The Battle of the River Plate

540 00:44:46,854 --> 00:44:49,394 - <i>From the northwest?</i> - Yes, sir. 541 00:44:49,474 --> 00:44:52,251 - <i>Tell Exeter to investigate.</i> - Aye-aye, sir. 542 00:44:52,333 --> 00:44:53,754 - Chief Yeoman. - <i>Sir? 543 00:44:53,841 --> 00:44:56,341 Make to Exeter, "Investigate smoke. Red 100." 544 00:44:56,431 --> 00:44:57,626 Aye-aye, sir. 545 00:45:13,493 --> 00:45:15,114 - Alter course to north. - Chief. 546 00:45:16,865 --> 00:45:19,103 Another signal from flagship, sir. 547 00:45:19,197 --> 00:45:24,349 "Have you dispatched list of spares? If smoke ours, put list aboard for base." 548 00:45:24,443 --> 00:45:25,640 Very good. 549 00:45:25,734 --> 00:45:29,263 That list of spares again, eh? That's going to annoy the old man. 550 00:46:12,782 --> 00:46:14,191 Mr Lewin, sir. 551 00:46:14,281 --> 00:46:16,317 Can you see those upper works? 552 00:46:16,404 --> 00:46:18,311 Looks like a pocket battleship. 553 00:46:18,403 --> 00:46:20,609 Oh, don't be so ruddy ridiculous. 554 00:46:21,001 --> 00:46:24,365 That's the third pocket battleship you've seen since Sunday. 555 00:46:24,898 --> 00:46:27,894 Go on. It's a pocket battleship. 556 00:46:27,980 --> 00:46:31,058 - Captain, sir, will you come on deck? - <i>Very good. 557 00:46:38,430 --> 00:46:40,254 I can see control tower. 558 00:46:40,346 --> 00:46:41,836 I'm sure I can. 559 00:46:41,927 --> 00:46:44,674 - I've been on big ships. - So you're always saying. 560 00:46:47,766 --> 00:46:49,201 Penny-Feather, can you make her out? 561 00:46:49,389 --> 00:46:51,627 - A lot of haze, sir. - Clear as day, sir. 562 00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:54,586 - Get up top. See what you can see from there. - Aye-aye, sir. 563 00:47:04,244 --> 00:47:05,521 <i>Exeter signalling, sir. 564 00:47:13,271 --> 00:47:15,507 Flag five. "Enemy in sight." 565 00:47:15,601 --> 00:47:16,713 Warn the aircraft crew. 566 00:47:16,807 --> 00:47:20,173 It is! A pocket battleship. 567 00:47:31,949 --> 00:47:36,481 - That's new. I've never heard that before. - They've bought something this time. 568 00:47:36,567 --> 00:47:37,954 Sound the alarm. 569 00:47:39,510 --> 00:47:42,906 - Warn the engine room. Connect all boilers. - <i>Connect all boilers. 570 00:47:44,219 --> 00:47:47,782 - Both engines, full speed ahead. - <i>Both telegraphs, full speed ahead. 571 00:47:49,176 --> 00:47:49,932 <i>Captain, sir. 572 00:47:50,020 --> 00:47:52,448 I think the Scheer is on our port beam. 573 00:47:52,542 --> 00:47:55,603 Very good. Sound off action stations. Sound the alarm. 574 00:47:57,756 --> 00:48:00,626 Bugler! Sound off action, followed by the double. 575 00:48:18,402 --> 00:48:20,728 - Hoist battle ensigns. - Aye-aye, sir. 576 00:48:20,821 --> 00:48:22,979 - 28 knots. - <i>240 revolutions. 577 00:48:23,073 --> 00:48:25,113 - Port 20. - <i>Port 20. 578 00:48:34,753 --> 00:48:36,994 Alter course 40 degrees towards her. 579 00:48:37,888 --> 00:48:38,782 <i>Port 20. 580 00:48:38,773 --> 00:48:40,814 - Speed 28 knots. - <i>George two eight. 581 00:48:40,909 --> 00:48:42,533 <i>210 revolutions. 582 00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:43,999 <i>Flag deck. 583 00:48:44,095 --> 00:48:45,419 <i>Hoist battle ensigns. 584 00:48:45,606 --> 00:48:48,390 Make to Admiralty from Commodore, South Atlantic, 585 00:48:49,275 --> 00:48:52,059 "I am engaging pocket battleship." 586 00:48:52,145 --> 00:48:54,932 - Give them our reference position. - <i>Snotty, position? 587 00:48:55,023 --> 00:48:56,766 Unship that damned thing. 588 00:49:00,028 --> 00:49:02,400 - <i>Full speed, Signal Officer.</i> - Execute. 589 00:49:24,761 --> 00:49:26,735 Guns, open fire as soon as you're ready. 590 00:49:26,819 --> 00:49:30,607 - Pass the word to all parts of the ship. We're engaging a pocket battleship. - <i>Right, sir. 591 00:49:30,694 --> 00:49:34,114 - Well, Commander, there she is. - I'll go round all quarters and ginger them up. 592 00:49:34,205 --> 00:49:36,823 By George! Look at Exeter's battle flags. 593 00:49:44,512 --> 00:49:47,086 - <i>Steady.</i> - She's dressing ship. 594 00:49:54,791 --> 00:49:58,819 - <i>They're manning the 5.9s.</i> - They're bringing up shells on the hoists. 595 00:49:58,918 --> 00:50:03,131 - They don't look so cocky now. - <i>She's up against something her own size. 596 00:50:03,219 --> 00:50:07,691 I hope it's one of our big chaps. It'll blow this tin can right out of the water. 597 00:50:08,180 --> 00:50:10,304 - <i>Aye, and us with it.</i> - Yeah. 598 00:50:10,396 --> 00:50:12,299 Yeah, I keep forgetting that. 599 00:50:17,338 --> 00:50:20,674 - <i>Abandon ship!</i> - <i>Keep calm. We haven't been hit. 600 00:50:20,770 --> 00:50:24,957 - <i>That was the first of the mid's salvo.</i> - We'd better get down on the deck. 601 00:50:25,045 --> 00:50:28,467 - Steer as near as you company the enemy,