The Cruel Sea Ch4 now!

[tr7v8]

Excellent film, started a few minutes ago.

[AshVX220]

Excellent trainingg video!!

"SNORKERS"

"'ands ter stairtions fer leavin' 'arbour"

I remember it well, the movie, not those sayings, I had Babies heads instead. LOL

[RESSE]

tr7v8 said:

Excellent film, started a few minutes ago.

100% correct - a great film!

Tallow: If anyone else makes a noise, I'll have his guts for a necktie.



Lockhart: [after a battle] Are you all right?
Ericson: No, I don't mind telling you I'm not!



Ericson: If you were in it, you knew all about it. You knew how to keep watch on filthy nights, and how to go without sleep; how to bury the dead, and how to die without wasting anyone's time.

Edited by RESSE on Thursday 5th January 15:08

[Balmoral Green]

RESSE said:

and how to die without wasting anyone's time.

[anonymous-user]

AshVX220 said:

Excellent trainingg video!!

Training video?
After the time I've spent on board I thought it was a documentary.

[Derek Smith]

My uncles were almost all in the merchant or royal navies. I 'lost' around a dozen, although obviously I never had them in the first place.

I went to see The Cruel Sea at local cinemas whenever it came out, often around Remembrance Sunday, taken there by one of a number or aunts. At times we would be let in free given my family's history. My aunts would often cry when it came to the bit of the sailors in the sea after being torpedoed.

One of the best anti-war films.

[Simpo Two]

'In Which We Serve' is another one to consider, and actually made in wartime.

[DeadMeat_UK]

Recorded this and can't wait to watch it. I read the book a year or so ago and it was just stunning (I believe the author actually did a similar job). Get hold of it and read it if you can.