Convoy Page #5

That's all right, me lad,

let it be a lesson to you.

Touch hands and part with laughter.

Touch lips and part with tears.

In other words, lay off the girls.

Oh, no,

no entanglements for me.

I'm gonna get properly married.

Yes, I want a word with you about that.

- (Knock on door)

- Time for our little trot round.

I'm sure we'll have that chat later.

- So long.

- I'm with you, soldier.

That's all right, Mrs Armitage, but be

careful with it for a week or two.

- Thank you, doctor.

- I understand Bates is waiting for you.

Bates!

Lt'll be nice to see him again.

Ow!

Now, now, Captain, behave yourself.

I'll see you in the launch.

I'm afraid she won't, Captain.

What d'you mean,

I've got to get back to my ship?

I know you don't give a damn

for the navy,

but you've got to obey me,

I'm a doctor as well.

I feel all right.

I've got to find out

if that's a fracture or not.

- You'll have to stay aboard for a bit.

- Hey!

- How's the family, Bates?

- Fine, ma'am.

- I'm a grandfather now.

- Congratulations.

- The captain's promised to be godfather.

- Good.

How are you, Tom?

Hello, Lucy.

(Laughs)

I've been worried about you

ever since this awful war started.

Has Bates been looking after you

properly?

Of course he has, confound him.

Always pestering me with cups of cocoa.

- (Laughs)

- Well, how about you?

I've had the most incredible adventures.

I'm a heroine now.

You must've had a bit of shock when

you found out I was in the Seaflower.

I had.

Unfortunately, I wasn't the only one.

Oh?

David Cranford's in the ship.

David.

- Must've been awkward for you.

- It was.

I think he treated you very badly,

my dear.

What do you mean, Tom?

Well... the way he let you down.

Oh, no, you've got it all wrong!

David didn't leave me!

Oh!

What are you talking about?

Well, I...

It just didn't work out,

and I knew it wouldn't break

our David's heart.

I don't understand you people!

You run away together, make me look

a darn fool, create a helluva scandal,

then say the whole thing was a mistake.

You don't care for him,

he doesn't care about you,

but when you're in trouble,

he tries to send half the fleet

to get you out of it!

All he does is get himself

court-martialled! Blast!

Did David do that for me?

Look, Tom, you'll have to get him

out of this.

I can do nothing about it.

It's out of my hands.

All the same,

I know you'll do your best for him.

You know, it's funny, you and David

are very alike in some ways.

I'm hanged if I can see that!

Like most sailors, you're both

incurably sentimental about women.

Well, maybe you're right.

It's queer, Lucy,

how I've missed you.

Everything seems pointless

since you went away.

- You're happy enough in this ship.

- Oh, I'm all right when I'm at sea,

but when I go ashore, Lucy,

I don't know, sitting about in clubs,

buying evening newspapers, having

Turkish baths when I don't want them,

I get bored stiff.

If you were there again,

everything would be different.

Oh, but my dear, it wouldn't.

You've always been like that ashore -

grumpy,

grumbling at everyone else's

inefficiency, at a permanent loose end,

just waiting for the moment

when you can get back to your ship.

But that's my job!

No, Tom,

it's your whole existence.

Fond as I am of you,

there's no place for me in it.

I don't agree with you,

but you always did know your own mind.

Let's forget about it, shall we?

Well, what sort of a cabin

are you going to give me?

I hope it's more comfortable

than this one.

Oh, no, Mrs Armitage,

you're not staying in my ship.

You can't put me back in the Seaflower,

she's leaking like a sieve.

I've had all the Seaflower passengers

transferred to one of the convoy ships.

The Seaflower party are ready to leave.

Thank you, Howard.

Well, goodbye, my dear,

I hope you'll be comfortable.

I'm sure I shall.

- I feel safe now.

- Good.

Let's meet in town

for a drink sometime.

That's a grand idea.

Would you relax your attention

for a minute?

All right, old man, but don't be long.

Hello, David.

Well, Lucy, fancy meeting you

on my morning stroll.

Is this going to be serious for you?

Oh,

I expect they'll have me in the ARP.

Tom told me what you did.

I'm... very grateful.

Another of my gestures, Lucy.

Dashing, but ineffective.

You always were a lunatic.

Yes.

(Both) Well, eh...

There's a party waiting for you.

Goodbye, my dear.

Goodbye, David.

Good luck.

Time's up, Cranford.

Yes.

(Radio) 'Here is our news in English.

'A successful attack has just been

launched by our gallant U-boats,

'against a British North Sea convoy.

'Lt is firmly established that many

vessels were sunk and damaged,

'the convoy itself dispersed

and thrown into confusion,

'while the surviving warships

are still being actively hunted,

'by our indomitable U-boats.

'An eyewitness account,

'referring to the sinking

of the armed liner the Seaflower,

'reports that she was carrying

a cargo of poison gas,

'dispatched from Poland to England

by that fanatical warmonger,

'First Lord of the Admiralty,

W Churchill esquire.'

Sunk my ship - the ruddy liar!

'Finally, it is believed

the flagship Apollo herself,

'has been torpedoed and sunk

with the loss of all hands.

'A further report... '

Blimey, boys, we're all dead

and we don't know it!

(All laugh)

So, that's where poor sailors go to

when they die, eh?

Back to the ruddy mess decks.

This fellow's a regular Ananias, he's

worse than that, he's a perishing liar!

We don't take any notice of him.

Poison gas?

I once had a cargo of fertiliser -

I'll admit, that whiffed a bit.

- (All laugh)

- (Bosun's whistle)

B and Y turrets close up.

B and Y turrets close up.

B and Y turrets close up.

- (Whistle)

- What's up this time, bosun's mate?

Don't know, but the old man

must be expecting a bit of trouble.

Skipper, the Captain would like

to talk to you in his sea cabin.

- Me? Oh, all right.

- Yeah.

Anything serious, sir?

Just had a signal from the Admiralty,

things are looking up.

They say that a pocket battleship has

slipped through the cordon on a raid.

- After us?

- Yes.

We might have some fun then.

I don't think they want us to.

They're making dispositions now.

They're sending out operation orders.

'Admiralty operations to battle squadron,

Admiralty operations to battle squadron,

'alter course and take up positions

covering flank of North Sea convoy.

'Alter course and take up positions

covering flank of North Sea convoy.

'Admiralty operations to battle squadron.

'Admiralty operations

to aircraft carrier Aquilla,

'admiralty operations

to aircraft carrier Aquilla,

'locate enemy battleship attempting raid

on North Sea convoy,

'locate enemy battleship attempting raid

on North Sea convoy.

'Admiralty operations

to aircraft carrier, Aquilla.

'Admiralty operations

to aircraft carrier, Aquilla.

'Admiralty operations

to minesweeper flotilla, Position X.

'Admiralty operations

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