Season 1 • Episode 11
LatestThe Judge delivers his findings in the British High Court in London, giving each man a salvage award. Hawkins, happily drunk, announces the birth of his and Maud’s daughter. After attempting to track Oswald Preston down to give him the ship’s ensign per the crew’s wishes, Dodds informs Hawkins that Preston has disappeared without a trace.
A raw young officer and a handful of desperate men. A thousand miles of enemy infested ocean: and a ship that would not die.
Acting
Brodie-Sangster sheds every trace of boyish charm
Production
Practical ship sets that reek of oil and salt
Direction
Mawson & Crosby squeeze dread from every creaking beam
Creators
John Mawson, Misha Crosby
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Arthur Hawkins
Nathalie Emmanuel
Maude Hawkins
Brian Cox
Robert Dodds
John Malkovich
Chief Engineer Pollard
Harry Hamlin
Able Seaman Mortimer
John Altman
Bosun Fletcher
Blair Redford
Deck Hand Preston
John Mawson
Captain Waite
Misha Crosby
3rd Engineer Willey
Juliet Aubrey
Joy Hawkins
Rupert Vansittart
Morris Hawkins
Paul Telfer
Able Seaman McNeill
Hugh Fraser
Justice Langton
Nicholas Hutchison
Mr Miller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series was shot on a decommissioned 1940s naval vessel in the Baltic Sea, with actors living aboard for the duration.
Mawson cited the 1942 PQ-17 Arctic convoy disaster as direct inspiration—history's most controversial naval order.
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