Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ships (Pt. 11)

In the dark days of the Napoleonic War, Horatio Hornblower and the crew of the Indefatigable are put on half rations. But Hornblower is distracted from his hunger by the prospect of a commission, for Captain Pellew has nominated the young sailor for the lieutenants exams.

The Indefatigable soon sails to the African Coast to buy provisions. While ashore, Hornblower and his men are exposed to the Black Plague. Hornblower proposes that they serve their three-week quarantine by sailing another ship back to Gibraltar to rendezvous with the fleet. The mission proves that the real test of a sailors worth comes at sea, not in the examination hall.

Starring Ioan Gruffud as Hornblower. Based on the novels by C.S. Forester. All rights reserved to A&E--I own nothing. Description taken from the back of the DVDs.

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[mabhekaphansi]

Again, thank you so much for these; I have tried for a long time to see the series, but they are not available here in South Africa.

[Bramblefox]

You're quite welcome. Have you tried ordering them via Amazon? Or is it too expensive to have them imported? (I'm not sure...)

[LordWellington15]

Ohh great credits.

Well thanks for posting, great series.

[Bramblefox]

No problem! Thank you for watching! :D

[funnyasfuc]

Yes thank you bramblefox!

[Proverbs29]

Salutations to Bramblefox for these fine videos !

[Tomstaman]

Well thank you very much for posting. very difficult to find the series on the internet and i dont usually like wating shows on youtube (beacuase of the 'parts') however, these episodes are very well done and good quality, consider this a THUMS UP :D

[714AD]

He's not exactly "old" @ 37 or 38 years of age & I bet he still looks very youthful because i sensed he was someone who took good care of himself & he was nearly 30 when they made the last episode or movie. He could come back & simply continue his role as Horatio Hornblower & let the excellence continue. It was a great idea and he was the perfect choice for a role that seemed to be made for only him. He was great. I watched some of them the 1st time around in the late 90's & really liked it.

[Songsmirth]

@MartinRVUK "Taken by the King's Shilling?" They really were only given a shilling (one 21st of a pound, right?) for joining? In Sharpes I thought it was 31 shillings to joing. Ignorant here. :) Thanks Martin. Like today, true psyco people are rare. Simpson was a sadist and like you said. Like a serial killer. Most are very intelligent. There are 30 to 32 working in the US at any given time. But out of 320,000,000 people in the US, extreme broken characters isn't that surprising. Mad dogs.

[Songsmirth]

@714AD Oh shoot! I thought it was the BBC. Maybe you know Ioan is trying to get them to continue the series with him as an older officer?How many of us wouldn't back that? How could these producers loose? I don't have a tv but I would guess it was big when it came out. I don't understand why they didn't continue it but there's probably Hollywood politics involved. And $. Doesn't it always come down to $? I hope they do something soon as Ioan and the other actors are getting older. Do U agree?

[Songsmirth]

We can appreciate the forward actors but what of the people who organized all of this. What amazing and intelligent people. Kudos to them and thanks. . .

[714AD]

Flat out excellent! A&E should show it again.

[Albukhshi]

@MajBlood

well, he didn't fail it outright; so there was still a chance he may get promoted (you'll find out in episode 3, it's on YT under the account of funnyflyingdutchgirl). he had a minute left before failing, and was saved by the guns.

the latter part? they're two dumb shits- it's not Hornblower's fault. either way, one idiot will have his bad genes removed from the gene-pool.

one should always look on the bright side :P