going below.
32:53It's no good, sir.
32:55They're only doing 20 knots.
32:57It must be pretty rough out there.
33:07State of the wasp?
33:09I'm manning up now, sir.
33:23All clear, sir.
33:53Seven minutes.
34:23You know where you are.
34:25You better get up here, Mac. I think they're after us.
34:27What for?
34:29Because there's a naval helicopter out here, that's why.
34:37Bridge.
34:39Ops room.
34:41Wasp reports visual on Kosa closing rapidly.
34:43Right, Ops room.
34:45Tell the wasp we need to mark her exact position.
34:47Reply when overhead.
34:49Roger.
34:53She's overhead now.
34:55Just two and a half cables inside the limiter.
34:57Arrest her.
35:07What the hell is he playing at?
35:09What?
35:11Take her position.
35:15I have orders to inspect her.
35:17Take her position.
35:21I have orders to instruct you
35:23to stop and await
35:25search by authorized
35:27officers of Her Majesty's Government.
35:31We must be outside those limits by now.
35:33No.
35:35No, I don't think so.
35:37Make up your minds, stupid.
35:39Either we are or we are not.
35:41All right, then I will.
35:43All right, put her down.
35:45Two Gemini craft
35:47from Her Majesty's Ship Hero
35:49will be here in four minutes.
35:51You are ordered to let them
35:53board you to return to harbor.
35:55Full speed ahead, Jimmy.
35:57If there's any luck,
35:59we'll smash those rotor blades with our mast.
36:05Bridge. Ops room.
36:07Wasp reports Kosa refuses to stop
36:09and is now proceeding in western full speed.
36:11Tell the wasp continue to overfly.
36:13Check endurance.
36:15Aye, aye, sir.
36:17I'll be in my cabin.
36:21He's still there.
36:23Well, he won't be for long.
36:25He'll soon be running low on fuel.
36:27We're home and dry, wifey.
36:29International waters.
36:37Yes, sir?
36:39Yes, chief.
36:41Engine room department
36:43ready to proceed to sea, sir.
36:45Can I get underway?
36:47Oh, yes, sir. Confirmed.
36:49That's the fastest I've ever known. Congratulations.
36:55To flag, Officer Gibraltar
36:57can proceed to sea at 12.05.
36:59Good.
37:01The helicopter will have to refuel, sir.
37:03Can the Geminis take over?
37:05On the right of the coaster's tail now, sir.
37:07Tell flight commander not to return
37:09until the Geminis have taken station.
37:11Aye, aye, sir.
37:37Bring on 3-0 revolutions.
37:39Bring on 3-0 revolutions.
37:433-0 revolutions set and repeated, sir.
37:45Let go aft.
37:47Let go aft.
37:49Where are you going?
37:51Stop port.
37:53Stop port.
37:55Master at arms on the wheels.
37:57Out at speed.
37:59First time he's handled her.
38:01Now we'll see what sort of a driver he is.
38:03First time he's handled her.
38:05Now we'll see what sort of a driver he is.
38:07Let go forward.
38:09Let go forward.
38:33Let go forward.
38:53Revolution 7-0.
38:55Revolution 7-0.
39:03Revolution 7-0.
39:15Revolution 1-0-4.
39:33Revolution 1-0-4.
39:51Everything okay, honey?
39:53Yeah, the chopper's gone,
39:55but those rubber boats are still with us.
39:57Well, if they want to screw along either side
39:59like a couple of porpoises, that don't hurt us.
40:03We've got to come back.
40:05There's a bloody great warship come out of harbor.
40:33Revolutions 1-1-2.
40:35Revolutions 1-1-2.
40:37Revolutions 1-1-2.
40:39About 500 yards now, sir.
40:41I want 50.
40:43Yes, sir.
40:451-1-2, Revolutions. Repeat, sir.
40:47That bastard, he's got no right.
40:49Full ahead.
40:51We are full ahead.
40:53We must be at least 30 miles outside of the limit.
41:03Britannia rules the waves like hell.
41:05Mark our position, Monroe.
41:07I'll have them for piracy.
41:15I am authorized by Her Majesty's Government
41:17to stop and search your ship.
41:21In your own interest,
41:23I order you to stop
41:25and receive a boarding pass.
41:27We're not in British waters now, Buster.
41:29We're not in British waters now, Buster.
41:31I am committed to you, sir.
41:33Should this be required,
41:35will you stop?
41:37No!
41:39No!
41:41Ha ha!
41:43Just because we fly a flag of convenience,
41:45they think they can do what they like with us.
41:47Stay on course. Full ahead.
41:49We are full ahead still, Mac.
41:51I know damn well we're outside the limit.
41:53It's his word against mine.
41:55Mine, I hope you're bloody right.
41:57They're steaming away from us.
41:59Goodbye, Britannia!
42:01Ha ha ha!
42:03See what I mean, Monroe?
42:05They float a little hardware alongside,
42:07shout about the queens with a megaphone.
42:09We're supposed to cave in.
42:11Ha ha ha!
42:19Range pilot?
42:21Just on half a mile, sir.
42:23Carry on left-handed, folks.
42:25I want it as close to her bows
42:27as you can make it, Guns.
42:29Well, yes,
42:31if that's the closest you can get.
42:35I'm not interested in what's usual.
42:37I want it as close as you can get it.
42:39You don't want to risk
42:41holding us, huh?
42:43You've never even seen
42:45the crew in action.
42:49Carry on.
42:52Carry on.
43:10So that's it, huh?
43:12A shot across the bow.
43:14They usually stop in close, huh?
43:16Ah, that's only noise, Monroe.
43:18Ah, that's only noise, Monroe.
43:20And they usually miss by miles,
43:22because they can't get the guns down low enough.
43:24Maybe that's their idea, Mac.
43:26We're going to be a damn sight closer this time.
43:28Apply
43:30five degrees left, Monroe.
43:32Correction, Guns,
43:34four degrees.
43:36Aye, aye, sir.
43:42Eight eyes, one salvo.
43:44Four miles target.
43:46This could be quite, uh,
43:48spectacular.
43:52Engage, sir.
43:54Engage.
44:00They damn near got us.
44:02They got nothing.
44:04Must be mad.
44:06You'll get us the next time.
44:08Stay on course. He'll chicken out.
44:10Damn good shooting. We'll go in close again.
44:12I'll stop it, sir. They're calling a bluff.
44:14They're calling a bluff.
44:16Starboard ten, revolutions one, four, two.
44:18I'm going to stop it.
44:20You get your hands off that thing.
44:22Don't be bloody stupid, Mac.
44:24They're coming back again.
44:32Close up on the Erlikons.
44:34I want the bullies to chip the paint
44:36off the guardrail around the top of the bridge,
44:38right around that fool's head, but without hitting anyone.
44:40Can you do that from 50 yards?
44:42Yes, sir.
44:48If that doesn't stop them,
44:50we'll put a shell through the funnel.
44:56You can sometimes be too careful, Bill.
45:00Yes, sir.
45:02I know.
45:04Oh!
45:06Trying to do worse.
45:08They're aiming those big guns at us again.
45:10They're going to sink us.
45:12Come here, Mac. You've got to stop now.
45:18All right.
45:20All right, start the engines.
45:28Stop both engines.
45:30Stop both engines.
45:32Stop both engines.
45:34Stop both engines.
45:36Who's the boarding officer?
45:38I think I'd better lead this one, sir.
45:40Do you know your law of the sea, number one?
45:42The rules of hot pursuit?
45:44Of course, sir.
45:46That coaster skipper doesn't. Tell him.
45:48Yes, sir.
45:50Oh, Derek, it might be nice
45:52if leading Stuart Brown were a member of that boarding party.
45:54Yes, sir.
46:02You've got no right to arrest my ship in international waters.
46:04As long as the first attempt to arrest
46:06is made inside territorial waters.
46:08It wasn't.
46:10Yes, it was. Just.
46:12And as long as the pursuit is kept up unceasing...
46:14The chopper went back.
46:16But the Geminis remain.
46:18The rubber dinghies.
46:20Yeah, flying white ensigns.
46:22You've been ordered to stop for them by the helicopter pilot.
46:24They kept you in sight until we were able to take over.
46:26It's called hot pursuit.
46:28It can, uh,
46:30follow you almost anywhere.
46:32It's all in your manual of maritime law.
46:34Read it sometime.
46:36Now, look here, you can't be...
46:38Oh, it's no good, Mac.
46:40Take over, master.
46:42I'm going back to report to the captain.
46:44Aye, sir.
46:46You mean guard the prisoners? I'll be on the bridge.
46:58Mind you, we're bloody lucky, Derek.
47:00Yes, if we'd hold down that launch...
47:02Oh, I don't mean that.
47:04I mean, we're lucky in having good gunnery, yes,
47:06but I mean the whole ship.
47:08Engines ready in two hours,
47:10when I was expecting four.
47:12The wasp airborne in seven minutes.
47:14My only worry is
47:16whether we are good enough for them.
47:18Yes.
47:20Well, we'll see about that.
47:22We'll see about that.
47:24We'll see about that.
47:26Yes?
47:28Oh, excuse me, sir.
47:30Carry on, number one.
47:32Sir.
47:34Yes, Bill.
47:38About my, um...
47:40application for reappointment, sir,
47:42have you sent it in?
47:44Same day as promised.
47:48Do you think the admirals have read it yet, sir?
47:52Have a drink, Bill.
47:56Thank you, sir.
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