that yard again,
-we'll need to use the jeers, Sir.
-Yes?
Well sir, we'll need more hands than
we have
to use the jeers, sir.
Can I put some of those
Frenchies to work?
That was my intention, of course
if any of them
- are sober enough.
-I think we can get them to work,sir.
drunk or sober.
Oh boy, what do I do now?
Dammed.
-Matthews!
-Aye, aye, sir.
We'll square away.Then return the
prisoners to the foc'scle.
Aye, aye, sir.
Square away!
Return the prisoners to the foc'scle.
-Matthews, take the wheel.
-Aye, aye, sir.
-What course, sir?
-Norwest by west a quarter west.
Norwest by west a quarter
west, it is sir.
Not into the hull, darn it!
Cripple her!
By God! She's holed!
She's holed all right.
About 2 feet below the waterline.
Thank-you, Styles.
She was close hauled and heeling
right over when we hit her.
Her bows must have lifted just
as the Indy fired.
And of course, she's lower in
the water now, sir.
At least, on this tack, the hole
is not so deep under, sir.
On this tack, we're headed
for France.
We must further a sail and get it
over that hole.
Use an old t'gallant.
Get the Frenchmen to help.
She is riding a bit heavily, now.
She's taking a little water, yes.
A foul wind for England, monsieur.
-Winds may change, monsieur.
-So they say.
Sir, she's riding a bit heavily now.
-Yes, thank-you, Matthews.
-I just said so to your captain.
Well, so much then for your easy
2-days run to England.
-Sir!
-What is it?
The deck seam is opening up!
-I've never seen anything like it,sir.
-It's the rice.
The cargo, Matthews.
We're carrying rice.
The water has got into
it and it's swelling.
The sooner we get a sail over
that hole the better.
Hurry these darn Frenchmen up!
Come on mesdemoiselles.
We're not sewing petticoats!
I told you I thought
she was riding heavily.
Go to the devil.
Another few feet.
There!
All right, sir.
Right, lay her back on the
larboard tack.
This is folly, monsieur.
On this tack, we could easily
make Bordeaux.
You're risking all our lives.
Look! The rats!
I don't think our problem
is the hole, sir.
The rice must have forced her seams
open under the water.
We must jettison the cargo.
Get the sails in and rig a tackle
from that yard.
We'll sway it up.
Madness, this is madness.
We must have moved about 50 tons.
My men are exhausted.
She's lower in the water, sir.
Settling fast.
Another hour we'll be swimming.
It's no go, sir. Sorry.
I shall make preparations for
abandoning the ship.
-Sir?
-You heard me.
Get water and bread into the
ship's boat
and get everyone aboard.
-We shall abandon the ship, Monsieur.
-Enfin!
-Ready to shove off, sir.
-Very good. I'll be up presently.
Beggin' your pardon, sir,
but you should see as you have
some warm clothes, sir.
I've been in an open boat
10 days once, sir.
-It can get darn cold.
-Yes, thank-you, Matthews.
-Is everyone off?
-All save yourself, sir.
Come aboard sir, she's done for.
Matthews, take the tiller.
Get off!
Bear off!
She is going down, sir.
-Breakfast, sir.
-Thank-you, Matthews.
The wind's backing a
little westerly today, sir.
That's so.
There's a chance we might find
the Indefatigable again.
This is her hunting ground, afterall.
-We'll make sail.
-Very good, sir.
Finch, take the sheet.
Styles, take the tiller.
Keep her close hauled on
the larboard tack.
Close haul on the larboard tack, sir.
The wind is still fair for Bordeaux.
We could be there by tomorrow.
-Why do we sail northwest?
-We go to England.
But,this is going to take us a week,
even if the wind is still fair.
The boat is too crowded.
Should there be a storm,
you are risking all our lives.
I insist
that you head towards Bordeaux.
Matthews, take this.
Beggin your pardon,sir,but hadn't
you better cock your pistol?
Monsieur, I was in a stinking
English prison for 5 years,
so let's make an agreement.
Let's go to France.
No.
When we reach shore, anywhere
you