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Norman Eshley as Lieutenant Bob Last, navigating officer (series 1–2). Graeme Eton as Lieutenant Montgomery Charles "Monty" Wakelin, supply officer. John Lee as Lieutenant Commander Bill Kiley, weapons and electrics officer.
Robert Morris as Lieutenant Commander James Napier, GM (series 4). David Savile as Lieutenant Commander Derek "Porky" Beaumont (series 1–3). Derek Godfrey as Captain Edward Kelvin Holt (series 4). Bryan Marshall as Commander Alan Douglas Glenn, AFC (series 3). Donald Burton as Commander Mark Nialls, OBE (series 1–2). The main characters in most episodes were the captain and his first lieutenant. Only two officers, Kiley and Wakelin, remain with the ship for the whole series. BRIGS ON MODERN WARSHIPS SERIES
Over the course of the series HMS Hero's crew changes periodically.
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Episodes featured a variety of events at sea (the Cold War, smuggling, the evacuation of civilians from crisis-hit places, etc.), as well as the personal lives of officers and ratings and the impact their personal lives had on their professional lives and duties. The primary focus for most stories was on the Captain and his fellow officers, but the series also featured life on the lower decks to portray episodes heavily featuring ratings. The episodes were written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s.
3 Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy co-operation. It was also subtitled into Dutch and broadcast in the Netherlands as Alle hens aan dek (All hands on deck) and it enjoyed popularity in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Four series were produced with 45 episodes made in total. The series was set contemporaneously and depicted life on board the fictitious Royal Navy frigate HMS Hero. Warship is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and broadcast between 19. JSTOR ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įnglish in Warship, Dutch in Alle hens aan dek. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Warship" 1973 TV series – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.