May 2, 2025 • 27 mins
Follows the naval adventures of a British officer during the Napoleonic Wars, highlighting his leadership and bravery. The series combines historical context with maritime action.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Corral hands, big supporters. I'm Africa can't buy this table
batter one broadside, isn't wort it? To please Captain bush
winches on pocket? Then stop pretty presenting Michael Redgrave as
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he has Forester's indomino Man of the Sea or ratio hornblower.
(01:46):
That is, they sent me to the Baltic Sea. What
happened there in the next few months would change the
history of the world for better. Lord of the World,
Napoleon will overrun the continent England alone, despite it her
very life. The Baltic was our lifeline of supply. French
privateers raiding our traders. There must be a white one
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of these. The Blanche Flur had already caused much damage,
and I was a result to track her down. She'd
been reported entering the Baltic only a day or so
ahead of us. Our squadron had seen no action since
we'd had to shoot our way in through the straits
a few days earlier. The officers and men at the
nun such for growing restless. But one morning there was
a sudden hail from the mast head. Come with all
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hall blow at a sail. Maybe the blanch fall. How
do you say it? That's French corvette. If it's the
Blanche Flur, we're in luck. I'll probably to give me
the glass, if you please, Captain Bush hi eyes old
and this sir scnfunded fog. Yeah, yes, I can just
make out her top frols. Is he a twenty gunner
a corvette? She's not far off. It's hard to tell
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her in this list, or whoever she is. She's coming
straight for us. Call all hands from then the guns please,
Captain hi eyes are all hands on deck, run out
of the guns and stand by excited. Yeah, she's tacking.
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Isisa on the four tact man. He's by northeast trying
to get away. Must be a Frenchman who set all sale.
Captain Bushy, please hi Aisa, set all sail, loose the
royals and also have course two points to starboard. Captain,
we'll intercept her hiaia two points to starboard. Up for
the stunsels, as I can see her better now she's
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now called it, but he has to be quite unarmed.
She's not our chase. I'm afraid, Captain bush And why
did she take the moment she's sighted us? Any ship
beating up for the sign would have to attack here.
I suppose you're right, sir. Don't beat down at it Bush.
She looks like a merchantman. It must have. Why do
you see that? Can you make out that tellers Hire
trying his poser? We'll soon find that out of course, Bush,
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and we'll intercept her anyway, I didn't see her. She's fine, Retty,
Oh she's a pretty jack. Excellent. Now at least we'll
get some news and information. Bad they needed to play
a course to passer within hay with it? Please, hi
isaa have a point boart of ourself. Get those tumsls
in against the Hurst. Hi her she's a merchant man,
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are right? I can see her cargo now this looks
like timber. If one can't be too careful in these waters.
Better ask her how the private code? Get it? Very good, sir,
mister Hurst singular to give the merchant ship private code
numeral is her. We will see what she replied. Here
comes her flags up themselves, a numeral five seven. That's
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the correct type. Last winter. She's loaded with cargo, so
we won't have been home to receive the new code.
Signal to heath to it it bees name Dave Took,
mister Hurst II her there's backing her main top. So wait,
what's that she's place books her? Yes, I see that's
the yet flag she's hoisting as the fever flag. Must
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have some kind of pestilence about her. Tom, Look what
she's hoisted there, the yellow flag? How it is? I'll
wager she's got the box aboard her. She said that
chip heaven hell, that must be her captain there on
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the poop deck. Give me the trumpet? Oh, what's it?
By day to Liverpool? Levee? Pay out from the port
of table? What's sad? Yellow flag? Hole? Four fox? Smallpox?
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By the great answer, We are tastes sir today they
so weeks ago? What's your ho you're beating up for
the sound? What news from port? Are Sweden and Russia
skilling your cus? That's fucking cruel, sir? Do you think
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Bonaparte is winning these Boltic countries? Round to his side
to tell her, you know, standing under license, but the
lection in bargos you hold and we.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Shall tatin.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Who are sir, Kevin God? Why are you standing with us? Convoys?
Did what do but the one avaiable? They all want
to know these are dangerous waters for unguarded her to move.
I know, sir, but we had no choice. We must
take back Guen with our cargo. That's the needing, you know.
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I am Wanta saw that photo glass first and if
he was what in port Roma, he was lasting him
show thank you dashing What is that thing on the fat?
The whole time? Bason must be violent for us to
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hear his shriekeds way over here, Yes, sir, it's horrible.
You may be interesting to know, sir, they say the
dah He's meeting Bernadot a freedom next week for a
confidence somewhere in Russia. There's like a burn a part next.
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Something strange about allus? Something was not quite right. Was
he trying to distract me? For all that groaning and shouting?
That are maybe just one man? Of course, sounded more
like a chorus. And this captain I felt a sudden
stab of suspicion. He said all the right things, But
wasn't he a shade too glib? A little too professional?
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Still that you were telling the truth. It is a
big risk, of course, and yes, a man must make decisions.
Yet Bush send the boat for the boarding party over
to that ship, sir, with small box aboard. We have
hundreds of men crammed into close quarters here it would
sweep us like violent. Appreciate your concern for the man bush,
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but do you suppose I'd risk their lives without sufficient reason? No, sir,
of course not. I'm merely I know from your face.
Push still hoping I'll reconsider it, aren't you? Well? I'm sorry,
kept in the order stance. Come on, I want to
get another look at her from that part, sir. Go on,
man the wall with the boarding party. But I don't
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think Yeah that mate, she's got the yellow flag. We
in order to border road off mates by important No
take ship, not for the king himself. A good fight
with knives and cutlasses of one thing. But if we
all that, we will come back for the boxer. Sure
as send it, and if one gets it, we all
get it. And it ain't got pretty where they die.
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Captain wouldn't do this. It's the commandore. I let him
board the plague ship, So say I the pot is
worse than the yard arm Any day we're done for
which other? Here he comes back with his blooming trumpet?
Has it parts? Say? Oh, well, what is it? The men? Sir?
A boson tells me that are prayed. They don't want
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to board a ship with a yellow throw and command
of his vessel gets some bushes up to you to
mentalin discipline. I need not remind you that the Admiralty
we have a full report of this incident. Isida Boson.
Tell the men that there's one more minutes delay in
manning the boat. They will all be tried from Uphony
and Hans. They say they will father gallows of the calling.
What's differ I'll tell the way I'm going along with
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the boarding body myself. Tell the men that you, sir,
have it heart. We're sending a post to you. They're
telling them all as you, sir, I want you have
the more part. Will you then make this was exactly
what he should have said. Sick pang of duck shots
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from me. But it will been quite impossible to turn
back now my own orders.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
The cold is coming along.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
The cool door's gone with us. I'm with him for
one about you, Tom come on, make hol away gun.
You'll be ready to point a board in the moment.
Thank you. Connor. We'll just summon certain choke please, we're
taking along. Look, so how got the captain over there?
On the Maggie soon downs something and he's stamping about
like a crazy man to be shouting some kind of
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an order soon time. I've got all that rackets. So
it does seem strange, sir. But anyway, she's had a
good dunwo seventy four guns. She'll hardly try to run
for it. Oh I did hot or no pot on
the way, and take that for on it say all
too well, I'll thank you. I'm adore horn blur. But
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this navin, where is Captain God? We reched to surrenders here?
What's us do we resed you surrenders?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
We are helpless against your guns, and we did not
expect to meet the British Navy warrior, I speak for
the French crew for.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
The board to take the Maggie into port. So I
thought a pilot crew.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
This ship is a prize, yes, sir, a French prize
had taken two days ago.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
By what ship? Was she captured by? Watch ship? Answer men?
By the blanche Flurs. We are of the blanche flurs.
Food the blanche flurd you hear that? Come as well?
Hot sail. Finally, the Maggie is no play. Ships is
a great piece of luck that yellow flag was hoisted
to keep us from boarding her. A clever thick, I suppress,
and I think so myself. Yeah, take this man prisoner
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and round up the other's conners, Hya con and time
this Captain Park. I am most curious you were up
there where I'm with Captain Park. Big. He's only was
I said, he shot himself, Sir, The captain shot confronted connors.
If one of your men did that, I'll have his head.
I'll break him caught, mushal him, ruin him and have
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him begging bread in the gut, all big partner, sir.
But it wasn't any of us. He's done it himself, Sir.
He shot himself. The gun's still smoking in his hands.
He dead, And I say, he's still alive, and fetch
the surgeon. I me trick the surgeons with him there,
swer go over there. I come on, this looks pretty
there and once his condition said he's dying, Sir, can't
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class long? Want to do something for him? Not very much,
said I'm afeard. We're just for me being this cruiser
was sell the focall it was then making all that noise. Sir,
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Here comes the rail skip over Maggie, Captain Helpie. His
name is, sir, then Clars renegade. They're working for the friend,
Captain Helpie. I do thanks heaven you came, how we
yelled and hoping you get it almost blew our land.
Good work, captain, we had you'd have read that Clark
followed food. He was the devil's clever impostor. We heard
the shot and I to find out something more about him. God,
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God can I don't know, sir? He's sinking far? Why? Why?
Why should an Englishman betray his own country like this?
Did he choose? Was enforced? Never know? He's trying to
speak to Bonaparte, will rule the world long live? Apparently
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of that is my answer? Fine trait us quiet high?
I try indeed, how is he said? Losing consciousness? Sir?
But there's still a poulse. He may linger for a while.
That's not that's not. We must hang himself before he dies.
What did you say, gatl We can convene a court
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muscle time on the spottle have done with it. The
trot owner, he's committed high treason there. He should be
executed while he's incapable of defending himself. What defense could
he possibly offers her, You'll score the witnesses against him, myself,
the English crew to capture pilot. What more could you ask, commodore?
A fair trial, Captain, And that will be impossible under
the circumstances. He will strip through our fingers self. You
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delay let him treason is no life matter. S lords
of the ammiralty might very well agree with you willesday,
but I can't do it. I will not hang a
man who is already so near death. But the example
to the menta, we must always think of that if
discourage his desertion, that what sort of an example would
it be to hang a dying man. I can't hold
men's loyalty without that sort of thing. I'm not set
to command on. That's certain. Now my mind has made up. Captain,
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now here know more of it. As you say, commodore, captain,
let him die in peace. Peace. He deserves no peace,
I said, We'll leave him with the surgeon, Captain Elsbeth.
As we walked away from the dying man, it was
horrible to see the look on Ellisby's face, A man
still lusted for revenge against that helpless richard englishman. Elsbie
didn't know and probably would never learn that near revenge
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is always stale and unprofitable. However, this was no time
to compare moralities. Now tell me more about this pirate
ship Laplage, for she's our real target. She's a ship
rigged flush deck twenty guner what the French call her corpette.
She's a little reckoned. Yes, yes, I know. Where were
you when she attacked just off the island of Rugen,
on the Swedish co head of the Rugen Yes, that
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would make an effective base. She could lie and wait
there and then pounce on our trading ships as they
come down from Finland and Russia. The worst part of
it is her in order to get safely by the island,
you must pass through a narrow the two fathom. Yes,
I remember that show from the charts. So she hemmed
you in between the show and the land and exactly,
and we were at her mercy. But what could we
do against her twenty guns with all our escape catology? Did?
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What's your good? Captain? At any rate? Your shouts rescued
the Maggie, and the rest is up to us. The
glass flow must be punished before she finds more victims
in the portrait. He set the Maggie to rights again
and saw her home. Then we totroll the coast, hoping
for a glimpse of the blanche blur. It was almost
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constantly more broken by fitful intervals of chili sunshine. I
took what advantage I could have won such intoon. A
barth at sea is a fine thing under a splashing
pump on the washtack, where you can stand up straight
and finds around two if that's your fancy. Far cry
from being cramped up into one of those little infernal
sitting tubrun land but down, my faithful cocks. And you
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stood by with a big towel, with shivering and looking
fullowly miserables. The matter with your brand? You are positively blue.
Oh it's the water, sir, he tries, see, well you're not.
It is, I I know, sir, but right out of
a freezing baulty or I compliscate myself. It's as all
helpful for you. I suppose it is best tonic in
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the world, especially the blood suppers and whis you are
to die of? Oh you please? So I'm much rather though, really,
just to watch you, sir. Sorry to indust with her,
but get in, buts what is it you see? I'm
oh yeah, tell off this jet with you? Turn off
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this jet, I says, everybody death. Well I wanted it, mister,
Hand me a towel, Brown, Now come on the big one.
Oh sure, I'll get your rope chooser, this free set
right towld in here, yes, sir, Oh but but really
saying all right down man? What's I speak? Up there?
There's a sale being incited to do it? What why
the gist? And just say so? I'll come to the
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quarter Deckamedian. It might be the blast flirt your clothes.
You don't bother me, Brian, this is important. Give me
the glass, Captain Bush, Now where is she? She's gone?
We've lost time. I'm afraid to her. It's missing up
over there again she's disappeared into the pod and this
blasted foggy is coming our way to long Confound the weather.
Could you tell what her course was? Bush? North final
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east to half Norser. She may have seen us. I'm
not sure. We'll have to take a chance pursue her
on that course, Captain. Hi, eyes are now to wait
till this scurbly fog list. I'll stand watch with him.
Hi sa excuse me, sir, but there's a north wind.
We that is I mean to say, so, aren't you
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cold in that towel? Oh? Good, heavens, I've forgotten all
about it? Well are my clothes anyway? About? Why? Brian,
what do you mean by letting me charge off that
way without a stitch of clothes on this whole? Shepherd's
gone mad? Quite made. We followed our chase through the
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increasing thought of the other ships of the squadron, keeping
courses besty. Next day, about noon, the wind freshened and
the mist began to clear. She is nowhere in view.
This probably fights us and tacts her and afraid she's
got away. Hold your course, captain, hi iSER, Oh come,
don't look so greary a bush. This sea is not
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as white as the Atlantic. You know well, sir? Almost
three days without a sign, don't you suppose hear that bush?
Let me have the glass, hi Isa, Can you see
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what is there? Glasses setting now as good as they
were once? I can't see one confounded thing? Must head?
What's a position? Call it? What? Ah? This is? And
she's our chasel like a plush decked twenty Conner and
the French colors must be the blast flour set all
sail Captain at once. She's sighted us now, sir, no
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doubt about it. She's making off on the full scene.
If I'm not mistaken, she's heading straight for those narrows
off Rugen Island. Good. Why that's exactly where she tapped
the maggy. Isn't this? And why is the blast flow
allowing those our neutral Swedish waters bush? The glash flow
knows that we know that she's counting on our fear
of offending Sweden's neutrality. It's not unclever of her, and
I admit hardly trick. Look at her in there almost why,
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almost leering at us? What can we do? So we
can't go? You will keep the nun sut here this
side of the channel. We'll post the lotus at the
other end. Blansh flurs bottle herself up. We better make
the most of it, then you intend. I think I'll
go aboard one of the bomb ketches. Why not the moth.
She's got a good range, she's easy to maneuver, desides her.
Captain Duncan's just a youngster by the time he saw
some action. Don't you think you're going to sow bombs her,
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but Sweden. Our orders were to maintain Sweden's friendliness if possible,
If possible, I know, But who can have their cake
and eat it too? I only meant you told me yourself, sir.
Our greatest hope is to bring Sweden and the Russians
in is ally Bush, I wish should stop.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Sounding like the voice of my consciously, I wondered.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
No, it can't be helped. We can't hold off. Sweden
wants the best of both words to make both France
and England happy. But I know Bush, our first concern
must be the Blanche Flur and her finish. I hope
you're right. I hope I am right to Bush. I'd
better be.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
If I'm not the Admiralty, You'll have my hide. Keatain Duncan.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Just because your commodorees about the Martin Eaton Center, habits
man say react, put your hand to your pockets. It's
a muster and leebob fidgeting. Thank you, sir. How much
longer do you think we'll have to wait? I know
your ega for action, Duncan. We do have a little patience.
Your mortars are quite accurate as well.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Oh yes, yes, indeed, and I cut the fuses myself, solf.
If you'll excuse me.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Sir, I'll go far. We're in rains now, yes, I'll
go with you. She is riding at anchor over there,
feeling snug and smug and sound day duncan right, Well,
she's punched another pray besides a politic justice. Weather is
still the little stick eater.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
I'll cut the fuses one and eleven sixteenth.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
How do you figure out? I found during practice.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Maneuvers that the fuse burns at different speeds according to
the weather. This seems about right for today. We wouldn't
got the shelter burst in air quite so.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
This must be a surprise. Well, because we've when ready,
uncle hiisa.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Eleven hundred yards, we'll try a pounds and three quarters
of part of mister John.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Hier three cords novel in stock. Yes, sir, to the fuse,
let it catch one, two, three, four five. She called
them ready fire. Therefore you can see the shell rising,
Oh the masses. Oh it's not the shell burst in
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the air. My cueses are a deport not necessarily. Let's
try a little more potter.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
And we'll try two more pitches of potter this time,
mister John, Now three fire.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
I think we've hit her, So wait till the smoke pears.
Then we can yes square and hit on her bow.
And then are taking to the boats. And I'm a
shell into our part Dia and down to it. Men,
both mortars together, be right here. It wasn't long before
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the blanche blur layers smoke helpless wreck rating days were over.
I must say, though I find myself feeling a little
too and empty. This has been a brutal business. We
have destroyed a ship which had no chance of filing
back effectively. Oh of course it would read well in
my reports, and brother officers would tell each other, and
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the clubs of hornblowers knew his success. Then why this
feeling of inglorious dissatisfaction? But naturally I couldn't speak of
this to anyone, especially since that very night aboard my
flagship we celebrated. Now, gentlemen, I would like to give
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you all a toast to a young officer whose careful
attention to dutie and whose marked professional ability resulted in
the destruction of the enemy, Captain Nuncan of the Moss. Well,
are you going to reply, mister Duncan. It wasn't I
at all. It was the commodore who well floor, I
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mean nept In Duncan. If you wish to advance in
his majesties, maybe never try to upset commendation when it's due.
I suggest you might show off your vocal pilate is
to great an advantage by favoring us with one of
your songs. Oh yes, I've heard about them. Never fear,
come on, cry thank you, sir quill and let me
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see it. Come on. He was a pra He was
a pro.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
Love last with the sea, love last, se so tall
and fair, oh pollen, lovely last with the gold, and.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Well I expect each man there was thinking of someone
left behind at home and who I was? I thought
it by a ratio. Hornblower starring Michael Redgrave, is based
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on the novels by CS Fornister. Music composed and conducted
by Sydney Torts, produced by Harry Allen Collars
Corral hands, big supporters. I'm Africa can't buy this table
batter one broadside, isn't wort it? To please Captain bush
winches on pocket? Then stop pretty presenting Michael Redgrave as
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he has Forester's indomino Man of the Sea or ratio hornblower.
(01:46):
That is, they sent me to the Baltic Sea. What
happened there in the next few months would change the
history of the world for better. Lord of the World,
Napoleon will overrun the continent England alone, despite it her
very life. The Baltic was our lifeline of supply. French
privateers raiding our traders. There must be a white one
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of these. The Blanche Flur had already caused much damage,
and I was a result to track her down. She'd
been reported entering the Baltic only a day or so
ahead of us. Our squadron had seen no action since
we'd had to shoot our way in through the straits
a few days earlier. The officers and men at the
nun such for growing restless. But one morning there was
a sudden hail from the mast head. Come with all
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hall blow at a sail. Maybe the blanch fall. How
do you say it? That's French corvette. If it's the
Blanche Flur, we're in luck. I'll probably to give me
the glass, if you please, Captain Bush hi eyes old
and this sir scnfunded fog. Yeah, yes, I can just
make out her top frols. Is he a twenty gunner
a corvette? She's not far off. It's hard to tell
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her in this list, or whoever she is. She's coming
straight for us. Call all hands from then the guns please,
Captain hi eyes are all hands on deck, run out
of the guns and stand by excited. Yeah, she's tacking.
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Isisa on the four tact man. He's by northeast trying
to get away. Must be a Frenchman who set all sale.
Captain Bushy, please hi Aisa, set all sail, loose the
royals and also have course two points to starboard. Captain,
we'll intercept her hiaia two points to starboard. Up for
the stunsels, as I can see her better now she's
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now called it, but he has to be quite unarmed.
She's not our chase. I'm afraid, Captain bush And why
did she take the moment she's sighted us? Any ship
beating up for the sign would have to attack here.
I suppose you're right, sir. Don't beat down at it Bush.
She looks like a merchantman. It must have. Why do
you see that? Can you make out that tellers Hire
trying his poser? We'll soon find that out of course, Bush,
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and we'll intercept her anyway, I didn't see her. She's fine, Retty,
Oh she's a pretty jack. Excellent. Now at least we'll
get some news and information. Bad they needed to play
a course to passer within hay with it? Please, hi
isaa have a point boart of ourself. Get those tumsls
in against the Hurst. Hi her she's a merchant man,
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are right? I can see her cargo now this looks
like timber. If one can't be too careful in these waters.
Better ask her how the private code? Get it? Very good, sir,
mister Hurst singular to give the merchant ship private code
numeral is her. We will see what she replied. Here
comes her flags up themselves, a numeral five seven. That's
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the correct type. Last winter. She's loaded with cargo, so
we won't have been home to receive the new code.
Signal to heath to it it bees name Dave Took,
mister Hurst II her there's backing her main top. So wait,
what's that she's place books her? Yes, I see that's
the yet flag she's hoisting as the fever flag. Must
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have some kind of pestilence about her. Tom, Look what
she's hoisted there, the yellow flag? How it is? I'll
wager she's got the box aboard her. She said that
chip heaven hell, that must be her captain there on
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the poop deck. Give me the trumpet? Oh, what's it?
By day to Liverpool? Levee? Pay out from the port
of table? What's sad? Yellow flag? Hole? Four fox? Smallpox?
(05:46):
By the great answer, We are tastes sir today they
so weeks ago? What's your ho you're beating up for
the sound? What news from port? Are Sweden and Russia
skilling your cus? That's fucking cruel, sir? Do you think
(06:09):
Bonaparte is winning these Boltic countries? Round to his side
to tell her, you know, standing under license, but the
lection in bargos you hold and we.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Shall tatin.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Who are sir, Kevin God? Why are you standing with us? Convoys?
Did what do but the one avaiable? They all want
to know these are dangerous waters for unguarded her to move.
I know, sir, but we had no choice. We must
take back Guen with our cargo. That's the needing, you know.
(06:56):
I am Wanta saw that photo glass first and if
he was what in port Roma, he was lasting him
show thank you dashing What is that thing on the fat?
The whole time? Bason must be violent for us to
(07:19):
hear his shriekeds way over here, Yes, sir, it's horrible.
You may be interesting to know, sir, they say the
dah He's meeting Bernadot a freedom next week for a
confidence somewhere in Russia. There's like a burn a part next.
(07:40):
Something strange about allus? Something was not quite right. Was
he trying to distract me? For all that groaning and shouting?
That are maybe just one man? Of course, sounded more
like a chorus. And this captain I felt a sudden
stab of suspicion. He said all the right things, But
wasn't he a shade too glib? A little too professional?
(08:00):
Still that you were telling the truth. It is a
big risk, of course, and yes, a man must make decisions.
Yet Bush send the boat for the boarding party over
to that ship, sir, with small box aboard. We have
hundreds of men crammed into close quarters here it would
sweep us like violent. Appreciate your concern for the man bush,
(08:21):
but do you suppose I'd risk their lives without sufficient reason? No, sir,
of course not. I'm merely I know from your face.
Push still hoping I'll reconsider it, aren't you? Well? I'm sorry,
kept in the order stance. Come on, I want to
get another look at her from that part, sir. Go on,
man the wall with the boarding party. But I don't
(08:45):
think Yeah that mate, she's got the yellow flag. We
in order to border road off mates by important No
take ship, not for the king himself. A good fight
with knives and cutlasses of one thing. But if we
all that, we will come back for the boxer. Sure
as send it, and if one gets it, we all
get it. And it ain't got pretty where they die.
(09:06):
Captain wouldn't do this. It's the commandore. I let him
board the plague ship, So say I the pot is
worse than the yard arm Any day we're done for
which other? Here he comes back with his blooming trumpet?
Has it parts? Say? Oh, well, what is it? The men? Sir?
A boson tells me that are prayed. They don't want
(09:27):
to board a ship with a yellow throw and command
of his vessel gets some bushes up to you to
mentalin discipline. I need not remind you that the Admiralty
we have a full report of this incident. Isida Boson.
Tell the men that there's one more minutes delay in
manning the boat. They will all be tried from Uphony
and Hans. They say they will father gallows of the calling.
What's differ I'll tell the way I'm going along with
(09:48):
the boarding body myself. Tell the men that you, sir,
have it heart. We're sending a post to you. They're
telling them all as you, sir, I want you have
the more part. Will you then make this was exactly
what he should have said. Sick pang of duck shots
(10:09):
from me. But it will been quite impossible to turn
back now my own orders.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
The cold is coming along.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
The cool door's gone with us. I'm with him for
one about you, Tom come on, make hol away gun.
You'll be ready to point a board in the moment.
Thank you. Connor. We'll just summon certain choke please, we're
taking along. Look, so how got the captain over there?
On the Maggie soon downs something and he's stamping about
like a crazy man to be shouting some kind of
(10:39):
an order soon time. I've got all that rackets. So
it does seem strange, sir. But anyway, she's had a
good dunwo seventy four guns. She'll hardly try to run
for it. Oh I did hot or no pot on
the way, and take that for on it say all
too well, I'll thank you. I'm adore horn blur. But
(11:25):
this navin, where is Captain God? We reched to surrenders here?
What's us do we resed you surrenders?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
We are helpless against your guns, and we did not
expect to meet the British Navy warrior, I speak for
the French crew for.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
The board to take the Maggie into port. So I
thought a pilot crew.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
This ship is a prize, yes, sir, a French prize
had taken two days ago.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
By what ship? Was she captured by? Watch ship? Answer men?
By the blanche Flurs. We are of the blanche flurs.
Food the blanche flurd you hear that? Come as well?
Hot sail. Finally, the Maggie is no play. Ships is
a great piece of luck that yellow flag was hoisted
to keep us from boarding her. A clever thick, I suppress,
and I think so myself. Yeah, take this man prisoner
(12:06):
and round up the other's conners, Hya con and time
this Captain Park. I am most curious you were up
there where I'm with Captain Park. Big. He's only was
I said, he shot himself, Sir, The captain shot confronted connors.
If one of your men did that, I'll have his head.
I'll break him caught, mushal him, ruin him and have
(12:29):
him begging bread in the gut, all big partner, sir.
But it wasn't any of us. He's done it himself, Sir.
He shot himself. The gun's still smoking in his hands.
He dead, And I say, he's still alive, and fetch
the surgeon. I me trick the surgeons with him there,
swer go over there. I come on, this looks pretty
there and once his condition said he's dying, Sir, can't
(12:50):
class long? Want to do something for him? Not very much,
said I'm afeard. We're just for me being this cruiser
was sell the focall it was then making all that noise. Sir,
(13:12):
Here comes the rail skip over Maggie, Captain Helpie. His
name is, sir, then Clars renegade. They're working for the friend,
Captain Helpie. I do thanks heaven you came, how we
yelled and hoping you get it almost blew our land.
Good work, captain, we had you'd have read that Clark
followed food. He was the devil's clever impostor. We heard
the shot and I to find out something more about him. God,
(13:36):
God can I don't know, sir? He's sinking far? Why? Why?
Why should an Englishman betray his own country like this?
Did he choose? Was enforced? Never know? He's trying to
speak to Bonaparte, will rule the world long live? Apparently
(14:00):
of that is my answer? Fine trait us quiet high?
I try indeed, how is he said? Losing consciousness? Sir?
But there's still a poulse. He may linger for a while.
That's not that's not. We must hang himself before he dies.
What did you say, gatl We can convene a court
(14:21):
muscle time on the spottle have done with it. The
trot owner, he's committed high treason there. He should be
executed while he's incapable of defending himself. What defense could
he possibly offers her, You'll score the witnesses against him, myself,
the English crew to capture pilot. What more could you ask, commodore?
A fair trial, Captain, And that will be impossible under
the circumstances. He will strip through our fingers self. You
(14:43):
delay let him treason is no life matter. S lords
of the ammiralty might very well agree with you willesday,
but I can't do it. I will not hang a
man who is already so near death. But the example
to the menta, we must always think of that if
discourage his desertion, that what sort of an example would
it be to hang a dying man. I can't hold
men's loyalty without that sort of thing. I'm not set
to command on. That's certain. Now my mind has made up. Captain,
(15:05):
now here know more of it. As you say, commodore, captain,
let him die in peace. Peace. He deserves no peace,
I said, We'll leave him with the surgeon, Captain Elsbeth.
As we walked away from the dying man, it was
horrible to see the look on Ellisby's face, A man
still lusted for revenge against that helpless richard englishman. Elsbie
didn't know and probably would never learn that near revenge
(15:28):
is always stale and unprofitable. However, this was no time
to compare moralities. Now tell me more about this pirate
ship Laplage, for she's our real target. She's a ship
rigged flush deck twenty guner what the French call her corpette.
She's a little reckoned. Yes, yes, I know. Where were
you when she attacked just off the island of Rugen,
on the Swedish co head of the Rugen Yes, that
(15:49):
would make an effective base. She could lie and wait
there and then pounce on our trading ships as they
come down from Finland and Russia. The worst part of
it is her in order to get safely by the island,
you must pass through a narrow the two fathom. Yes,
I remember that show from the charts. So she hemmed
you in between the show and the land and exactly,
and we were at her mercy. But what could we
do against her twenty guns with all our escape catology? Did?
(16:10):
What's your good? Captain? At any rate? Your shouts rescued
the Maggie, and the rest is up to us. The
glass flow must be punished before she finds more victims
in the portrait. He set the Maggie to rights again
and saw her home. Then we totroll the coast, hoping
for a glimpse of the blanche blur. It was almost
(16:33):
constantly more broken by fitful intervals of chili sunshine. I
took what advantage I could have won such intoon. A
barth at sea is a fine thing under a splashing
pump on the washtack, where you can stand up straight
and finds around two if that's your fancy. Far cry
from being cramped up into one of those little infernal
sitting tubrun land but down, my faithful cocks. And you
(16:56):
stood by with a big towel, with shivering and looking
fullowly miserables. The matter with your brand? You are positively blue.
Oh it's the water, sir, he tries, see, well you're not.
It is, I I know, sir, but right out of
a freezing baulty or I compliscate myself. It's as all
helpful for you. I suppose it is best tonic in
(17:16):
the world, especially the blood suppers and whis you are
to die of? Oh you please? So I'm much rather though, really,
just to watch you, sir. Sorry to indust with her,
but get in, buts what is it you see? I'm
oh yeah, tell off this jet with you? Turn off
(17:36):
this jet, I says, everybody death. Well I wanted it, mister,
Hand me a towel, Brown, Now come on the big one.
Oh sure, I'll get your rope chooser, this free set
right towld in here, yes, sir, Oh but but really
saying all right down man? What's I speak? Up there?
There's a sale being incited to do it? What why
the gist? And just say so? I'll come to the
(17:57):
quarter Deckamedian. It might be the blast flirt your clothes.
You don't bother me, Brian, this is important. Give me
the glass, Captain Bush, Now where is she? She's gone?
We've lost time. I'm afraid to her. It's missing up
over there again she's disappeared into the pod and this
blasted foggy is coming our way to long Confound the weather.
Could you tell what her course was? Bush? North final
(18:19):
east to half Norser. She may have seen us. I'm
not sure. We'll have to take a chance pursue her
on that course, Captain. Hi, eyes are now to wait
till this scurbly fog list. I'll stand watch with him.
Hi sa excuse me, sir, but there's a north wind.
We that is I mean to say, so, aren't you
(18:43):
cold in that towel? Oh? Good, heavens, I've forgotten all
about it? Well are my clothes anyway? About? Why? Brian,
what do you mean by letting me charge off that
way without a stitch of clothes on this whole? Shepherd's
gone mad? Quite made. We followed our chase through the
(19:07):
increasing thought of the other ships of the squadron, keeping
courses besty. Next day, about noon, the wind freshened and
the mist began to clear. She is nowhere in view.
This probably fights us and tacts her and afraid she's
got away. Hold your course, captain, hi iSER, Oh come,
don't look so greary a bush. This sea is not
(19:27):
as white as the Atlantic. You know well, sir? Almost
three days without a sign, don't you suppose hear that bush?
Let me have the glass, hi Isa, Can you see
(19:49):
what is there? Glasses setting now as good as they
were once? I can't see one confounded thing? Must head?
What's a position? Call it? What? Ah? This is? And
she's our chasel like a plush decked twenty Conner and
the French colors must be the blast flour set all
sail Captain at once. She's sighted us now, sir, no
(20:14):
doubt about it. She's making off on the full scene.
If I'm not mistaken, she's heading straight for those narrows
off Rugen Island. Good. Why that's exactly where she tapped
the maggy. Isn't this? And why is the blast flow
allowing those our neutral Swedish waters bush? The glash flow
knows that we know that she's counting on our fear
of offending Sweden's neutrality. It's not unclever of her, and
I admit hardly trick. Look at her in there almost why,
(20:35):
almost leering at us? What can we do? So we
can't go? You will keep the nun sut here this
side of the channel. We'll post the lotus at the
other end. Blansh flurs bottle herself up. We better make
the most of it, then you intend. I think I'll
go aboard one of the bomb ketches. Why not the moth.
She's got a good range, she's easy to maneuver, desides her.
Captain Duncan's just a youngster by the time he saw
some action. Don't you think you're going to sow bombs her,
(20:59):
but Sweden. Our orders were to maintain Sweden's friendliness if possible,
If possible, I know, But who can have their cake
and eat it too? I only meant you told me yourself, sir.
Our greatest hope is to bring Sweden and the Russians
in is ally Bush, I wish should stop.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Sounding like the voice of my consciously, I wondered.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
No, it can't be helped. We can't hold off. Sweden
wants the best of both words to make both France
and England happy. But I know Bush, our first concern
must be the Blanche Flur and her finish. I hope
you're right. I hope I am right to Bush. I'd
better be.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
If I'm not the Admiralty, You'll have my hide. Keatain Duncan.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Just because your commodorees about the Martin Eaton Center, habits
man say react, put your hand to your pockets. It's
a muster and leebob fidgeting. Thank you, sir. How much
longer do you think we'll have to wait? I know
your ega for action, Duncan. We do have a little patience.
Your mortars are quite accurate as well.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Oh yes, yes, indeed, and I cut the fuses myself, solf.
If you'll excuse me.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Sir, I'll go far. We're in rains now, yes, I'll
go with you. She is riding at anchor over there,
feeling snug and smug and sound day duncan right, Well,
she's punched another pray besides a politic justice. Weather is
still the little stick eater.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
I'll cut the fuses one and eleven sixteenth.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
How do you figure out? I found during practice.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Maneuvers that the fuse burns at different speeds according to
the weather. This seems about right for today. We wouldn't
got the shelter burst in air quite so.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
This must be a surprise. Well, because we've when ready,
uncle hiisa.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Eleven hundred yards, we'll try a pounds and three quarters
of part of mister John.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Hier three cords novel in stock. Yes, sir, to the fuse,
let it catch one, two, three, four five. She called
them ready fire. Therefore you can see the shell rising,
Oh the masses. Oh it's not the shell burst in
(23:18):
the air. My cueses are a deport not necessarily. Let's
try a little more potter.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
And we'll try two more pitches of potter this time,
mister John, Now three fire.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
I think we've hit her, So wait till the smoke pears.
Then we can yes square and hit on her bow.
And then are taking to the boats. And I'm a
shell into our part Dia and down to it. Men,
both mortars together, be right here. It wasn't long before
(23:58):
the blanche blur layers smoke helpless wreck rating days were over.
I must say, though I find myself feeling a little
too and empty. This has been a brutal business. We
have destroyed a ship which had no chance of filing
back effectively. Oh of course it would read well in
my reports, and brother officers would tell each other, and
(24:18):
the clubs of hornblowers knew his success. Then why this
feeling of inglorious dissatisfaction? But naturally I couldn't speak of
this to anyone, especially since that very night aboard my
flagship we celebrated. Now, gentlemen, I would like to give
(24:39):
you all a toast to a young officer whose careful
attention to dutie and whose marked professional ability resulted in
the destruction of the enemy, Captain Nuncan of the Moss. Well,
are you going to reply, mister Duncan. It wasn't I
at all. It was the commodore who well floor, I
(25:00):
mean nept In Duncan. If you wish to advance in
his majesties, maybe never try to upset commendation when it's due.
I suggest you might show off your vocal pilate is
to great an advantage by favoring us with one of
your songs. Oh yes, I've heard about them. Never fear,
come on, cry thank you, sir quill and let me
(25:20):
see it. Come on. He was a pra He was
a pro.
Speaker 4 (25:32):
Love last with the sea, love last, se so tall
and fair, oh pollen, lovely last with the gold, and.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Well I expect each man there was thinking of someone
left behind at home and who I was? I thought
it by a ratio. Hornblower starring Michael Redgrave, is based
(26:34):
on the novels by CS Fornister. Music composed and conducted
by Sydney Torts, produced by Harry Allen Collars
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