1 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:20,226 Come on. It's all right. 2 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:22,495 Yes, it's all right. 3 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:32,105 Wake up, Will. 4 00:04:38,578 --> 00:04:41,147 Starboard bow ahoy. 5 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:52,250 - What is it, Slade? - Thought I heard somethin'. 6 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:54,227 Sounded like a bell. 7 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:59,999 - Native fishermen, perhaps. - Or a reef marker, sir. 8 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:03,360 Mr Calamy, the lead, if you please. 9 00:05:18,385 --> 00:05:22,122 - By the mark, five fathom. - Five fathom. 10 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:39,639 Sand and broken shell. 11 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:48,748 What is it? 12 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,486 Two points off the starboard bow, in the fog bank. 13 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:55,588 What was it? A sail? 14 00:05:55,689 --> 00:06:00,193 - I don't know what it was. - Should we beat to quarters? 15 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:11,838 - I can't be certain. - You're officer of the watch. 16 00:06:11,905 --> 00:06:14,908 Hollom, you must make a decision. 17 00:06:16,443 --> 00:06:18,745 We shall beat to quarters. 18 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:24,117 Rouse up. Sleepers awake. 19 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,457 Move. Move along. 20 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:33,693 Jump to it, boys. Jump to it. 21 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:37,630 Light along there. 22 00:06:58,818 --> 00:07:00,453 Sighting in heavy fog. 23 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:04,900 - Handsomely on the yards tackle. - Topmen aloft. 24 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:15,135 Where away? 25 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:19,973 Two points off the starboard bow, sir. Not a mile distant. 26 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:25,845 - You sure, Mr Hollom? - Yes, sir. 27 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:29,315 Man-of-war? 28 00:07:31,317 --> 00:07:33,186 I don't know, sir. 29 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:37,123 It was only for a moment. I thought I saw a shape. 30 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:43,329 - Did you see it, Mr Calamy? - No, sir. 31 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:50,103 You did the right thing, Mr Hollom. Go to your stations. 32 00:07:51,538 --> 00:07:53,940 The deck's yours, Tom. 33 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:55,475 Sir. 34 00:07:57,977 --> 00:08:01,781 Clear away. And launch boats. 35 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:12,559 - Quit your dawdling. - You heard the man. 36 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:15,128 Lower away. 37 00:08:17,797 --> 00:08:18,898 Haul both your yard tackles. 38 00:08:24,371 --> 00:08:26,172 Strike the bell. 39 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,869 Down. All hands down. 40 00:09:10,183 --> 00:09:14,254 Hands to your stations. Mr Hollar, damage report, if you please. 41 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:27,233 18-pounders. We'll have to get closer. Run out the starboard battery. 42 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:31,104 Mr Allen, come up on the wind. Lay me alongside at pistol-shot. 43 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:39,546 Sharpshooters to the tops, Mr Howard. 44 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:42,215 Sergeant. Take your section into the main top. 45 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:45,251 We stand tall on the quarterdeck. All of us. 46 00:09:46,386 --> 00:09:49,322 - Mr Boyle, run up the colours. - Aye, sir. 47 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:58,298 Note for the log, Mr Watt. "Engaged enemy frigate at six bells." 48 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:05,438 - Straight at 'em, Mr Mowett. - Straight at 'em, sir. 49 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:08,800 Bill. 50 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,910 Leave the swords. Get the captain's silver below. 51 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:15,150 She's not in range yet. Stand fast till she's close enough. 52 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:18,952 - Close with him amidships. - Midships it is, sir. 53 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,955 For God's sake, don't drop anything. 54 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:28,461 Steady. 55 00:10:28,528 --> 00:10:32,980 - Hold your positions. - Hold your position. Courage, now. 56 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:37,704 - Hold steady, boys. - Don't worry, lads, we'll serve 'em out yet. 57 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:42,800 Mr Pullings, sir. Davies, Jemmy, get Mr Pullings below. 58 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:43,777 Aye, sir. 59 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:46,379 Mr Blakeney, pass the word for the captain. 60 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,215 Clear the forward pin rails. 61 00:10:55,889 --> 00:10:57,223 More sand on the floor. 62 00:10:58,858 --> 00:11:00,960 On the up-roll, fire! 63 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:15,642 Down! 64 00:11:24,751 --> 00:11:29,322 Relieving-tackles on the tiller. You men, collect these wounded. 65 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:36,496 - Keep 'em spitting, Mr Calamy. - Aye, sir. Reload and give 'em hell. 66 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:04,791 Sir. To the taffrail. 67 00:12:11,531 --> 00:12:14,434 The rudder's shot away. The steering don't answer. 68 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,803 We're fish in a barrel. 69 00:12:24,770 --> 00:12:26,413 Why are we not firing? 70 00:12:30,884 --> 00:12:32,385 Let me through. 71 00:12:32,452 --> 00:12:34,954 Here, Joe. 72 00:12:35,550 --> 00:12:37,123 Hold it in there. 73 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:46,599 - He's on the larboard bow, sir. - Bring up your small arms. 74 00:12:49,669 --> 00:12:52,172 Prepare to repel boarders. 75 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,442 Seize your weapons and wait for the word. 76 00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:59,846 Your orders, sir? 77 00:13:00,814 --> 00:13:05,185 Call the gun crews to deck. Rig man-ropes over the stern and pull the boats in. 78 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,854 Put us in that fog, Tom. 79 00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:21,368 Pull together, men. 80 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:23,603 Pull for the fog bank. 81 00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:27,507 Run 'em out. 82 00:13:31,878 --> 00:13:33,546 Fire! 83 00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:36,549 She's opened up a seam. 84 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,885 We need to get some oakum and pound it in. 85 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:41,721 Joe, a mallet and some irons. 86 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,863 She's gaining on us. 87 00:13:57,300 --> 00:14:00,907 - We're nearly there, boys. - Pull. 88 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,210 - Reach for it, men. - We're home inside that fog. 89 00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:10,316 Fire! 90 00:14:11,885 --> 00:14:14,821 Pull for Lucky Jack. 91 00:14:14,888 --> 00:14:17,570 We've done it. 92 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:22,228 Pipe down. Silence on deck. 93 00:14:32,172 --> 00:14:35,275 They'll not find us in here. 94 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:39,120 Quiet, lads. No shouts, no calls. 95 00:15:06,973 --> 00:15:09,209 Avast rowing. 96 00:15:12,112 --> 00:15:14,547 Well done, lads. 97 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:41,908 Two feet six inches, sir, and holding. 98 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:48,281 - Good work, Mr Lamb. - Thank you, sir. 99 00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:00,994 So, what's the butcher's bill? 100 00:16:01,940 --> 00:16:03,663 Nine dead, 27 wounded. 101 00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:14,374 Joe Plaice. 102 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,643 He has a severely depressed fracture of the skull. 103 00:16:16,710 --> 00:16:17,711 I don't think he'll see out the night. 104 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:22,682 Lord Blakeney. 105 00:16:25,510 --> 00:16:27,354 Just a broken arm, sir. 106 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:31,624 You're in very good hands. 107 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:39,899 I'm doing everything I can. I know you were close to his father. 108 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:44,371 His father would've understood. He knew the life. His mother, however... 109 00:16:44,471 --> 00:16:47,974 Let me take a look at that brow of yours. 110 00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:49,909 What? 111 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:57,751 Damn, he was good. Just came out of nowhere. 112 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:02,989 Hit us with a full broadside, cut across our tail and took out our rudder. 113 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,325 Damn fine gunnery. 114 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:10,930 We only slipped away because of the fog. Quite fortunate, really. 115 00:17:11,310 --> 00:17:15,769 He may have had the weather gauge, but we had the weather gods. 116 00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:19,272 I have no idea what it is you're talking about, 117 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:22,676 but he did seem to come off rather well. 118 00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:28,915 Seven weeks sailing, and he happens in darkness on our exact position. 119 00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:35,422 The French have their spies in England and elsewhere. As do we. 120 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:37,924 Indeed. 121 00:17:39,125 --> 00:17:40,393 If he knew we were looking for him, 122 00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:45,231 he could have stood to sea and passed well clear. 123 00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:48,468 Well then, perhaps he was looking for us. 124 00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:17,230 If she was a frigate, then I am a Dutchman. 125 00:18:17,297 --> 00:18:20,266 It was an unfair match. There was no dishonour in it. 126 00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:22,602 She was more like a ship of the line. 127 00:18:22,669 --> 00:18:26,600 You have to wonder about her hull. Our shots wouldn't penetrate. 128 00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:28,742 Triple-shotted at 200 yards - no effect. 129 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:32,579 She had the weather gauge and a clear advantage in firepower. 130 00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:35,248 What is the weather gauge? 131 00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:38,852 - Shall I show you again, Stephen? - Not on the cloth. 132 00:18:41,870 --> 00:18:45,910 It means she had the wind in her favour, therefore control of the engagement. 133 00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:48,495 And she had longer guns, so she could hit us beyond our range. 134 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:52,265 The simple fact is we were soundly beaten. 135 00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:59,673 - Heavy frigate like that in the Pacific... - Could tip the war in Napoleon's favour. 136 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:05,445 By comparison, the Surprise is a somewhat aged man-of-war. 137 00:19:09,149 --> 00:19:13,953 - Am I not correct? - Would you call me an aged man of war? 138 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,357 The Surprise is not old. No one would call her old. 139 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:19,325 She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. 140 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:23,630 She's a fine sea boat, weatherly, stiff and fast. 141 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:27,670 Very fast, if she's well-handled. 142 00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:29,302 No, she's not old. 143 00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:32,639 She's in her prime. 144 00:19:32,706 --> 00:19:37,310 We can patch up the main and mizzen. Foresail's gone, so we'll bend our spare. 145 00:19:37,811 --> 00:19:41,481 Mr Lamb is confident with basic repairs. We can get home as we are. 146 00:19:41,581 --> 00:19:44,250 We're not going home. 147 00:19:53,326 --> 00:19:55,695 But to refit we need a port, 148 00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:57,497 and the Acheron may be still looking for us. 149 00:19:57,564 --> 00:20:01,901 We can refit at sea. Here, where it shoals. 150 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:06,406 As you said, she is taking the war to the South Seas. 151 00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:07,874 We are supposed to stop her. 152 00:20:07,941 --> 00:20:15,215 But, sir - with respect - she's a vastly heavier ship. She's out of our class. 153 00:20:16,116 --> 00:20:19,853 She could be halfway to Cape Horn by the time we're repaired. 154 00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:23,456 Well then, there's not a moment to lose. 155 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:45,211 Is it true they put the last stitch through your nose? 156 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:47,380 What do you mean? 157 00:20:48,415 --> 00:20:50,283 Joe said when you die, 158 00:20:50,383 --> 00:20:53,753 they stitch you in your hammock with the last stitch in your nose, 159 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:57,570 just to make sure you're not asleep. 160 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:04,130 Not through the nose. You'll tell them? 161 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:05,325 It's all right. It's just the laudanum speaking. 162 00:22:38,892 --> 00:22:41,695 I've never seen a braver patient. 163 00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:50,570 Poor darling. Never mind, soon have you fixed up. 164 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:52,605 I want good work now. 165 00:22:52,706 --> 00:22:57,210 I'll need two men into the starboard forechannels. Roberts, Chadwick. 166 00:22:57,277 --> 00:22:59,379 That's nice work there. 167 00:22:59,446 --> 00:23:02,749 Repair won't do here. I need these replaced. 168 00:23:09,456 --> 00:23:12,792 Mr Calamy. There's something might interest you here. 169 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:15,695 Look. The captain carved that. 170 00:23:15,762 --> 00:23:17,464 When he was a mid, no more than your age. 171 00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:19,432 He's known this ship man and boy. 172 00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:22,402 He says there's enough of his blood in the woodwork 173 00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:24,738 for the ship to almost be a relation. 174 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:29,750 I do understand your point. Your knowledge is beyond question. 175 00:23:29,142 --> 00:23:34,581 However, a week in the Brazilian rainforest looking for a new mast simply will not do. 176 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:36,916 The Acheron will be halfway to China. 177 00:23:36,983 --> 00:23:38,918 Mr Lamb, as always, will do his best. 178 00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:42,756 Which is all I can hope to expect from any man. 179 00:24:16,856 --> 00:24:18,591 Is them his brains? 180 00:24:18,658 --> 00:24:22,529 No, that's just dried blood. Those are his brains. 181 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:31,204 Physician, he is. Ain't one of your common surgeons. 182 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:34,474 - Can I have the coin, please? - Sir. 183 00:24:39,179 --> 00:24:41,948 He wouldn't look at you for under ten guineas on land. 184 00:24:42,150 --> 00:24:44,184 And he knows his birds and beasts. 185 00:24:44,284 --> 00:24:47,654 You show him a beetle and he'll tell you what it's thinking. 186 00:24:47,721 --> 00:24:51,658 Back to work, you loafers. Eckhart, use your pipe. 187 00:24:51,725 --> 00:24:53,793 Let's get on with it, gentlemen. 188 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:57,664 You're not a pennyweight of use gawpin' here. 189 00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:06,840 Still hasn't said a word, sir. 190 00:25:12,245 --> 00:25:15,248 Lord Blakeney. Feeling better? 191 00:25:15,348 --> 00:25:17,417 Much better, thank you, sir. 192 00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:19,586 Well, good. Good. 193 00:25:21,488 --> 00:25:25,592 The doctor told me you were fond of reading, so I... 194 00:25:31,865 --> 00:25:35,368 It has all of his major battles and some fine illustrations. 195 00:25:35,435 --> 00:25:37,370 Thank you, sir. 196 00:25:38,571 --> 00:25:41,174 Did you ever meet Lord Nelson, sir? 197 00:25:41,241 --> 00:25:44,944 I had the honour of serving with him. At the Nile. A great victory. 198 00:25:45,450 --> 00:25:51,117 You can find it in here, actually. Page 135, if I'm not mistaken. 199 00:25:52,552 --> 00:25:54,421 Yes. 200 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:04,230 May I beg you to tell me what kind of man he is? 201 00:26:06,433 --> 00:26:08,435 You should read the book. 202 00:26:08,535 --> 00:26:11,104 I will, sir. Thank you. 203 00:26:31,791 --> 00:26:36,930 Here we go again. Scrape-scrape, screech-screech. 204 00:26:36,996 --> 00:26:40,934 Never a tune you could dance to, not if you were drunk as Davy's sow. 205 00:26:50,810 --> 00:26:52,645 How about this? 206 00:26:52,746 --> 00:26:57,183 Or are you in the mood for something more aggressive? 207 00:28:10,557 --> 00:28:12,726 Salute. 208 00:28:12,826 --> 00:28:14,728 Hats off. 209 00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:19,650 What's all this about? 210 00:28:21,835 --> 00:28:25,171 - What's this? - It's the phantom, sir. 211 00:28:25,238 --> 00:28:29,420 Excuse me. That's what the men call it. It's the Acheron, sir. 212 00:28:29,109 --> 00:28:32,450 You see, Will here, he seen her being built. 213 00:28:32,112 --> 00:28:37,283 In Boston, sir. During the peace. But she's Yankee-built, sir. 214 00:28:37,384 --> 00:28:41,287 He was getting married, and his wife's second cousin works in the yards, 215 00:28:41,388 --> 00:28:43,623 so Will here saw the ship out of water. 216 00:28:44,190 --> 00:28:47,694 Sir, I saw there was something right strange about her, 217 00:28:47,761 --> 00:28:48,962 so I asked Joe... 218 00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:52,365 So he described it to me and I knocked you up a model, sir. 219 00:28:52,432 --> 00:28:57,203 - And this framing is accurate? - Exactly accurate, sir. 220 00:28:57,270 --> 00:28:59,873 - Thank you, lads. - Thank you, sir. 221 00:28:59,939 --> 00:29:03,209 Killick, an extra ration of rum for these men. 222 00:29:03,276 --> 00:29:05,712 Thank you very much, sir. 223 00:29:05,779 --> 00:29:08,782 - Which I was saving for Salutin' Day. - We'll drink wine. 224 00:29:08,882 --> 00:29:10,984 Oh, drink wine on Salutin' Day. 225 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,753 Bluff above the water and sharp below. 226 00:29:13,820 --> 00:29:19,259 Gives the hull a finer entry and a long run as she goes aft. That's why she's so fast. 227 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,961 Heavier, but fast despite it. 228 00:29:22,996 --> 00:29:28,334 That's the future. What a fascinating modern age we live in. 229 00:29:28,435 --> 00:29:32,305 Planking and framing like that would make her hull 2ft thick. Solid oak. 230 00:29:32,405 --> 00:29:37,344 That's why we couldn't dent her. She's probably capable of making 12 to 14 knots. 231 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:41,348 Now we know. Thank God for Warley and his wife's second cousin. 232 00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:44,417 She could be doing up to 280 miles a day. 233 00:29:44,484 --> 00:29:50,523 Even if we did catch up with her, I mean, to take her... 234 00:29:50,924 --> 00:29:55,280 She's out of our class. She's a 44-gun ship. 235 00:29:56,329 --> 00:30:00,800 She's still vulnerable at the stern, like the rest of us. 236 00:30:14,514 --> 00:30:17,550 Hello, darling. How much for a kiss? 237 00:30:18,318 --> 00:30:20,353 Quanto cost-o kiss-o? 238 00:30:20,453 --> 00:30:23,656 - Name? - My name is Maria. 239 00:30:23,723 --> 00:30:27,270 Give us arrows. I give axe. Quick, mate. 240 00:30:27,127 --> 00:30:29,362 Thank you, mate. 241 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,907 Gangway for the mail, please. 242 00:30:42,420 --> 00:30:45,478 Here we are. Very important mail. Letters. 243 00:30:45,545 --> 00:30:48,848 What's he saying? 244 00:30:52,419 --> 00:30:56,256 A large man-of-war, French, stopped here on the 10th, then headed south. 245 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:03,863 Somewhere here. 246 00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:06,533 A full three weeks ahead. 247 00:31:06,599 --> 00:31:08,501 Damn. 248 00:31:09,402 --> 00:31:12,205 All right, Tom, let's get all this squared away. 249 00:31:12,272 --> 00:31:16,209 Aye, sir. Mr Hollar. Let us complete our business here. 250 00:31:16,276 --> 00:31:19,450 Hands, prepare to weigh anchor. 251 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:23,216 Put that woman down, Slade. 252 00:31:23,283 --> 00:31:28,221 This is a ship of His Majesty's Navy, not a floating bordello. 253 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,928 All hands, get these provisions stowed. 254 00:31:47,607 --> 00:31:49,242 Well done. 255 00:31:49,309 --> 00:31:51,411 Gentlemen. 256 00:31:52,412 --> 00:31:57,417 To wives and to sweethearts. 257 00:31:57,717 --> 00:32:00,887 May they never meet. 258 00:32:00,954 --> 00:32:04,891 Mr Howard, the bottle. The bottle stands by you, sir. 259 00:32:05,458 --> 00:32:07,794 Sir? 260 00:32:08,628 --> 00:32:13,233 Excuse me, sir, but Mr Blakeney said that you served under Lord Nelson at the Nile. 261 00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:18,238 Indeed. I was a young lieutenant, not much older than you are now. 262 00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:21,908 And Mr Pullings was a snivelling midshipman, 263 00:32:21,975 --> 00:32:24,344 still yearning for hearth and home. 264 00:32:24,444 --> 00:32:27,614 Did you meet him, sir? Can you tell me what he's like? 265 00:32:28,140 --> 00:32:30,817 I have had the honour of dining with him twice. 266 00:32:30,917 --> 00:32:33,787 He spoke to me on both occasions. 267 00:32:33,853 --> 00:32:37,230 A master tactician and a man of singular vision. 268 00:32:37,123 --> 00:32:42,362 He always said in battle "Never mind the manoeuvres, just go straight at 'em." 269 00:32:42,462 --> 00:32:46,633 Some would say not a great seaman, but a great leader. 270 00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:49,769 He's England's only hope if old Boney intends to invade. 271 00:32:49,836 --> 00:32:53,206 Sir, might we press you for an anecdote? 272 00:32:56,176 --> 00:32:59,279 The first time that he spoke to me, 273 00:32:59,346 --> 00:33:04,551 I shall never forget his words. I remember it like it was yesterday. 274 00:33:04,651 --> 00:33:08,388 He leaned across the table, he looked me straight in the eye, 275 00:33:08,488 --> 00:33:13,159 and he said "Aubrey, may I trouble you for the salt?" 276 00:33:15,195 --> 00:33:20,367 I've always tried to say it exactly as he did ever since. 277 00:33:26,172 --> 00:33:31,544 The second time, the second time he told me a story 278 00:33:31,644 --> 00:33:35,181 about how someone offered him a boat cloak on a cold night. 279 00:33:35,248 --> 00:33:40,153 And he said no, he didn't need it. That he was quite warm. 280 00:33:40,220 --> 00:33:44,891 His zeal for king and country kept him warm. 281 00:33:45,258 --> 00:33:49,290 I know it sounds absurd, and were it from another man, 282 00:33:49,950 --> 00:33:54,401 you'd cry out "What pitiful stuff and dismiss it as mere enthusiasm. 283 00:33:54,501 --> 00:33:56,569 But with Nelson, 284 00:33:58,438 --> 00:34:01,274 you felt your heart glow. 285 00:34:07,614 --> 00:34:12,585 - Wouldn't you say, Mr Pullings? - You did indeed, sir. 286 00:34:13,186 --> 00:34:15,221 Well then, he would seem to be the exception 287 00:34:15,288 --> 00:34:18,191 to the rule that authority corrupts. 288 00:34:19,726 --> 00:34:23,630 To Lord Nelson. 289 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,203 Do you see those two weevils, Doctor? 290 00:34:30,270 --> 00:34:31,805 I do. 291 00:34:31,905 --> 00:34:34,240 Which would you choose? 292 00:34:35,275 --> 00:34:37,210 Neither. There's no difference between them. 293 00:34:37,277 --> 00:34:41,147 They're the same species of curculio. 294 00:34:41,247 --> 00:34:43,650 If you had to choose. 295 00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:47,220 If you were forced to make a choice. If there was no other... 296 00:34:47,287 --> 00:34:50,924 Well then, if you're going to push me, 297 00:34:53,226 --> 00:34:56,229 I would choose the right-hand weevil. 298 00:34:56,296 --> 00:35:00,660 It has significant advantage in both length and breadth. 299 00:35:00,133 --> 00:35:03,470 There, I have you. You're completely dished. 300 00:35:03,570 --> 00:35:06,773 Do you not know that in the service 301 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,476 one must always choose the lesser of two weevils? 302 00:35:16,149 --> 00:35:19,586 He who would pun would pick a pocket. 303 00:35:21,870 --> 00:35:23,323 Really. Weevils. 304 00:35:23,423 --> 00:35:28,762 To the lesser of two weevils. 305 00:35:39,372 --> 00:35:42,342 Yay, Joe. 306 00:35:44,878 --> 00:35:46,980 Go on, Joe. 307 00:36:05,632 --> 00:36:07,901 The Lord taketh, 308 00:36:09,135 --> 00:36:12,380 and the Lord giveth away. 309 00:36:12,138 --> 00:36:15,800 You hear that? He said something. 310 00:36:15,141 --> 00:36:17,977 Doctor. He spoke, Doctor. 311 00:36:18,411 --> 00:36:19,979 Well done indeed, Stephen. 312 00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:23,490 Adieu to you Spanish ladies 313 00:36:23,149 --> 00:36:27,253 Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain 314 00:36:27,354 --> 00:36:32,258 For we've received orders to sail for old England 315 00:36:32,359 --> 00:36:38,531 We hope in a short time to see you again 316 00:36:39,399 --> 00:36:43,570 What a wonderfully true voice Mr Hollom possesses. 317 00:36:43,670 --> 00:36:46,206 Indeed. 318 00:36:47,340 --> 00:36:50,430 Come, all you bold young thoughtless men 319 00:36:50,110 --> 00:36:52,612 A warning take by me 320 00:36:52,712 --> 00:36:57,117 And never leave your happy homes to sail the raging sea 321 00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:12,198 On deck there. Sail ho. 322 00:37:13,133 --> 00:37:15,368 Looks like a frigate. 323 00:37:19,939 --> 00:37:22,750 How did it get there? 324 00:37:22,142 --> 00:37:25,812 - We must turn and fight. - But he has the weather gauge again. 325 00:37:25,912 --> 00:37:29,215 He must've been watching us from some inlet. 326 00:37:33,153 --> 00:37:36,723 My God. What can we do? He has us by the hip. 327 00:37:36,790 --> 00:37:38,792 Run like smoke and oakum. 328 00:37:38,892 --> 00:37:39,926 We'll have to bend every sail. 329 00:37:39,993 --> 00:37:42,796 We'll put up our handkerchiefs if we have to. 330 00:37:42,896 --> 00:37:46,833 We must survive this day. Let's get about it. Mr Allen, gentlemen. 331 00:37:46,933 --> 00:37:48,968 All hands, make sail. 332 00:37:49,690 --> 00:37:50,737 This is the second time he's done this to me. 333 00:37:50,804 --> 00:37:53,973 There will not be a third. 334 00:38:09,856 --> 00:38:15,628 I tell ya, the devil's at the wheel of that there phantom ship. 335 00:38:15,695 --> 00:38:18,131 You better hold fast. 336 00:38:24,371 --> 00:38:26,539 What is it with this man? 337 00:38:26,639 --> 00:38:30,710 Did I kill a relative of his in battle, perhaps? 338 00:38:30,810 --> 00:38:32,445 His boy, God forbid? 339 00:38:32,512 --> 00:38:34,547 He fights like you, Jack. 340 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:56,690 Bring the sun down to the horizon. 341 00:38:56,169 --> 00:38:57,904 When its lower limb is touching the horizon... 342 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,373 Williamson, look to your ***tant. 343 00:39:00,473 --> 00:39:04,344 When the orb is no longer rising, 344 00:39:04,411 --> 00:39:08,140 then it has reached its zenith and that would be noon. 345 00:39:08,810 --> 00:39:10,483 - Sir? - Mr Pullings. 346 00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:12,752 - Do you make noon, Mr Hollom? - Yes, sir. 347 00:39:12,852 --> 00:39:15,355 Call noon. It's your class. 348 00:39:17,857 --> 00:39:21,270 - Sir, that's noon. - Mr Nichols, make that twelve. 349 00:39:21,940 --> 00:39:23,430 Six hours? 350 00:39:23,530 --> 00:39:25,765 Five at most. 351 00:39:25,865 --> 00:39:29,836 Just keep us out of her reach until nightfall. 352 00:39:37,944 --> 00:39:42,882 She's to look like us, lads, don't forget. Jibbo, make fast those whips. 353 00:39:42,949 --> 00:39:46,419 We didn't want to make it any taller, on account of this wind. 354 00:39:46,519 --> 00:39:48,722 Excuse me, sir, but what are they building? 355 00:39:48,788 --> 00:39:51,458 Your first command. 356 00:39:58,531 --> 00:40:00,900 Quickly. She'll be on top of us. 357 00:40:00,967 --> 00:40:03,903 Take the weight on the yard tackles. 358 00:40:03,970 --> 00:40:06,272 Fend her off. 359 00:40:06,373 --> 00:40:08,875 Lower away on the main. 360 00:40:15,815 --> 00:40:18,985 - Wouldn't want to lose you. - Aye, sir. 361 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:35,635 There's a painter. Pass her aft. Outside everything, mind. 362 00:40:35,735 --> 00:40:40,600 Lively now. We've not ten minutes before he's up with us. 363 00:40:46,179 --> 00:40:50,160 - Mind what the captain told you. - Pull, boys. That's it. 364 00:41:13,606 --> 00:41:14,641 Now. 365 00:41:20,313 --> 00:41:23,216 Killick there. Douse your light. 366 00:41:29,656 --> 00:41:31,291 Mr Allen, make ready. 367 00:42:12,399 --> 00:42:14,901 Hello. We caught a fish. 368 00:42:16,436 --> 00:42:18,371 Take the helm, Bonden. 369 00:42:18,438 --> 00:42:22,175 - Now, tell me that wasn't fun. - Yes, sir. 370 00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:26,613 Hard a'larboard. 371 00:42:55,542 --> 00:43:00,460 Stand the men down, Mr Pullings. I'll take this watch. 372 00:43:00,113 --> 00:43:01,748 Aye, sir. 373 00:43:01,815 --> 00:43:06,419 Mr Mowett, Mr Allen, calmly now. You know his orders. 374 00:43:06,486 --> 00:43:08,588 Well done, sir. 375 00:43:10,390 --> 00:43:12,659 She's a right phantom, she is. 376 00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:14,961 The way she come up again, right behind us like that. 377 00:43:15,610 --> 00:43:20,400 Out of nowhere. And right behind us. Like that first time, out the fog. 378 00:43:20,467 --> 00:43:22,969 With our shot bouncin' off her. 379 00:43:23,690 --> 00:43:26,600 Captain's not called Lucky Jack for no reason. 380 00:43:26,106 --> 00:43:30,176 Phantom or no, she's a privateer, and Lucky Jack'll have her. 381 00:43:30,276 --> 00:43:33,179 You need more than luck 'gainst a phantom. 382 00:43:35,810 --> 00:43:38,251 - Is she like a pirate? - No, they're not pirates, Lofty. 383 00:43:38,518 --> 00:43:42,856 Oh, no. If they were, we could hang them when we catch 'em. 384 00:43:42,956 --> 00:43:45,759 Privateer gets a piece of paper from the Frenchies 385 00:43:45,825 --> 00:43:48,495 says they can hunt down anything with our flag. 386 00:43:48,595 --> 00:43:52,265 They go after rich merchantmen and the like. 387 00:43:52,332 --> 00:43:56,102 But think on our share of the prize money. 388 00:43:56,169 --> 00:44:01,174 She'll be loaded with gold and ambergris and all the gems of Araby. 389 00:44:01,274 --> 00:44:05,110 That's all very well, Nagle. Got to get home to spend it, but. 390 00:44:05,111 --> 00:44:07,180 Never met a dead man who bought me a drink. 391 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:11,217 And I've never met a live one that you bought one for, neither. 392 00:44:12,619 --> 00:44:18,725 Sitting up all night, catching your death of cold. That's the last of the coffee, too. 393 00:44:18,825 --> 00:44:20,894 Thank you, Killick. 394 00:44:25,231 --> 00:44:27,300 Bonden. 395 00:44:27,367 --> 00:44:30,537 That's enough easting. Set a course sou'-sou'west. 396 00:44:30,637 --> 00:44:34,641 Aye, sir. Sou'-sou'west. 397 00:44:38,678 --> 00:44:41,147 Sail. 398 00:44:41,214 --> 00:44:44,417 Two points off starboard bow. 399 00:44:44,984 --> 00:44:47,420 Three cheers for Lucky Jack. 400 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,929 She's ours, boys. 401 00:45:06,539 --> 00:45:09,909 Foul. You got away before me. 402 00:45:14,470 --> 00:45:17,170 - Set royals and courses. - Sir. 403 00:45:17,830 --> 00:45:19,586 Have the idlers placed along the rails. 404 00:45:19,686 --> 00:45:21,621 I've never seen the like. 405 00:45:21,721 --> 00:45:25,692 It has to be more than 100 sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. 406 00:45:25,759 --> 00:45:29,929 That's seamanship, Mr Pullings. My God, that's seamanship. 407 00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:33,366 Told you it would work, Will. We'll have them by nightfall. 408 00:45:33,433 --> 00:45:36,936 - I think we've got him, sir. - And the wind favours us this time. 409 00:45:37,370 --> 00:45:40,306 Don't count your eggs before they're in the pudding. 410 00:45:40,407 --> 00:45:43,710 Still, if we can close this gap and get up behind her, 411 00:45:43,777 --> 00:45:45,311 she may well be ours. 412 00:45:45,412 --> 00:45:47,781 Touch wood. Scratch a stay. 413 00:45:48,415 --> 00:45:51,785 Turn three times. May the Lord and saints preserve us. 414 00:46:07,467 --> 00:46:09,169 Turn. 415 00:46:09,269 --> 00:46:13,106 Move along, man. We'll have lost him before you rig it up. 416 00:46:13,173 --> 00:46:15,308 Hold. 417 00:46:16,109 --> 00:46:19,679 - 12 knots, sir. - That's 12 knots. That's good. 418 00:46:19,779 --> 00:46:24,451 I want more. Have all the spare hands placed on the windward rail. 419 00:46:24,517 --> 00:46:27,821 Mr Hollar. Rouse up the off-watch. 420 00:46:28,788 --> 00:46:32,125 All hands on starboard rail. 421 00:46:32,792 --> 00:46:36,162 Come up the larboard topsail sheets. 422 00:46:53,813 --> 00:46:58,284 - We're crackin' on. - We'll be crackin' up if he don't watch it. 423 00:46:58,351 --> 00:47:02,989 Captain knows this ship. He knows what she can take. 424 00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:11,564 Mr Hollar, I want lifelines fore and aft. 425 00:47:11,664 --> 00:47:13,366 No lounging, boy. 426 00:47:13,466 --> 00:47:19,172 Lifelines, fore and aft. Double-grape that launch. 427 00:47:21,374 --> 00:47:23,810 Cape Horn, Doctor. 428 00:47:39,592 --> 00:47:42,595 Close the lid. There's enough water in the grog. 429 00:47:42,696 --> 00:47:44,564 Thank you for that, Davies. 430 00:47:44,664 --> 00:47:47,400 Reckon the captain will follow him round the Horn, 431 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:49,536 every stitch of canvas flying? 432 00:47:49,602 --> 00:47:52,720 I reckon he'd follow him to the gates of hell. 433 00:47:52,172 --> 00:47:56,710 It's a devil ship, I tell ya. And it's leadin' us right into a trap. 434 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,949 She's making a run for the Horn, sir. 435 00:48:03,490 --> 00:48:06,190 I'll not vouch for this mast. Not around the Horn. 436 00:48:06,860 --> 00:48:09,122 Thank you. Your comments will be noted in the log. 437 00:48:09,222 --> 00:48:12,459 Sail trimmers to their stations. Get the sails off her, lads. 438 00:48:12,559 --> 00:48:15,462 She's over-pressed. 439 00:48:15,562 --> 00:48:17,731 Give 'em a pull and belay. 440 00:48:33,213 --> 00:48:36,716 We're closing on her, Tom. I'll not give up now. 441 00:48:36,783 --> 00:48:40,530 Come up on the wind, Barret. Set a course sou'west by west. 442 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,756 Sou'west by west, sir. 443 00:48:43,923 --> 00:48:45,625 Mr Calamy. 444 00:48:45,725 --> 00:48:48,428 Idlers and waisters below. 445 00:48:52,232 --> 00:48:55,100 We're for the Horn, boys. 446 00:48:58,972 --> 00:49:00,940 Close reef topsails. 447 00:49:14,454 --> 00:49:16,189 Lively, lads. 448 00:49:20,493 --> 00:49:25,298 Batten down those hatches before we're on the bottom. 449 00:49:34,874 --> 00:49:37,677 Johansson, Truelove. To the mizzen. 450 00:49:39,112 --> 00:49:41,140 All secure. 451 00:49:41,114 --> 00:49:43,490 Down ye go, lads. 452 00:49:49,522 --> 00:49:54,227 Mr Hollom, help young Warley on the mizzen topgallant. 453 00:49:57,697 --> 00:50:01,670 - I'll need more men, sir. - Yes. Go. 454 00:50:09,409 --> 00:50:13,146 Mr Hollom, sir. Help me. 455 00:50:19,919 --> 00:50:23,590 Tudor, Ellers. To Mr Allen. 456 00:50:23,690 --> 00:50:28,695 You men, lay aloft. The mizzen topgallant. Light along. 457 00:50:36,603 --> 00:50:38,705 Help. 458 00:50:41,741 --> 00:50:43,777 Help me. 459 00:50:49,683 --> 00:50:52,419 Man overboard. 460 00:50:53,586 --> 00:50:58,910 Mizzen's gone. Hands to the taffrail. 461 00:51:09,202 --> 00:51:12,720 He's over there, sir. 462 00:51:12,138 --> 00:51:15,809 Swim for the wreckage, man. Swim. 463 00:51:16,609 --> 00:51:18,311 Over here. 464 00:51:18,411 --> 00:51:23,717 Mr Allen, gratings and barrels, anything that floats, overboard. 465 00:51:23,783 --> 00:51:27,921 She's broaching. We're losing her. 466 00:51:27,987 --> 00:51:31,324 Sir, the wreckage is acting as a sea anchor. 467 00:51:31,424 --> 00:51:34,961 We must cut it loose. It's going to sink us. 468 00:51:35,610 --> 00:51:38,898 Sir, he's going to make it. He can do it. 469 00:51:38,965 --> 00:51:43,200 - Come on, Will. - Come on. Hand over hand. 470 00:51:43,103 --> 00:51:48,274 For God's sake, Will, swim. Swim for the wreckage, Will. 471 00:51:56,916 --> 00:51:58,818 You can do it, Will. 472 00:51:58,918 --> 00:52:03,890 - Swim. Come on. - Come on, Will. Swim. 473 00:54:32,739 --> 00:54:36,142 - He's been at it again. - Who's that, then? 474 00:54:36,242 --> 00:54:39,790 - The Jonah. - What's that? 475 00:54:49,456 --> 00:54:53,927 The deaths in actual battle are the easiest to bear. 476 00:54:54,627 --> 00:55:01,668 For my own part, those who die under my knife, or from some subsequent infection, 477 00:55:01,768 --> 00:55:07,674 I have to remind myself that it was the enemy that killed them, not me. 478 00:55:09,843 --> 00:55:12,479 That young man was a casualty of war. 479 00:55:15,181 --> 00:55:19,452 As you said yourself, you have to choose the lesser of two evils. 480 00:55:19,519 --> 00:55:21,621 Weevils. 481 00:55:25,250 --> 00:55:29,462 The crew will take it badly. Warley was popular. 482 00:55:29,529 --> 00:55:33,633 Have they expressed any feelings on the matter to you? 483 00:55:40,874 --> 00:55:43,910 Jack, before answering, I'm compelled to ask, 484 00:55:44,100 --> 00:55:48,148 am I speaking with my old friend or to the ship's captain? 485 00:55:49,215 --> 00:55:52,852 To the captain I'd say there's little I detest more than an informer. 486 00:55:52,919 --> 00:55:56,189 - Now you're talking like an Irishman. - I am an Irishman. 487 00:55:56,256 --> 00:55:58,324 As a friend, then. 488 00:55:58,391 --> 00:56:00,727 As a friend, 489 00:56:00,827 --> 00:56:04,230 I would say that I have never once doubted your abilities as a captain. 490 00:56:04,330 --> 00:56:06,232 Speak plainly, Stephen. 491 00:56:08,340 --> 00:56:12,739 Perhaps we should have turned back weeks ago. 492 00:56:12,839 --> 00:56:16,710 The men, of course they would follow Lucky Jack anywhere, 493 00:56:16,776 --> 00:56:19,450 rightfully confident of victory. 494 00:56:19,346 --> 00:56:24,617 But therein lies the problem. You're not accustomed to defeat. 495 00:56:26,286 --> 00:56:29,222 And chasing this larger, faster ship with its long guns 496 00:56:29,289 --> 00:56:32,525 is beginning to smack of pride. 497 00:56:32,592 --> 00:56:36,290 It's not a question of pride. It is a question of duty. 498 00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:38,565 Duty. Yes, I've heard it well spoken of. 499 00:56:38,631 --> 00:56:43,269 Be as satiric as you like. Viewing the world through a microscope is your prerogative. 500 00:56:43,370 --> 00:56:47,907 This is a ship of war. I will grind whatever grist the mill requires to fulfil my duty. 501 00:56:47,974 --> 00:56:50,377 Whatever the cost? 502 00:56:50,443 --> 00:56:52,712 Whatever the cost. 503 00:56:52,779 --> 00:56:55,582 To follow orders with no regard for cost. 504 00:56:55,648 --> 00:56:59,953 Can you really claim there's nothing personal in this call to duty? 505 00:57:00,530 --> 00:57:02,555 Orders are subject to the requirement of the service. 506 00:57:02,622 --> 00:57:04,657 My orders were to follow him as far as Brazil. 507 00:57:04,758 --> 00:57:08,928 I exceeded my orders a long time ago. 508 00:57:11,131 --> 00:57:13,233 Got it. 509 00:57:16,770 --> 00:57:19,773 The wind's backing, sir. 510 00:57:19,839 --> 00:57:23,910 Sir, we just can't hold this westerly course any longer. 511 00:57:24,477 --> 00:57:26,112 If we can't sail through the damn wind, Tom, 512 00:57:26,179 --> 00:57:30,517 we'll bloody well sail around it. Due south. 513 00:57:30,617 --> 00:57:33,620 How far south, sir? 514 00:57:33,687 --> 00:57:37,257 As far as is necessary, Mr Pullings. 515 00:57:37,323 --> 00:57:39,793 - Aye, sir. - Lively. 516 00:57:40,860 --> 00:57:45,310 - Due south, please, Mr Bonden. - Due south, sir. 517 00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:50,770 Heave. Steady. 518 00:58:26,390 --> 00:58:30,377 Clearly something nautical and fascinating just happened. I am at a loss. 519 00:58:30,477 --> 00:58:34,981 We have made our turn northward. We are headed back toward the sun. 520 00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,150 To the sun. 521 00:58:39,753 --> 00:58:43,390 And by way of anticipation of this event, 522 00:58:43,490 --> 00:58:49,950 I have asked Killick to prepare something special. 523 00:58:49,195 --> 00:58:53,500 - Killick. Killick there. - I'm already here, ain't I? 524 00:58:56,200 --> 00:59:00,206 Gentlemen, I give you, 525 00:59:01,700 --> 00:59:03,276 our destination. 526 00:59:09,582 --> 00:59:13,353 - It's the Galapagos Islands. - The Galapagos Islands. 527 00:59:15,922 --> 00:59:18,224 Our whaling fleet is there. 528 00:59:18,291 --> 00:59:23,763 And their cargo would put a pretty penny into old Bones-aparte's invasion purse. 529 00:59:23,863 --> 00:59:29,569 That's where the Acheron will be. Sure as there's carts to horses. 530 00:59:29,636 --> 00:59:32,305 So, Mr Pullings, if you'll permit me, 531 00:59:32,405 --> 00:59:35,408 a slice of Albemarle. 532 00:59:36,376 --> 00:59:39,979 And for you, Doctor, Redondo Rock. 533 00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:41,414 Perfect. 534 00:59:41,481 --> 00:59:44,250 And the Acheron for me. 535 00:59:50,423 --> 00:59:55,662 Safe and sound at home again Let the waters roar, Jack 536 00:59:55,762 --> 01:00:00,734 Safe and sound at home again Let the waters roar, Jack 537 01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:07,730 Long we tossed on the rolling main Now we're safe ashore, Jack 538 01:00:07,140 --> 01:00:12,479 Don't forget your old shipmates 539 01:00:12,579 --> 01:00:17,984 We have worked the selfsame gun Quarterdeck division 540 01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:23,757 Sponger I, and loader you Through the whole commission 541 01:00:23,823 --> 01:00:30,196 Long we tossed on the rolling main Now we're safe ashore, Jack 542 01:00:30,296 --> 01:00:37,537 Don't forget your old shipmates 543 01:01:21,848 --> 01:01:28,688 The Enchanted Isles. They're said to be full of strange and wonderful beasts. 544 01:01:29,522 --> 01:01:32,592 When we get there, we'll have to stop for food and water. 545 01:01:32,692 --> 01:01:36,663 I promise you, during that time - several days at least - 546 01:01:36,730 --> 01:01:41,167 you can wander at will, collecting bugs and beetles to your heart's content. 547 01:01:41,234 --> 01:01:45,739 You'll be the first naturalist to set foot on the islands, I'll wager. 548 01:01:45,839 --> 01:01:49,209 I would like that of all things. 549 01:01:52,846 --> 01:01:56,820 - Is it an insect? - Yes. 550 01:01:57,917 --> 01:02:02,756 Doesn't look like one. I mean, it looks like a stick. 551 01:02:03,556 --> 01:02:05,925 Yes, that's the whole point. 552 01:02:06,260 --> 01:02:09,963 It's disguised itself in order to survive. 553 01:02:13,967 --> 01:02:18,638 There's a spider that's disguised itself as an ant. 554 01:02:18,738 --> 01:02:23,209 And here's an insect that's taken on the shape of a thorn 555 01:02:23,276 --> 01:02:26,460 to save itself from the birds. 556 01:02:27,547 --> 01:02:29,749 Did God make them change? 557 01:02:29,816 --> 01:02:33,219 Does God make them change? Yes, certainly. 558 01:02:33,286 --> 01:02:36,756 But do they also change themselves? 559 01:02:36,823 --> 01:02:39,592 Now that is a question, isn't it? 560 01:02:41,728 --> 01:02:44,397 Sir, we've raised the Galapagos. 561 01:02:44,464 --> 01:02:46,566 I'm coming. 562 01:03:21,434 --> 01:03:25,205 - Look. Beyond the rock. - Yes, I see. 563 01:03:25,305 --> 01:03:28,975 What is it? Curious, eh? Some type of gull? 564 01:03:29,420 --> 01:03:34,514 - There's an ugly devil. - Disgusting. It's got warts all over it. 565 01:03:34,614 --> 01:03:37,550 Ugly devils, aren't they? 566 01:03:38,518 --> 01:03:41,187 I can't see any women. Just ducks and lizards. 567 01:03:41,287 --> 01:03:44,190 What, no women? It ain't natural. 568 01:03:45,525 --> 01:03:47,394 How extraordinary. 569 01:03:47,494 --> 01:03:49,329 What is, sir? 570 01:03:49,396 --> 01:03:51,464 Those birds. They're a species of cormorant, 571 01:03:51,531 --> 01:03:53,466 but they are flightless. 572 01:03:53,533 --> 01:03:56,202 Do you see their underdeveloped wings? 573 01:03:56,503 --> 01:03:59,873 By all that's holy, I think that's unknown to science. 574 01:03:59,973 --> 01:04:03,743 The dragons don't seem to bother them. 575 01:04:04,377 --> 01:04:08,848 They're a type of iguana, I should think. Therefore, they're vegetarian. 576 01:04:08,915 --> 01:04:12,180 - Will you catch one? - A pair of them, I should think. 577 01:04:12,850 --> 01:04:15,321 Then you can present one of their offspring to the king. 578 01:04:15,388 --> 01:04:19,920 - Look. There's one going for a swim. - Iguanas don't swim. 579 01:04:19,192 --> 01:04:21,428 These ones do. 580 01:04:30,503 --> 01:04:32,605 I'll be damned. 581 01:04:32,706 --> 01:04:38,878 Two new species in as many minutes. That's remarkable. 582 01:05:02,369 --> 01:05:07,307 All hands about ship. Off tacks and sheets. Prepare the mainsail to haul. 583 01:05:16,583 --> 01:05:20,153 - Aubrey. - Hogg. Master of the Albatross. 584 01:05:20,253 --> 01:05:23,723 God bless you, Captain. God bless you all. 585 01:05:24,724 --> 01:05:25,792 Mr Calamy, 586 01:05:25,892 --> 01:05:27,761 - food and water for these men. - Aye, sir. 587 01:05:27,827 --> 01:05:31,297 - Mr Howard, stand your men down. - Royal Marines, trail arms. 588 01:05:32,980 --> 01:05:35,135 We was coming back for fresh lines no more than a week ago. 589 01:05:35,235 --> 01:05:40,674 Hid in that inlet yonder. Burnt our bloody ship to the waterline. ****ing pirates. 590 01:05:40,774 --> 01:05:43,760 Crew prisoner, captain dead. 591 01:05:43,143 --> 01:05:47,280 She were a big black three-master. Break your heart, it would. 592 01:05:47,347 --> 01:05:52,585 ?12,000 sterling of the finest grade oil they took. We been out more than two years. 593 01:05:52,652 --> 01:05:54,587 And her course? 594 01:05:54,654 --> 01:05:58,124 Maybe a point south of west, following the rest of the fleet. 595 01:05:58,191 --> 01:06:01,294 Mr Pullings, enter these men's names into the ship's books. 596 01:06:01,361 --> 01:06:04,431 Mr Allen, set a course. West by south. 597 01:06:04,497 --> 01:06:06,766 All hands, make sail. 598 01:06:06,833 --> 01:06:09,969 Sir, should we not take on fresh provisions? 599 01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:13,173 Mr Mowett, there's not a moment to lose. 600 01:06:28,321 --> 01:06:31,570 Have you forgotten your promise? 601 01:06:31,157 --> 01:06:33,293 Subject to the requirements of the service. 602 01:06:33,360 --> 01:06:36,563 I cannot delay for the sake of an iguana or a giant peccary. 603 01:06:36,663 --> 01:06:40,133 Fascinating, no doubt, but of no immediate application. 604 01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:44,237 There is, I think, an opportunity here to serve both our purposes. 605 01:06:44,337 --> 01:06:47,540 As I understand it, this is a long, thin island. 606 01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:51,770 You need to sail around it. I could walk across it. 607 01:06:51,177 --> 01:06:55,181 I have known you to spend hours staring into a deserted bird's nest. 608 01:06:55,248 --> 01:06:59,152 I could walk briskly, pausing only for important measurements. 609 01:06:59,219 --> 01:07:03,356 Making discoveries that could advance our knowledge of natural history. 610 01:07:03,423 --> 01:07:07,594 If wind and tide had been against us, I should have said yes. 611 01:07:07,694 --> 01:07:10,897 They're not. I'm obliged to say no. 612 01:07:12,532 --> 01:07:16,269 I see. So after all this time in your service, 613 01:07:16,369 --> 01:07:21,274 I must simply content myself to form part of this belligerent expedition, 614 01:07:21,374 --> 01:07:26,746 hurry past wonders, bent on destruction. I say nothing of the corruption of power... 615 01:07:26,846 --> 01:07:30,160 - You forget yourself, Doctor. - No, Jack. 616 01:07:30,830 --> 01:07:34,454 You've forgotten yourself. For my part, I look upon a promise as binding. 617 01:07:34,554 --> 01:07:36,890 The promise was conditional. 618 01:07:36,189 --> 01:07:38,525 I command a king's ship, not a private yacht. 619 01:07:38,591 --> 01:07:42,696 We do not have time for your damned hobbies, sir. 620 01:08:10,924 --> 01:08:13,793 All right. 621 01:08:15,328 --> 01:08:20,934 Get those fish below. Sluice down this deck. 622 01:08:21,401 --> 01:08:24,270 Davies, don't leave them there. Get them below. 623 01:08:24,337 --> 01:08:26,600 Mr Blakeney. 624 01:08:26,106 --> 01:08:30,310 Sir, I found a curious beetle walking along the deck. 625 01:08:33,747 --> 01:08:36,583 I think it's a Galapagos beetle. 626 01:08:37,517 --> 01:08:39,285 I'm sure of it. 627 01:08:40,320 --> 01:08:45,525 Were you to walk all day on the island, you might never come across it. 628 01:08:47,694 --> 01:08:51,310 Yes, that is more than likely sure. 629 01:08:51,865 --> 01:08:54,267 You can have it, sir. 630 01:09:10,617 --> 01:09:13,186 Mr Blakeney. 631 01:09:14,387 --> 01:09:16,322 - Thank you. - Sir. 632 01:09:30,870 --> 01:09:32,872 Last gun fired, sir. 633 01:09:32,972 --> 01:09:36,676 - Timing? - Two minutes and one second, sir. 634 01:09:36,743 --> 01:09:42,148 Lads, that's not good enough. We need to fire two broadsides to her one. 635 01:09:42,215 --> 01:09:45,318 - Want to see a guillotine in Piccadilly? - No. 636 01:09:45,385 --> 01:09:48,588 - Do you want to call Napoleon your king? - No. 637 01:09:48,688 --> 01:09:50,390 Want your children to sing The Marseillaise? 638 01:09:50,490 --> 01:09:51,524 No. 639 01:09:51,591 --> 01:09:54,828 Mr Mowett, Mr Pullings, starboard battery. 640 01:09:57,931 --> 01:10:01,201 Jump to it, lads. Cadence and rhythm. 641 01:10:03,937 --> 01:10:07,107 - Mark your targets. - Come on, lads, faster now. 642 01:10:07,207 --> 01:10:09,275 Come on, swab it. 643 01:10:21,870 --> 01:10:23,690 Heave. 644 01:10:23,757 --> 01:10:26,793 - Report, Mr Mowett. - Third and fourth divisions ready. 645 01:10:26,893 --> 01:10:29,863 Right. Starboard battery, fire! 646 01:11:03,663 --> 01:11:06,166 One minute and ten seconds. 647 01:11:07,667 --> 01:11:10,336 Well done, lads. Extra grog for all of you. 648 01:11:14,474 --> 01:11:16,943 Gangway for the captain, lads. 649 01:11:17,100 --> 01:11:19,679 Marked improvement, Mr Calamy. Well done. 650 01:11:19,779 --> 01:11:21,848 Thank you, sir. 651 01:11:28,355 --> 01:11:33,660 Killick. Killick there. What do you have for us tonight? 652 01:11:33,760 --> 01:11:36,296 Which it's soused hog's face. 653 01:11:36,363 --> 01:11:41,340 - Which it is soused hog's face. - My favourite. 654 01:11:41,134 --> 01:11:47,774 And when they run, the Surprise will blow her to kingdom come. 655 01:12:44,330 --> 01:12:47,500 One more week of this and they'd give it up for a cup of water. 656 01:12:47,567 --> 01:12:49,736 I can't make it rain. 657 01:12:51,671 --> 01:12:55,241 I can harness the wind, but I ain't its goddamn creator. 658 01:12:55,342 --> 01:12:57,777 I have never known such a run of bad luck. 659 01:13:14,260 --> 01:13:20,200 "And they said unto him 'For what caused the evil?'" 660 01:13:24,437 --> 01:13:26,773 Where'd that come from? 661 01:13:27,273 --> 01:13:32,212 It's from the Bible, that. That is from the Bible. The story of the Jonah. 662 01:13:32,479 --> 01:13:36,149 They found out on their ship that one of their men - this Jonah cove - 663 01:13:36,249 --> 01:13:39,719 he'd offended God and was the cause of all their bad luck. 664 01:13:39,786 --> 01:13:44,991 Evil comes from him who evil thinks and evil is. 665 01:13:45,892 --> 01:13:50,630 No. Joe knows a thing or two about evil. 666 01:13:50,730 --> 01:13:54,401 From personal experience. Right, Joe? 667 01:14:06,346 --> 01:14:09,249 It's like Killick says. Morning of the battle, 668 01:14:09,315 --> 01:14:11,484 he doesn't have the guts to beat to quarters. 669 01:14:11,584 --> 01:14:16,289 Then his entire gun crew's killed. Soon as he went up the mizzen, Will falls. 670 01:14:16,356 --> 01:14:20,160 And whose watch was it when we lost our wind? 671 01:14:42,515 --> 01:14:45,118 You there. Stand fast. 672 01:14:47,387 --> 01:14:51,458 Master-at-arms, take that man below and clap him in irons. 673 01:14:51,524 --> 01:14:54,994 Mr Pullings, defaulters at eight bells. 674 01:14:55,610 --> 01:14:56,796 Aye, sir. 675 01:14:58,198 --> 01:15:01,401 Bring Hollom down to my cabin. 676 01:15:05,739 --> 01:15:09,209 A man pushed past you, yet you said nothing. Why? 677 01:15:09,309 --> 01:15:11,845 I intended to, sir, but the right words didn't... 678 01:15:11,911 --> 01:15:17,217 The right words? He was deliberately insubordinate. 679 01:15:17,317 --> 01:15:20,353 I've tried to get to know the men, sir, and be friendly, 680 01:15:20,420 --> 01:15:23,890 but they've taken a set against me. 681 01:15:24,591 --> 01:15:29,562 Always whispering when I go past and giving me looks. 682 01:15:29,662 --> 01:15:32,399 I'll set that to rights. I'll be much tougher on them. 683 01:15:32,499 --> 01:15:36,360 You don't make friends with the foremast jacks, lad. 684 01:15:36,102 --> 01:15:40,373 They'll despise you in the end, think you weak. 685 01:15:40,440 --> 01:15:44,210 - Nor do you need to be a tyrant. - No, sir. 686 01:15:44,277 --> 01:15:46,613 I'm very sorry, sir. 687 01:15:46,713 --> 01:15:50,216 - You're 26? 27? - I'm 30 next Friday, sir. 688 01:15:50,283 --> 01:15:51,851 30? 689 01:15:51,918 --> 01:15:55,550 You've failed to pass for lieutenant twice. 690 01:15:55,121 --> 01:15:57,791 I know you have, but you're not a bad sailor. 691 01:15:57,891 --> 01:16:00,293 You can't spend your life a midshipman. 692 01:16:00,393 --> 01:16:04,300 No, sir. I will try much harder, sir. 693 01:16:05,298 --> 01:16:08,768 Look, Hollom, it's leadership they want. 694 01:16:08,868 --> 01:16:10,904 Strength. 695 01:16:10,970 --> 01:16:16,476 You find that within yourself, and you will earn their respect. 696 01:16:18,780 --> 01:16:21,648 Without respect, true discipline goes by the board. 697 01:16:22,582 --> 01:16:25,318 Yes, sir. 698 01:16:25,652 --> 01:16:30,757 Strength, respect and discipline, sir. 699 01:16:34,594 --> 01:16:38,565 It's an unfortunate business, Hollom. 700 01:16:39,566 --> 01:16:42,402 Damned unfortunate. 701 01:16:43,103 --> 01:16:45,972 - That'll be all. - Yes, sir. 702 01:16:49,175 --> 01:16:53,179 - I am not a flogging captain. - Hollom is a scapegoat for all the bad luck, 703 01:16:53,279 --> 01:16:56,583 real or imagined, on this voyage. 704 01:16:56,649 --> 01:16:59,252 Mr Lamb? If you please. 705 01:16:59,319 --> 01:17:02,455 They're exhausted. These men are exhausted. 706 01:17:02,689 --> 01:17:05,525 You've pushed them too hard. 707 01:17:05,625 --> 01:17:09,262 Stephen, I invite you to this cabin as my friend. 708 01:17:09,329 --> 01:17:13,666 Not to criticise nor to comment on my command. 709 01:17:13,767 --> 01:17:19,339 Shall I leave you until you're in a more harmonious frame of mind? 710 01:17:20,507 --> 01:17:24,377 - What would you have me do? - Tip the ship's grog over the side. 711 01:17:24,477 --> 01:17:26,179 - Stop their grog? - Nagle was drunk 712 01:17:26,279 --> 01:17:27,647 when he insulted Hollom. 713 01:17:27,714 --> 01:17:31,317 Stop 200 years of privilege and tradition. 714 01:17:31,384 --> 01:17:34,654 I'd rather have them three sheets to the wind than face a mutiny. 715 01:17:34,721 --> 01:17:36,856 I'm rather understanding of mutinies. 716 01:17:36,956 --> 01:17:41,795 Men pressed from their homes, confined for months aboard a wooden prison... 717 01:17:41,861 --> 01:17:48,568 I respect your right to disagree with me, but I can only afford one rebel on this ship. 718 01:17:50,303 --> 01:17:54,474 I hate it when you talk of the service in this way. It makes me so very low. 719 01:17:54,541 --> 01:17:56,209 You think I want to flog Nagle? 720 01:17:56,309 --> 01:17:59,913 A man who hacked the ropes that sent his mate to his death? 721 01:18:00,130 --> 01:18:02,916 Under my orders? 722 01:18:03,160 --> 01:18:04,484 Do you not see? 723 01:18:04,551 --> 01:18:07,687 The only things that keep this wooden world together are hard work... 724 01:18:07,754 --> 01:18:09,756 Jack, the man failed to salute. 725 01:18:09,856 --> 01:18:12,759 There's hierarchies even in nature. 726 01:18:12,859 --> 01:18:15,195 There is no disdain in nature. There is no... 727 01:18:15,261 --> 01:18:17,897 Men must be governed. 728 01:18:17,997 --> 01:18:20,533 Often not wisely, but governed nonetheless. 729 01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:25,710 That's the excuse of every tyrant in history, from Nero to Bonaparte. 730 01:18:25,171 --> 01:18:29,409 I, for one, am opposed to authority. It is an egg of misery and oppression. 731 01:18:29,509 --> 01:18:33,947 You've come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother. 732 01:18:36,750 --> 01:18:38,585 Four. 733 01:18:39,919 --> 01:18:41,287 Five. 734 01:18:43,456 --> 01:18:45,125 Six. 735 01:18:46,459 --> 01:18:48,294 Seven. 736 01:18:49,462 --> 01:18:50,964 Eight. 737 01:18:51,798 --> 01:18:53,533 Nine. 738 01:18:55,969 --> 01:18:57,871 Ten. 739 01:18:58,972 --> 01:19:00,140 Eleven. 740 01:19:02,750 --> 01:19:03,977 Twelve. 741 01:19:06,980 --> 01:19:09,215 Cut him down. 742 01:19:33,907 --> 01:19:36,276 Not so loud. 743 01:20:29,662 --> 01:20:32,332 Put that dirk down, Boyle. 744 01:20:36,403 --> 01:20:37,504 You OK, Mr Hollom? 745 01:20:37,570 --> 01:20:40,640 - He's not ill, just dodging work as usual. - Shut up. 746 01:20:40,707 --> 01:20:43,743 - You shut up. - Just leave him be. 747 01:20:43,843 --> 01:20:46,746 - Have some water. - Thank you. 748 01:20:51,184 --> 01:20:53,520 Sir, it's Mr Hollom. 749 01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:06,533 There's nothing physically wrong with him. He thinks he's been cursed. 750 01:21:08,234 --> 01:21:11,938 Sailors can abide a great deal, but not a Jonah. 751 01:21:12,605 --> 01:21:15,709 My God. You believe it too. 752 01:21:17,377 --> 01:21:20,847 Not everything is in your books, Stephen. 753 01:21:27,587 --> 01:21:29,456 It's him, innit? 754 01:21:31,925 --> 01:21:34,861 The Jonah. 755 01:21:35,128 --> 01:21:37,130 He's causing it. 756 01:21:39,599 --> 01:21:42,702 He's callin' it up, don't you see? 757 01:21:42,769 --> 01:21:47,440 Every time he's on watch, that ship appears. 758 01:21:50,910 --> 01:21:53,580 You wait and see. 759 01:21:53,813 --> 01:21:58,818 Any time tonight, that ghost ship's gonna turn up. 760 01:21:59,886 --> 01:22:04,491 And it's gonna take us all with it, straight down to the hot place. 761 01:22:25,345 --> 01:22:27,747 Mr Hollom. 762 01:22:27,814 --> 01:22:30,517 You gave me such a start. 763 01:22:33,190 --> 01:22:35,880 Are you feeling better now? 764 01:22:35,155 --> 01:22:38,692 Yes. Much better, thank you. 765 01:22:50,170 --> 01:22:54,374 The captain thinks we'll get our wind tomorrow. 766 01:22:54,474 --> 01:22:56,543 I'm sure of it. 767 01:23:25,572 --> 01:23:29,750 You've always been very kind to me. 768 01:23:36,316 --> 01:23:38,685 Goodbye, Blakeney. 769 01:24:46,886 --> 01:24:51,825 The simple truth is, not all of us become the men we once hoped we might be. 770 01:24:51,925 --> 01:24:54,828 But we are all God's creatures. 771 01:24:57,564 --> 01:25:01,901 If there are those among us who thought ill of Mr Hollom, 772 01:25:02,736 --> 01:25:05,472 or spoke ill of him, 773 01:25:07,107 --> 01:25:10,744 or failed him in respect of fellowship, 774 01:25:11,978 --> 01:25:15,515 then we ask for your forgiveness, Lord. 775 01:25:15,615 --> 01:25:17,784 And we ask for his. 776 01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,202 God be praised. Mr Mowett? 777 01:26:01,695 --> 01:26:04,164 Avast there. 778 01:26:17,677 --> 01:26:20,847 - Doctor, have you seen the bird? - What sort of bird? 779 01:26:20,914 --> 01:26:27,420 Some sort of albatross. Either that, or he's a prodigious great mew. There it goes. 780 01:26:34,594 --> 01:26:38,498 There he is. My bird. Damn. 781 01:26:39,899 --> 01:26:41,868 It's circling, lads. 782 01:26:48,875 --> 01:26:49,909 Doctor? 783 01:26:50,276 --> 01:26:52,612 My God. Doctor. 784 01:26:53,747 --> 01:26:58,585 I'm so sorry, man. The bird dropped low. I didn't see you. 785 01:27:01,287 --> 01:27:04,457 - Calamy, get Higgins. - I'm fine, Jack. 786 01:27:18,710 --> 01:27:20,874 The bullet took in a piece of shirt with it. 787 01:27:20,940 --> 01:27:25,979 Unless it's removed, it's gonna suppurate and fester. 788 01:27:26,790 --> 01:27:27,947 Are you equal to the task? 789 01:27:28,480 --> 01:27:34,220 I'll need to read up on the doctor's books. Study some pictures he has. 790 01:27:34,287 --> 01:27:36,222 Study some pictures? 791 01:27:36,289 --> 01:27:39,392 It's just to get my bearings, that's all. 792 01:27:39,459 --> 01:27:46,990 It'd be a lot easier if I were on dry land. You wouldn't have the... 793 01:27:46,166 --> 01:27:48,668 I'll manage. You'll see. 794 01:28:13,193 --> 01:28:16,863 Sail on the horizon, sir. Running west. 795 01:28:17,497 --> 01:28:20,367 We're not sure, but we think it's her, sir. 796 01:28:24,371 --> 01:28:26,373 Better get... 797 01:28:27,540 --> 01:28:29,642 Goodbye, sir. 798 01:28:48,610 --> 01:28:52,198 No mistakin' it. She's the Frenchie. 799 01:28:59,639 --> 01:29:02,809 Shall we beat to quarters, sir? 800 01:29:41,281 --> 01:29:43,783 Tell me this wasn't on my account. 801 01:29:43,883 --> 01:29:49,220 No, not at all. I just needed to stretch my legs. 802 01:29:50,590 --> 01:29:52,892 Gently there. 803 01:29:59,733 --> 01:30:03,603 Briskly now. Secure this line. 804 01:30:03,703 --> 01:30:06,973 Royal Marines posted every 20 yards, sir. 805 01:30:18,218 --> 01:30:20,720 - All set, Higgins? - Yes, sir. 806 01:30:20,787 --> 01:30:23,223 No. 807 01:30:23,656 --> 01:30:26,493 I do this with my own hand. 808 01:30:32,298 --> 01:30:35,402 If everything is under control, I'll just be outside. 809 01:30:35,468 --> 01:30:38,471 A spare pair of steady hands wouldn't go amiss. 810 01:30:38,571 --> 01:30:44,770 That is, if, of course, you have the constitution for this kind of thing. 811 01:30:44,310 --> 01:30:52,318 My dear doctor, I have been amongst and around wounds all my life. 812 01:30:52,786 --> 01:30:54,954 Good, then. 813 01:30:55,210 --> 01:31:00,126 Put your hand on my belly, pressing firmly when I give the word. 814 01:31:00,193 --> 01:31:03,663 Higgins, the catling, if you please. 815 01:31:11,204 --> 01:31:13,473 Padeen, please. 816 01:31:26,720 --> 01:31:29,222 The sounder, Mr Higgins. 817 01:31:30,523 --> 01:31:32,625 Swab. 818 01:31:42,669 --> 01:31:44,738 All right. 819 01:31:47,674 --> 01:31:51,440 Mr Higgins, you'll have to raise the rib. 820 01:31:53,713 --> 01:31:57,984 Take a good grip with the square retractor. 821 01:32:01,421 --> 01:32:03,656 Right in. 822 01:32:03,723 --> 01:32:05,692 And lift up. 823 01:32:05,759 --> 01:32:07,930 Lift up. 824 01:32:20,407 --> 01:32:22,942 Swab, Jack. I can't see. 825 01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:30,350 Are you all right? 826 01:32:40,427 --> 01:32:41,695 I got it. 827 01:32:53,907 --> 01:32:56,142 A tad more pressure. 828 01:33:07,153 --> 01:33:09,889 - Is that all of it? - Aye, sir. 829 01:33:10,590 --> 01:33:12,792 She'll patch up nicely. 830 01:33:12,892 --> 01:33:14,794 Thank God I got it. 831 01:34:01,274 --> 01:34:02,342 That's good. 832 01:34:10,150 --> 01:34:12,520 Sir. 833 01:34:12,152 --> 01:34:14,621 Padeen and I have been collecting for you. 834 01:34:14,688 --> 01:34:15,822 Have you really? 835 01:34:15,889 --> 01:34:19,492 The beetles each come with a specimen of the plant they were found on. 836 01:34:19,559 --> 01:34:22,280 Padeen, that one's got away. 837 01:34:22,128 --> 01:34:26,366 Sir, I've made a few notes, if you want to see them. 838 01:34:42,382 --> 01:34:46,419 Mr Blakeney, it would appear that you have the makings of a naturalist. 839 01:34:46,519 --> 01:34:53,360 Perhaps I could combine them to be a sort of fighting naturalist, like you, sir. 840 01:34:55,595 --> 01:34:58,932 They don't combine too well, I find. 841 01:34:59,320 --> 01:35:00,660 Right. 842 01:35:00,166 --> 01:35:02,669 Should you really be getting up, sir? 843 01:35:02,736 --> 01:35:06,272 - Mr Blakeney, are you also a doctor? - No, sir. 844 01:35:06,373 --> 01:35:09,776 No, you're not. Padeen, if you please. 845 01:35:16,490 --> 01:35:20,453 How long does the captain intend that we stay? Do you know? 846 01:35:22,355 --> 01:35:24,791 - Oh, a week perhaps. - A week? 847 01:35:25,125 --> 01:35:27,460 There's no great hurry. 848 01:35:27,560 --> 01:35:28,928 Mustn't we make haste for the Marquesas? 849 01:35:29,290 --> 01:35:31,931 I'm not even sure it was the Acheron we sighted. 850 01:35:32,320 --> 01:35:33,867 And if it was, she'll be well away by now. 851 01:35:33,933 --> 01:35:37,700 Like looking for an honest man in parliament. 852 01:35:37,137 --> 01:35:42,275 No, we shall head home. Before peace breaks out with France, God forbid. 853 01:35:46,790 --> 01:35:49,582 I fear you may have burdened me with a debt I can never repay. 854 01:35:49,649 --> 01:35:54,621 Tosh. Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate. 855 01:35:54,721 --> 01:35:59,392 A shrub? Nonsense. I'll name a great tortoise after you. 856 01:35:59,459 --> 01:36:01,995 Testudo aubreii. 857 01:36:44,270 --> 01:36:47,273 Come on, pack up your things. We should be going. 858 01:36:47,340 --> 01:36:50,543 - Back to camp, sir? - No, to the other side of the island. 859 01:36:50,643 --> 01:36:55,115 - But, sir, that must be at least ten miles. - Then there's not a moment to lose. 860 01:36:55,181 --> 01:36:58,351 That's where I saw my flightless cormorant. 861 01:36:58,451 --> 01:36:59,886 Come on. 862 01:37:11,197 --> 01:37:14,134 Seven inches in length. 863 01:37:15,235 --> 01:37:17,370 Four inches wide. 864 01:37:17,470 --> 01:37:19,973 15-inches-long neck. 865 01:37:20,840 --> 01:37:25,178 Width at the widest point, six inches. 866 01:37:31,184 --> 01:37:34,721 Padeen, put the net down and use your hands. They won't bite. 867 01:37:34,821 --> 01:37:37,570 Here's a good one. 868 01:37:38,692 --> 01:37:41,428 Pick them up carefully. 869 01:37:42,195 --> 01:37:45,650 Sir, I think we should be getting back. 870 01:37:45,165 --> 01:37:50,670 Naval discipline doesn't operate out here, Mr Blakeney. I must find that cormorant. 871 01:37:50,737 --> 01:37:53,373 And should it indeed prove flightless, 872 01:37:53,440 --> 01:37:57,277 you can join me at the Royal Society dinner as co-discoverer. 873 01:39:21,161 --> 01:39:22,696 Mr Blakeney. 874 01:39:37,811 --> 01:39:40,460 Sir, we must hurry. 875 01:39:42,382 --> 01:39:43,516 Padeen, you must carry him. 876 01:39:43,616 --> 01:39:48,540 Put those down. Leave them. Just put everything down. 877 01:39:51,491 --> 01:39:54,127 Open the cages. 878 01:40:08,742 --> 01:40:13,680 - All hands, unmoor ship. - Mr Allen, I'll have her on a starboard tack. 879 01:40:13,747 --> 01:40:16,850 Let's have hands to stow these tortoises. 880 01:40:16,916 --> 01:40:21,210 Barret Bonden, put your helm hard to starboard. 881 01:40:23,890 --> 01:40:26,493 He has a head start of two hours on us and he's bearing south. 882 01:40:26,559 --> 01:40:30,430 That can only mean King Charles Island. He's looking for water. 883 01:40:30,530 --> 01:40:36,669 If we caught up with her, to take her, we'd have to be bloody invisible. 884 01:40:38,738 --> 01:40:41,708 Brace the yards to starboard. 885 01:40:51,170 --> 01:40:54,870 So, Stephen, did you get to see your bird? 886 01:40:54,187 --> 01:40:58,191 No. Well, yes, but I couldn't catch one. 887 01:40:58,958 --> 01:41:01,861 My greatest discovery was your phantom. 888 01:41:01,928 --> 01:41:06,966 Indeed it was. I'm sorry you had to leave the majority of your collection behind. 889 01:41:07,670 --> 01:41:13,406 In actual fact, Mr Blakeney and I did make one very interesting find. 890 01:41:13,473 --> 01:41:15,909 Is that right? 891 01:41:15,975 --> 01:41:18,244 Let me guess. A stick? 892 01:41:25,485 --> 01:41:27,454 Tell him about it, Mr Blakeney. 893 01:41:27,554 --> 01:41:30,924 - It's a rare phasmid, sir. - A phasmid? 894 01:41:30,990 --> 01:41:37,497 It's an insect that disguises itself as a stick in order to confuse its predators. 895 01:42:29,716 --> 01:42:31,985 A nautical phasmid, Doctor. 896 01:42:32,520 --> 01:42:37,570 At least, to a hungry eye, if one has an appetite for whalers. 897 01:42:37,157 --> 01:42:41,494 I intend to take a greater interest in the bounty of nature from now on. 898 01:42:41,561 --> 01:42:46,166 I had no idea that a study of nature could advance the art of naval warfare. 899 01:42:46,232 --> 01:42:48,201 I see. 900 01:42:48,301 --> 01:42:51,404 Now to pull this predator in close and spring our trap. 901 01:42:51,504 --> 01:42:53,340 - Jack? - Yes. 902 01:42:53,406 --> 01:42:56,242 You're the predator. 903 01:42:57,377 --> 01:43:02,248 There. Hull-down, broad off the larboard bow. 904 01:43:02,349 --> 01:43:04,250 That's a frigate, all right. 905 01:43:04,351 --> 01:43:07,554 Damn, you've got good eyes, Barret. 906 01:43:07,654 --> 01:43:11,758 - Mr Allen. More smoke. - Aye, sir. 907 01:43:11,858 --> 01:43:14,494 That'll bring 'em about. 908 01:43:25,338 --> 01:43:30,110 That's it, lads. Clean 'em up so they fly straight and true. 909 01:43:32,746 --> 01:43:35,782 Let's have fresh flints in all the locks. 910 01:43:44,958 --> 01:43:49,796 Larboard battery, unship your rear wheels. 911 01:43:54,234 --> 01:43:56,302 Drop the gun. 912 01:43:59,639 --> 01:44:03,143 - Come on, Killick, you too. Get dressed. - Oh, God. 913 01:44:03,243 --> 01:44:06,212 - Tom? - Our preparations are completed, sir. 914 01:44:06,279 --> 01:44:10,984 Good. Right, from now on no "sirs", no salutes, no whistles, no bells. 915 01:44:11,840 --> 01:44:12,719 Aye, sir. 916 01:44:12,786 --> 01:44:16,423 Yes, I think we're all finding that quite difficult. 917 01:44:17,424 --> 01:44:20,326 There'll be 30 or more whalers locked in the Acheron's hold. 918 01:44:20,427 --> 01:44:23,797 After we board, Mr Calamy should take a party and free them. 919 01:44:24,330 --> 01:44:27,767 - You think him ready, sir? - Were you ready, Tom? 920 01:44:27,834 --> 01:44:30,570 - He may well turn the tide. - Indeed, sir. 921 01:44:41,348 --> 01:44:43,483 She's taken the bait. Let's come about. 922 01:44:43,583 --> 01:44:47,620 Make a show of fleeing, panicky and disorganised, like a whaler might. 923 01:44:47,687 --> 01:44:50,423 Present company excepted, Mr Hogg. 924 01:44:50,490 --> 01:44:51,958 Hurry up, or they'll see you. 925 01:44:52,250 --> 01:44:56,329 Eckhart, leave that. Just come up quick and get some whaler's slops on. 926 01:45:09,843 --> 01:45:14,470 - Congratulations. Acting third lieutenant. - Thank you. 927 01:45:14,147 --> 01:45:15,949 I hear we're to free the whalers. 928 01:45:16,160 --> 01:45:18,518 You're to be stationed on the quarterdeck. 929 01:45:18,618 --> 01:45:21,210 I'm sorry, Will. 930 01:45:23,156 --> 01:45:28,628 Make a bad show of keeping your course. Let her run up and luff every now and then. 931 01:45:29,295 --> 01:45:32,298 - Excuse me, sir. - Remove your hat. We're whalers. 932 01:45:32,365 --> 01:45:36,336 Mr Calamy says I'm not on the boarding party. I want to say... 933 01:45:36,403 --> 01:45:40,740 I know what you want to say. And my answer is no. 934 01:45:40,840 --> 01:45:45,178 You'll lead your gun crew, then when we board, you'll take command of the ship. 935 01:45:45,245 --> 01:45:46,680 Do I make myself clear? 936 01:45:46,746 --> 01:45:49,683 Take command of the ship? Thank you, sir. 937 01:45:49,749 --> 01:45:52,850 - Back to your station. - Yes, sir. 938 01:45:55,388 --> 01:45:58,425 On your right upper arm, to tell friend from foe. 939 01:45:58,525 --> 01:46:01,194 Davies, this arm. Starboard arm. 940 01:46:01,261 --> 01:46:05,532 - Is that the arm you got or don't got? - Less of that cheek, Davies. 941 01:46:05,598 --> 01:46:08,868 Take your neck cloths and put them round your right upper arm. 942 01:46:08,935 --> 01:46:11,538 Make way for the captain. 943 01:46:12,906 --> 01:46:15,800 Congratulations, Lieutenant. 944 01:46:15,750 --> 01:46:16,710 Right, lads. 945 01:46:16,776 --> 01:46:19,512 I know there's not a faint heart among you, 946 01:46:19,579 --> 01:46:23,830 and I know you're as anxious as I am to get into close action. 947 01:46:23,183 --> 01:46:26,586 But we must bring him right up beside us before we spring this trap. 948 01:46:26,686 --> 01:46:28,722 That will test our nerve. 949 01:46:28,788 --> 01:46:32,859 And discipline will count just as much as courage. 950 01:46:32,926 --> 01:46:38,398 The Acheron is a tough nut to crack. More than twice our guns and numbers. 951 01:46:38,465 --> 01:46:41,768 And they will sell their lives dearly. 952 01:46:43,536 --> 01:46:48,208 Topmen, your handling of the sheets to be lubberly and un-navylike, 953 01:46:48,274 --> 01:46:51,440 until the signal to spill the wind from our sails. 954 01:46:51,111 --> 01:46:54,800 This will bring us almost to a complete stop. 955 01:46:54,147 --> 01:46:57,951 Gun crews, you must run out and tie down in double-quick time. 956 01:46:58,510 --> 01:47:00,286 With the rear wheels removed you've gained elevation, 957 01:47:00,387 --> 01:47:03,223 but without recoil you can't reload. 958 01:47:03,289 --> 01:47:08,628 So, gun captains, that gives you one shot from the larboard battery. One shot only. 959 01:47:08,728 --> 01:47:13,433 You'll fire for her mainmast. Much will depend on your accuracy. 960 01:47:13,500 --> 01:47:21,107 However, even crippled she will still be dangerous, like a wounded beast. 961 01:47:23,410 --> 01:47:24,944 Captain Howard and the marines 962 01:47:25,110 --> 01:47:29,282 will sweep their weather deck with swivel gun and musket fire from the tops. 963 01:47:29,349 --> 01:47:32,419 They'll try and even the odds for us before we board. 964 01:47:34,154 --> 01:47:37,757 They mean to take us as a prize. 965 01:47:37,824 --> 01:47:39,292 And we are worth more to them undamaged. 966 01:47:39,359 --> 01:47:42,962 Their greed will be their downfall. 967 01:47:46,433 --> 01:47:49,169 England is under threat of invasion. 968 01:47:49,269 --> 01:47:53,440 And though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. 969 01:47:55,342 --> 01:47:58,211 This ship is England. 970 01:48:01,147 --> 01:48:05,552 So it's every hand to his rope or gun. Quick's the word and sharp's the action. 971 01:48:05,652 --> 01:48:09,550 After all, surprise is on our side. 972 01:48:20,533 --> 01:48:23,470 - Toss them high so they can see them. - Hello, Doctor. 973 01:48:23,536 --> 01:48:25,380 Jack. 974 01:48:25,138 --> 01:48:27,507 - Care for a cigar? - Thank you, no. 975 01:48:27,574 --> 01:48:30,143 If you please, Doctor. 976 01:48:31,411 --> 01:48:34,681 - I took the liberty, Doctor. - Thank you, Killick. 977 01:48:34,748 --> 01:48:38,510 - There's three lumps in there. - How kind. 978 01:49:34,400 --> 01:49:36,743 - Good luck, Will. - Good luck, Peter. 979 01:49:38,411 --> 01:49:41,314 - See you afterwards. - And you. 980 01:49:42,982 --> 01:49:46,619 Steady now, lads. Keep calm. 981 01:49:49,155 --> 01:49:53,126 English whaler Syren, this is Acheron. 982 01:49:53,226 --> 01:49:54,427 - Barret. - Sir. 983 01:49:54,494 --> 01:49:59,566 You have no possibility, no chance. But you have had warning. 984 01:49:59,632 --> 01:50:02,836 Stop now, or we will destroy your ship. 985 01:50:02,936 --> 01:50:06,840 English whaler, this is your last warning. 986 01:50:06,940 --> 01:50:11,111 Stop now, or we will destroy you. 987 01:50:11,177 --> 01:50:13,446 Let fly! 988 01:50:15,115 --> 01:50:16,783 Haul your yards there. 989 01:50:20,153 --> 01:50:22,322 Run out, boys. 990 01:50:22,689 --> 01:50:23,857 Fire! 991 01:50:24,958 --> 01:50:26,760 Fire! 992 01:50:36,202 --> 01:50:38,204 For the mainmast, lads. 993 01:50:45,178 --> 01:50:47,614 - Let me through. - Fire! 994 01:51:15,241 --> 01:51:17,344 Hard a-larboard. 995 01:51:17,977 --> 01:51:20,580 Right the headsails. Set the topsails. 996 01:51:20,680 --> 01:51:21,981 Heave. 997 01:51:22,482 --> 01:51:25,352 Man the starboard battery. 998 01:51:32,920 --> 01:51:34,494 Fire as she bears. 999 01:51:55,115 --> 01:51:57,784 Get to it. 1000 01:51:58,284 --> 01:52:00,520 It's the fallen mast. We can't lay alongside. 1001 01:52:00,587 --> 01:52:03,790 Cross the wreckage as best you can. I'll draw their fire. 1002 01:52:03,890 --> 01:52:07,761 - My division to join Mr Pullings. - Clew up topsails. 1003 01:52:07,861 --> 01:52:10,764 Huzzah for Lucky Jack. 1004 01:52:10,864 --> 01:52:13,733 Grappling hooks away. 1005 01:52:13,800 --> 01:52:16,202 Run out the boarding planks. 1006 01:52:18,204 --> 01:52:23,376 - My division, follow me. - For England, for home, and for the prize. 1007 01:52:23,977 --> 01:52:26,546 Here we go, lads. 1008 01:52:30,717 --> 01:52:32,819 Pipe down. Silence. 1009 01:52:55,675 --> 01:52:57,577 Looks like the job is done, sir. 1010 01:52:57,644 --> 01:52:59,346 Acheron. 1011 01:53:13,860 --> 01:53:15,280 Fire! 1012 01:53:31,711 --> 01:53:34,280 Mr Blakeney, the nine-pounder. 1013 01:53:34,347 --> 01:53:35,949 That's it. 1014 01:53:36,160 --> 01:53:37,117 Fire! 1015 01:53:38,385 --> 01:53:40,720 Keep moving, men. Keep moving. 1016 01:54:29,936 --> 01:54:31,371 Joe. 1017 01:54:37,610 --> 01:54:39,279 Grenades, ready. 1018 01:54:49,622 --> 01:54:52,359 They're aiming for our hull. 1019 01:54:52,425 --> 01:54:55,128 They could sink us. Depress the muzzle. 1020 01:54:55,228 --> 01:54:57,230 Padeen, train it aft. 1021 01:54:57,297 --> 01:54:58,965 Together now. 1022 01:54:59,899 --> 01:55:02,268 Stand clear. 1023 01:55:02,369 --> 01:55:04,137 Fire! 1024 01:55:04,771 --> 01:55:07,207 Arm yourselves. We must board them. 1025 01:55:08,808 --> 01:55:10,143 Follow me. 1026 01:55:26,920 --> 01:55:27,827 Now. 1027 01:55:32,499 --> 01:55:36,636 Whalers, follow me. Mr Hogg, down below. Quickly now. 1028 01:55:39,105 --> 01:55:42,909 Albatrosses. Albatrosses, do you hear me? 1029 01:55:43,843 --> 01:55:45,912 To the guns. 1030 01:55:49,482 --> 01:55:51,818 Boyle, douse that gun's priming. 1031 01:56:27,530 --> 01:56:30,560 Lively there. Come on. Move. 1032 01:56:33,693 --> 01:56:35,995 Now do your worst. 1033 01:57:08,940 --> 01:57:09,763 - Mr Howard. - Sir. 1034 01:57:09,863 --> 01:57:12,265 - Have they struck their colours? - I believe so. 1035 01:57:12,365 --> 01:57:16,102 - Has their captain been sighted? - Not yet, sir. 1036 01:57:16,202 --> 01:57:17,937 - Carry on. - Aye, sir. 1037 01:58:19,966 --> 01:58:22,769 Docteur de Vigny, monsieur. 1038 01:58:22,836 --> 01:58:25,672 I did what I could for him. 1039 01:58:30,510 --> 01:58:34,681 Before the capitaine died, he said I was to give you this. 1040 02:00:04,537 --> 02:00:07,440 No. I'll do it. 1041 02:00:21,254 --> 02:00:23,623 Can you help me? 1042 02:00:47,580 --> 02:00:49,282 Our Father, 1043 02:00:49,382 --> 02:00:53,420 who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 1044 02:00:53,486 --> 02:00:57,390 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, 1045 02:00:57,457 --> 02:00:59,826 on earth as it is in heaven. 1046 02:01:00,493 --> 02:01:03,263 Give us this day our daily bread, 1047 02:01:03,329 --> 02:01:05,231 and forgive us our trespasses, 1048 02:01:05,298 --> 02:01:08,268 as we forgive those who trespass against us. 1049 02:01:08,334 --> 02:01:12,439 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 1050 02:01:12,505 --> 02:01:14,474 For thine is the kingdom, 1051 02:01:14,574 --> 02:01:16,609 the power and the glory, 1052 02:01:16,676 --> 02:01:18,778 forever and ever. 1053 02:01:18,845 --> 02:01:20,413 Amen. 1054 02:01:21,140 --> 02:01:24,484 Robert Gardner, able seaman. 1055 02:01:24,584 --> 02:01:28,421 James Lloyd, boatswain's mate. 1056 02:01:28,488 --> 02:01:31,524 Robert Kemp, able seaman. 1057 02:01:32,759 --> 02:01:36,663 John Antonio, quartermaster's mate. 1058 02:01:37,931 --> 02:01:41,868 Michael Doudle, able seaman. 1059 02:01:43,370 --> 02:01:47,400 Joseph Nagle, carpenter's mate. 1060 02:01:48,808 --> 02:01:52,450 John Allen, sailing master. 1061 02:01:57,517 --> 02:01:59,519 Peter Miles Calamy, 1062 02:02:04,157 --> 02:02:06,393 lieutenant. 1063 02:02:08,828 --> 02:02:12,165 We therefore commit their bodies to the deep, 1064 02:02:12,232 --> 02:02:14,334 to be turned into corruption, 1065 02:02:14,401 --> 02:02:18,171 looking for the resurrection of the body when the sea shall give up her dead, 1066 02:02:18,238 --> 02:02:21,307 and the life of the world to come, 1067 02:02:21,374 --> 02:02:24,644 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1068 02:02:24,711 --> 02:02:26,813 Amen. 1069 02:02:55,842 --> 02:02:58,111 It's our old friend. 1070 02:03:52,432 --> 02:03:55,435 Pass down a barrel of paint, please. 1071 02:04:02,800 --> 02:04:06,790 Sir, the whalers are all aboard and that's the last detachment of marines. 1072 02:04:06,146 --> 02:04:07,781 Good. 1073 02:04:07,847 --> 02:04:10,750 I think I shall return to the Galapagos. 1074 02:04:10,817 --> 02:04:14,454 Take on food and water and give the doctor a few days to find his bird. 1075 02:04:14,521 --> 02:04:15,755 Very good, sir. 1076 02:04:15,822 --> 02:04:19,292 You, however, shall take the Acheron south to Valparaiso. 1077 02:04:19,359 --> 02:04:21,270 Parole the prisoners there, refit as necessary, 1078 02:04:21,127 --> 02:04:24,597 and we shall rendezvous in Portsmouth. 1079 02:04:24,664 --> 02:04:27,701 I believe Mr Hogg would be a good choice for sailing master. 1080 02:04:27,801 --> 02:04:32,539 However, that will be your decision, Captain Pullings. 1081 02:04:37,544 --> 02:04:39,612 Your orders. 1082 02:04:43,483 --> 02:04:46,619 - Thank you, sir. - Godspeed, Tom. 1083 02:04:46,686 --> 02:04:48,288 And to you, sir. 1084 02:04:54,294 --> 02:04:55,895 - Mr Mowett? - With pleasure, sir. 1085 02:04:55,995 --> 02:04:58,665 - Good luck. - See you in Portsmouth. 1086 02:04:58,732 --> 02:05:02,402 Now, lads, huzzah for Captain Pullings. 1087 02:05:09,876 --> 02:05:13,246 - Good luck, sir. - Good luck, Captain. 1088 02:05:29,863 --> 02:05:32,320 Here we go again. 1089 02:05:32,980 --> 02:05:34,100 Killick. Killick there. 1090 02:05:34,200 --> 02:05:36,936 Which it will be ready when it's ready. 1091 02:05:42,609 --> 02:05:45,445 I'll rest easier when I know they've reached shore. 1092 02:05:45,545 --> 02:05:51,117 So many wounded, and only that poor unfortunate Higgins to tend to them. 1093 02:05:51,217 --> 02:05:54,621 Still, he's better than no doctor at all. 1094 02:05:54,721 --> 02:05:59,526 - I met their doctor. I spoke to him. - No, he died of fever months ago. 1095 02:05:59,592 --> 02:06:00,960 De Vigny? 1096 02:06:13,773 --> 02:06:17,444 - Pass the word for Mr Mowett. - Mr Mowett to the great cabin. 1097 02:06:17,544 --> 02:06:20,580 Their "doctor" gave me this sword. 1098 02:06:21,548 --> 02:06:22,749 Sir. 1099 02:06:22,816 --> 02:06:26,860 Mr Mowett, change of course. Southeast by east. 1100 02:06:26,152 --> 02:06:29,456 We'll intercept the Acheron and escort them into Valparaiso. 1101 02:06:29,556 --> 02:06:32,425 Aye, sir. Sou'east by east. 1102 02:06:33,593 --> 02:06:36,296 - And William. - Sir? 1103 02:06:36,396 --> 02:06:39,165 - Beat to quarters. - Very good, sir. 1104 02:06:44,104 --> 02:06:47,574 Subject to the requirements of the service. 1105 02:06:55,150 --> 02:06:58,518 Well, Stephen, the bird's flightless? 1106 02:06:58,618 --> 02:06:59,686 Yes. 1107 02:07:00,687 --> 02:07:03,356 It's not going anywhere.