"England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship, is England. So it's every hand to his rope or gun, quick's the word and sharp's the action. After all... surprise is on our side."
From the look of it Acheron wasn’t at general quarters so a lot of the crew inside the ship probably had no idea what was happening a couple crew managed to man the guns but it didn’t look like they were prepared at all. So imagine being inside hearing a sudden commotion and then all the sudden the walls start exploding.
I believe neither discharge was technically a "broadside," which is a simultaneous all guns one-side firing. The port side volley as the Acheron rolled past was sequential, targeting the mainmast. Once behind, Capt. Jack performs the most lethal maneuver in naval warfare: crossing the T. By turning to port he exposed the Acheron's defenseless stern to Surprise's starboard battery, with no guns pointing back. "Fire as she bears" ordered the gunners to individually fire into the stern as it came across each gun's field of fire. The cannonballs would then rip lengthwise through the Acheron, gutting it.
Goosebumps and a big smile on me face everytime I see this, the yells of "let fly" followed by all the redcoated marines coming out of the woodwork, the gun crews roaring. What a time to have lived through.
Hollywood needs to do more naval warfare films, it gets seriously vicious on the high seas since you have nowhere to go once you engage. This also needed a sequel.
+TacTundra I know a studio has the right to a Nelson film based on Sugdens biography , don't know if anything will come of it but it's a possibility at least .
+MrKajithecat List of naval films that need to be remade: -The Final Countdown -Sink the Bismarck! -The Enemy Below List of naval films that NEED to be made: -Battle of Tsushima -Battle of Samar -Battle of Jutland -Battle of Hampton Roads -Convoy PQ-17 -Battle of Trafalgar -Battle of Savo sound
Nathan Peterson I'm surprised the Japanese haven't made a film of Tsushima given it's importance . I would suggest adding the Battle of Lepanto to your list such a compelling backdrop and ferocious battle would make a good film .
I love the use of smoke in this scene. In real naval battles of the time, the smoke could become so thick that you couldn't see in all directions. Sometimes movies will have cannons firing and then the air is perfectly clear somehow.
I can just imagine the French crew's "Oh shit" reaction when the British naval ensign went up and the cannons started coming out. That was when the French knew they'd done fucked up.
@@thebighurt2495 Doesn't really matter what she was doing she's a heavier built ship with bigger guns unless the crew and captain are incompetent (which they weren't) that's going to matter far more than their official legal status.
@@purplefood1 I meant that, as a Privateer, she was essentially just a legal pirate ship and thus, not up to military standards on things like gunnery, sailing or discipline. A chunk of that crew was probably drunk. Had that ship been actual French Navy, the situation would be a lot grimmer.
@@thebighurt2495 what is interesting is how the English and the French actually fought. The English usually aimed to sink their opponent, aiming on the downroll to put as many cannonballs into the lower hull as possible. The French mostly went for the rigging to demast. The exact opposite of what we saw in this battle. If I really wanted a tall ship movie, I would love something based on some of Robert Surcouf's excursions as a Privateer. There is a reason the English feared him.
Not only was it a brilliant scene, but Jack did disguise the HMS Surprise to be a whaling vessel so as the Acheron approached most of men manning the guns where off duty so to speak because they sensed no threat to be prepared given by the French captains orders and this brilliant scene captured that counter attack so well.
The fact that this film had such a clever open ending that left everyone expecting a sequel just makes the lack of one all the more saddening. Ridley Scott keeps going on about resurrecting Russel Crowe for Gladiator 2 in a movie no one wants to see, yet no major producers ever seem to give this one any attention at all. Hell, it'd make so much more sense than another Gladiator since Crowe's character was still alive.
George Hamilton It’s been confirmed that there’s going to be a gladiator sequel, but it’s going to have the emperors nephew all grown up as the main character.
It's why you never sequel bait. Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean didn't sequel bait their first movie, yet ended up making FOUR sequels. Sequel baiting only serves to ruin what could have otherwise been a masterpiece. It's why a film makers should NEVER sequel bait, even if they are planning additional sequels.
Those full-view scenes of ships shooting at each other are majestic. Not only did they fight each other, they had to survive the open sea as well. Took a special kind of man to do all that.
Really shows the intensity of ship-to-ship actions in that era, they were essentially floating forts guarded by redcoat troops (or in our case, bluecoat troops). Even at sea soldiers fought. Absolutely fascinating.
drumdust would love a modern remake of hornblower. Though I have to say from reading the books I never quite clicked with the man himself, didn’t like him. They made him much more likeable in the show.
I don't know of any other film that so graphically displays the lethal brutality of naval warfare as it was in the age of wooden hull sailing ships. The limited range and impact of cannon at that time made it crucial to attack at very close quarters to inflict decisive damage and it was sometimes necessary to board an enemy ship to finish the job in hand-to-hand combat. When the mainmast of the Acheron collapsed Captain Aubrey and the men of the HMS Surprise knew the enemy ship was now dead in the water and was theirs for the taking.
Not much of an audience in the USA for a film about the Royal Navy at the dawn of the 19th century. Not much of an audience in the USA for any historical film that doesn't feature Americans...
Pirates of the Caribbean is charming in its own right, I think it’s too corny sometimes but I think those films should be appreciated for what they are. This movie is a lot more technical and takes place in an entirely different time period
I lamented the same thing back in the mid 1990s when I went into Blockbuster to find their new releases. They had 3 copies of "Richard III" with Ian Mackellan and 33 copies of "Dumb and Dumber".
Love the shot at 1:44, Giant hunter being in shock and immobilized by a small prey that turned the table in a swift second and now wrecking havoc against the thick wooden hull of which her occupants thought that it could protect them.
This is an awesome scene, it reminds me of the battle of the HSK 9 Kormoran against the HMAS Sydney in World War 2. I'd like to see a scene like this but of that battle. Captain Detmers was definitely a worthy successor to Lucky Jack.
The captain of the Sydney approached too close, then Sydney unaccountably failed to return fire quickly enough when engaged by the Kormoran. The advantage of Sydney's superior armament and armour was thus avoidably negated by a poor tactical decision and a staggering lack of preparedness for battle
Killing the enemy up close and personal, nowhere safe to hide. Respect to the sailors of old- they must have been terrified but determined to do their duty.
Many of the non-officer crew were prisoners. If not slaves, then barely a level above indentured servitude. This movie itself made this a huge sticking point with the tension between the role of brutal authority and men's liberties.
@@blusafe1they weren’t slaves, they were normal British citizens that never did anything wrong that were forced into the navy to serve in the lowliest of positions onboard a floating mental asylum against their will for an indefinite amount of time…oh wait
True, the actors are definitely French in this, and actually looked like French, that's part of the reason which is so great about this film, all the little details that make it realistic.
The one armed 12 year old kid thats a British Lord that Russell Crowe made captain/commander of the ship is not a kid in My book , whe's a 12 year old man!!!! The actor should have gotten a Oscar he played his role good in every scene & Made me think of him as a actual grown man rather than a boy the entire film not just that final battle scene when he leads them into battle!!! I hope i have a son some Day & he's that tough & fearless & kind & humble & curtious & couragous !!!!!
+supernovalogic You do plenty...and especially to the Americans. 13 Aug 1812 capture of the Alert 19 Aug 1812 capture of the Guerriere 18 Oct 1812 capture of the Frolic 25 Oct 1812 capture of the Macedonian 29 Dec 1812 capture of the Java 24 Feb 1813 sinking of the Peacock 5 Aug 1813 capture of the Dominica 5 Sept 1813 capture of the Boxer 28 Apr 1814 capture of the Epervier 28 Jun 1814 sinking of the Reindeer 1 Sept 1814 sinking of the Avon 20 Feb 1815 capture of the Levant 20 Feb 1815 capture of the Cyane 23 Mar 1815 capture of the Penguin 11 Dec 1812 capture of the Rachel 25 Mar 1813 privateer Nereyda captured 28 Mar 1813 whaler Barclay 29-Apr - 15 Sep 1813 armed whaler Montezuma Georgiana captured Policy captured Atlantic captured armed whaler Greenwich captured Catherine captured whaler Rose whaler Hector armed privateer Seringapatam Charlton New Zealander whaler Sir Andrew Hammond Lake vessels captured from the British: HMS Detroit HMS Queen Charlotte HMS Hunter HMS Lady Prevost HMS Little Belt - six smaller vessels also taken after the Battle of Lake Erie HMS Chubb HMS Linnet HMS Confiance HMS Finch - 12 additional gun boats taken at Battle of Lake Champlain HMS Caledonia HMS Hamilton HMS Broke HMS Pictou HMS Ballahou packet Swallow HMS Landrail HMS Hamilton recapture of the Wasp Defeat of the 44 gun frigate HMS Ulysses HMS Whiting HMS Lord Nelson
Even after that surprise broadside and the brutal raking the French could still have turned it around and won. They had the greater numbers. Jack knew he had to board and overwhelm them quickly and you really feel that urgency
In real life if a captain managed to achieve such a magnificent success on the first two broadsides, knocking down the enemy ship's mainmast AND rudder, there would be no need to board right away at all. He could just stood off the now stationary boat's stern and continue to pour in extremely destructive raking fire down its whole length until the latter struck its colors.
@@darthrevan4933 If the French and British ships were stuck together by the fallen masts as you said, then they could not fire back at all, because none of the cannons faced backwards on the stern. If they are not pinned together, the fallen mast would prevent the Archeron from maneuvering effectively due to the lack of propulsion, which meant HMS Surprise could just stick to its prey's stern and pour in raking fire, while the French guns were mostly useless. Thats why Russell Crowe's character said earlier in the movie that "she(the Archeron) is still vulnerable in the stern, like any ship".
1:32 oh how the tables have turned. And whatever the case was with triple shot at normal distance like in the first battle, at close range even the best wooden hulls are kekked.
Fun Fact: English fired broadsides on the down roll and French fired on the up roll . A down roll shot would pierce the hull sinking the ship, while an uproll shot would destroy the rigging, which the French would repair and sail the ship to port where it would be sold and the proceeds divided amongst the crew. The English just wanted to destroy the ship so they would get promoted and get commander cred..
“English whhhalah, zis is yur lazt wharniiiing” - Captain of the Acheron
reminds me of Robert Pattinson accent in "The King"
Allo! Ooo ees eet?
@@tSp289 "What are the French doing in England?"
I better speak Dutch now.
@@thebighurt2495 looking for job
This film is excellent in it's portrayal of Napoleonic era naval warfare. An awesome watch indeed.
"England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship, is England. So it's every hand to his rope or gun, quick's the word and sharp's the action. After all... surprise is on our side."
One of the best lines if not the best line in the entire film, really riled up his men 😁☝
THE AGE OF SAIL AND THE AGE OF PUNNERY
@@Taospark The lesser of two weevils.
“Fire as she bares!!!”
Napoleon had it all wrong. Just send men in little boats and call them refugees.
That murderous broadside as the Acheron gets raked
"FIRE AS SHE BEARS!"
From the look of it Acheron wasn’t at general quarters so a lot of the crew inside the ship probably had no idea what was happening a couple crew managed to man the guns but it didn’t look like they were prepared at all. So imagine being inside hearing a sudden commotion and then all the sudden the walls start exploding.
I believe neither discharge was technically a "broadside," which is a simultaneous all guns one-side firing. The port side volley as the Acheron rolled past was sequential, targeting the mainmast. Once behind, Capt. Jack performs the most lethal maneuver in naval warfare: crossing the T. By turning to port he exposed the Acheron's defenseless stern to Surprise's starboard battery, with no guns pointing back. "Fire as she bears" ordered the gunners to individually fire into the stern as it came across each gun's field of fire. The cannonballs would then rip lengthwise through the Acheron, gutting it.
Fire on the up roll !
Goosebumps and a big smile on me face everytime I see this, the yells of "let fly" followed by all the redcoated marines coming out of the woodwork, the gun crews roaring. What a time to have lived through.
That's of the scurvy didn't get ya..arrrgh
ROYAL MARINES STAND TO!
@@lukeysharp94
Then better not miss eating ur limes ya limey bahstads
or the "Fire as she bears!" at 1:32.
Life aboard these mighty ships was atrocious at best.
Hollywood needs to do more naval warfare films, it gets seriously vicious on the high seas since you have nowhere to go once you engage. This also needed a sequel.
+TacTundra I know a studio has the right to a Nelson film based on Sugdens biography , don't know if anything will come of it but it's a possibility at least .
+MrKajithecat List of naval films that need to be remade:
-The Final Countdown
-Sink the Bismarck!
-The Enemy Below
List of naval films that NEED to be made:
-Battle of Tsushima
-Battle of Samar
-Battle of Jutland
-Battle of Hampton Roads
-Convoy PQ-17
-Battle of Trafalgar
-Battle of Savo sound
Nathan Peterson I approve of this. Nice list.
Nathan Peterson I'm surprised the Japanese haven't made a film of Tsushima given it's importance .
I would suggest adding the Battle of Lepanto to your list such a compelling backdrop and ferocious battle would make a good film .
Edward Corran They've made several TV- movies about it if I recall.
I love the use of smoke in this scene. In real naval battles of the time, the smoke could become so thick that you couldn't see in all directions. Sometimes movies will have cannons firing and then the air is perfectly clear somehow.
The canonshots of this scene really put my subwoofer to work.
I can just imagine the French crew's "Oh shit" reaction when the British naval ensign went up and the cannons started coming out. That was when the French knew they'd done fucked up.
Especially since that French ship was a Privateer, not Navy.
Surprise was on their side!
@@thebighurt2495 Doesn't really matter what she was doing she's a heavier built ship with bigger guns unless the crew and captain are incompetent (which they weren't) that's going to matter far more than their official legal status.
@@purplefood1 I meant that, as a Privateer, she was essentially just a legal pirate ship and thus, not up to military standards on things like gunnery, sailing or discipline. A chunk of that crew was probably drunk. Had that ship been actual French Navy, the situation would be a lot grimmer.
@@thebighurt2495 what is interesting is how the English and the French actually fought. The English usually aimed to sink their opponent, aiming on the downroll to put as many cannonballs into the lower hull as possible. The French mostly went for the rigging to demast. The exact opposite of what we saw in this battle.
If I really wanted a tall ship movie, I would love something based on some of Robert Surcouf's excursions as a Privateer. There is a reason the English feared him.
Let's hear it for Lucky Jack!...cracking movie.
Huzzah for Lucky Jack !
Crazy to think this type of battle took place in a deep far away ocean. Hundreds if not thousands of miles away from other people.
imagine if aliens were watching tho
imagine the terror, if you fell overboard that was it. you were done.
Yes, lots of things happened before you were Born.
these battles never took place in those far away oceans...
@@sadokist7396 what are you talking about?
Not only was it a brilliant scene, but Jack did disguise the HMS Surprise to be a whaling vessel so as the Acheron approached most of men manning the guns where off duty so to speak because they sensed no threat to be prepared given by the French captains orders and this brilliant scene captured that counter attack so well.
What a badass movie. Shockingly underrated.
The fact that this film had such a clever open ending that left everyone expecting a sequel just makes the lack of one all the more saddening. Ridley Scott keeps going on about resurrecting Russel Crowe for Gladiator 2 in a movie no one wants to see, yet no major producers ever seem to give this one any attention at all. Hell, it'd make so much more sense than another Gladiator since Crowe's character was still alive.
A sequel was planned but the movie didn’t make enough in theaters to justify going through with it
I've never heard that Scott planned to resurrect Maximus for "Gladiator 2."
It's a bit too late now. The ages of the actors are wrong.
George Hamilton It’s been confirmed that there’s going to be a gladiator sequel, but it’s going to have the emperors nephew all grown up as the main character.
@@MrIMABIGMONKEYSad because this movie is the best depitction of 18th to 19th century naval combat ever.
It's why you never sequel bait. Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean didn't sequel bait their first movie, yet ended up making FOUR sequels. Sequel baiting only serves to ruin what could have otherwise been a masterpiece. It's why a film makers should NEVER sequel bait, even if they are planning additional sequels.
Those full-view scenes of ships shooting at each other are majestic. Not only did they fight each other, they had to survive the open sea as well. Took a special kind of man to do all that.
If u like that I reccomend you watch black sails if you already haven't really good show about the same era just in the americas
A lot of sailors didn't choose to be sailors.. they were recruited by force.
@@mu0FFpu0FF the Royal Navy did not kidnap people.
The boarding and hand to hand combat scenes are awesome too
One of the most under appreciated war films of all time
This and _1941_
@@alitlweird😅
@@TBullsGhost
Lords of the Ring came out at the same time so this got placed on the back burner.
I love the look of terror as the French crew sees the gun ports open, and they scramble to get back off the side.
Really shows the intensity of ship-to-ship actions in that era, they were essentially floating forts guarded by redcoat troops (or in our case, bluecoat troops). Even at sea soldiers fought. Absolutely fascinating.
Not wrong. Marines have been around for a very long time :)
guarded by giant guns more like
With the book series... master and commander would make a fantastic television show.
Have you ever watched the series Hornblower? It's Pretty cool. Set during the Napoleonic period too and stars Ioan Gruffudd :)
Hornblower rocked. The Aubrey-Maturin books were pretty epic, I thought, but the Hornblower show was pretty good, too.
drumdust would love a modern remake of hornblower. Though I have to say from reading the books I never quite clicked with the man himself, didn’t like him. They made him much more likeable in the show.
An expensive one too.
Let fly!
It gives me chills every time I watch this and the red ensign goes up.
Always choose the lesser of two weevils
🖒
He who would pun would pick a pocket..
This is my favorite film. I wish they would make more movies from the Master & Commander books.
I don't know of any other film that so graphically displays the lethal brutality of naval warfare as it was in the age of wooden hull sailing ships. The limited range and impact of cannon at that time made it crucial to attack at very close quarters to inflict decisive damage and it was sometimes necessary to board an enemy ship to finish the job in hand-to-hand combat. When the mainmast of the Acheron collapsed Captain Aubrey and the men of the HMS Surprise knew the enemy ship was now dead in the water and was theirs for the taking.
Man this was an awesome movie. Accurate by Hollywood standards, well developed characters, believable story. More like this!
The books they were based on are very accurate to start with. A recommended read.
Just beginning to watch it now. More than 10 times now. This is what film making should be about. Master piece.
It saddens me that each of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies made 10 to 20 times more money than this masterpiece.
Not much of an audience in the USA for a film about the Royal Navy at the dawn of the 19th century.
Not much of an audience in the USA for any historical film that doesn't feature Americans...
Pirates of the Caribbean is charming in its own right, I think it’s too corny sometimes but I think those films should be appreciated for what they are. This movie is a lot more technical and takes place in an entirely different time period
One movie is for kids the other for adult nerds
I lamented the same thing back in the mid 1990s when I went into Blockbuster to find their new releases. They had 3 copies of "Richard III" with Ian Mackellan and 33 copies of "Dumb and Dumber".
Most underrated movie of all time. It's in my top 5 for sure.
When you show this to a friend and you feel good,and the friend is like "Ok...?"
napoleonic wars,man,napoleonic wars
+PapyruSkeleton Hurrah for Old Nosey!
yep,Napoleonic wars is life
god shits in the kaiser
"Charge men!" *spam's the C key*
This film is exclusively for those who cannot stomach bad history. It gives us life and puts the others to sleep.
This was the last film worthy of going to the cinema for.
Love the shot at 1:44, Giant hunter being in shock and immobilized by a small prey that turned the table in a swift second and now wrecking havoc against the thick wooden hull of which her occupants thought that it could protect them.
They raked it's stern. That was the plan when Jack saw the model of the Acheron.
@@JohnnyC01 That was the nightmare scenario for any Man'o'War: getting raked.
Glad some one else thought it, incredible scene!
1:44 is stunning piece of cinema. Devastating.
God, I LOVE the bit with the ships in the smoke. The silence is deafening!
I have never seen any other movie to so accurately depict the brutality of 18th century naval combat.
1:32
Greatest action scene in cinematic history.
Man the chills on that scene.
It's because they have all been at sea for a long time.
But those French sailors, you know, they are used to that kind of rear attack.
"ARE YOU SPANISHE?! WE HATE THE SPANISHE" Random RP player.
This is an awesome scene, it reminds me of the battle of the HSK 9 Kormoran against the HMAS Sydney in World War 2. I'd like to see a scene like this but of that battle. Captain Detmers was definitely a worthy successor to Lucky Jack.
The captain of the Sydney approached too close, then Sydney unaccountably failed to return fire quickly enough when engaged by the Kormoran. The advantage of Sydney's superior armament and armour was thus avoidably negated by a poor tactical decision and a staggering lack of preparedness for battle
Absolutely criminal this didn't get a sequel
A master piece, no doubt at all
0:16
You want me to stop? Ok, how about this...
0:20
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND'S!
There’s nothing like big old sailships ripping each other apart with cannon fire.
Imagine being able to hover above this and see it all go down for real. That would be something to behold
Empire Total War 😂
A vastly underated film
This movie is in desperate need of a sequel
Outstanding movie, all involved should be rightly proud of their work, Russell Crowe plays his part brilliantly.
These two minutes are better than the entire Napoleon movie
Killing the enemy up close and personal, nowhere safe to hide. Respect to the sailors of old- they must have been terrified but determined to do their duty.
Many of the non-officer crew were prisoners. If not slaves, then barely a level above indentured servitude. This movie itself made this a huge sticking point with the tension between the role of brutal authority and men's liberties.
@@blusafe1they weren’t slaves, they were normal British citizens that never did anything wrong that were forced into the navy to serve in the lowliest of positions onboard a floating mental asylum against their will for an indefinite amount of time…oh wait
1:16 That man could have gotten free long distance calls from AT&T.
Incredible how they pummeled each other from point-blank range!
Can put this movie on any time and it's like a warm blanket and a coffee in winter
This scene was the best part of the movie!
Sad that they never got to film more of the other books, this film is incredibly well made.
Him screaming, “Fire as she bears” is one of my favorite movie moments.
The size of the ship and the amount of guns it has does not always matter. What matters is the skill of the captain and the crew on it.
Love this film. Some of Crowes best work.
They wouldnt make a pro English film like this in hollywood today
I love that French accent.
"FIRE AS SHE BEARS!"
it makes me sad that films like this are so rare
"LET FLY!"
LET FLY 🇬🇧. I absolutely love this movie!! It’s so amazing 💙💙
This movie and the series of Hornblower where among the best when it comes to Napoleonic era naval warfare. (In my opinion that is)
Incredible and a great role for Crowe ❤
Alongside 'Zulu', this was the best combat film ever made.
Black Hawk Down is in the discussion
This was combat at the edge of your teeth, nowhere to run nowhere to hide. Victory or death.
I love how it's actually French actors on the Acheron. In all the movies involving France I've seen they're played by English people. Unnatural!
True, the actors are definitely French in this, and actually looked like French, that's part of the reason which is so great about this film, all the little details that make it realistic.
Old school Navy battle. Way different than today's modern carrier battles
The one armed 12 year old kid thats a British Lord that Russell Crowe made captain/commander of the ship is not a kid in My book , whe's a 12 year old man!!!! The actor should have gotten a Oscar he played his role good in every scene & Made me think of him as a actual grown man rather than a boy the entire film not just that final battle scene when he leads them into battle!!! I hope i have a son some Day & he's that tough & fearless & kind & humble & curtious & couragous !!!!!
My fave movie- and I have watched all of IMDB Top 250
*"Those are me Lucky Charms!"* 2:08
Still vulnerable at the stern, as are we all.
Directly firing cannonballs within 50m of each other and nowhere to hide. It was brutal on those ships, no wonder the discipline was hard.
Hoozah for lucky Jack!!
0:50 and 1:38 the mainmast and the rudder...the only way a smaller 6th rate post ship takes out a ship of the line
I don’t know why you think the Acheron is a ship of the line
When Englishman were Englishman. Its MUCH needed today!
Goddamn I love this movie!
My dear French fellow.. the English do not simply stop and surrender.
LET FLY
+supernovalogic
You do plenty...and especially to the Americans.
13 Aug 1812 capture of the Alert
19 Aug 1812 capture of the Guerriere
18 Oct 1812 capture of the Frolic
25 Oct 1812 capture of the Macedonian
29 Dec 1812 capture of the Java
24 Feb 1813 sinking of the Peacock
5 Aug 1813 capture of the Dominica
5 Sept 1813 capture of the Boxer
28 Apr 1814 capture of the Epervier
28 Jun 1814 sinking of the Reindeer
1 Sept 1814 sinking of the Avon
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Levant
20 Feb 1815 capture of the Cyane
23 Mar 1815 capture of the Penguin
11 Dec 1812 capture of the Rachel
25 Mar 1813 privateer Nereyda captured
28 Mar 1813 whaler Barclay
29-Apr - 15 Sep 1813 armed whaler Montezuma
Georgiana captured
Policy captured
Atlantic captured
armed whaler Greenwich captured
Catherine captured
whaler Rose
whaler Hector
armed privateer Seringapatam
Charlton
New Zealander
whaler Sir Andrew Hammond
Lake vessels captured from the British:
HMS Detroit
HMS Queen Charlotte
HMS Hunter
HMS Lady Prevost
HMS Little Belt
- six smaller vessels also taken after the Battle of Lake Erie
HMS Chubb
HMS Linnet
HMS Confiance
HMS Finch
- 12 additional gun boats taken at Battle of Lake Champlain
HMS Caledonia
HMS Hamilton
HMS Broke
HMS Pictou
HMS Ballahou
packet Swallow
HMS Landrail
HMS Hamilton
recapture of the Wasp
Defeat of the 44 gun frigate HMS Ulysses
HMS Whiting
HMS Lord Nelson
USMarineRifleman0311
Um, I wasn't trying to be literal, mate.
Don't take everything you read so seriously.
+US Marine Rifleman Hello, washed up stolen valour loser.
+US Marine Rifleman I genuinely feel sorry for you.
+Cpl. Gadway USMC
No-one cares for your dumb list of horseshit mate, Britain rules the seas.
"English waler" gets me every time
a movie so hard to make it took two studios. Worth every penny
Even after that surprise broadside and the brutal raking the French could still have turned it around and won. They had the greater numbers. Jack knew he had to board and overwhelm them quickly and you really feel that urgency
In real life if a captain managed to achieve such a magnificent success on the first two broadsides, knocking down the enemy ship's mainmast AND rudder, there would be no need to board right away at all. He could just stood off the now stationary boat's stern and continue to pour in extremely destructive raking fire down its whole length until the latter struck its colors.
@@HaNsWiDjAjA I’m pretty sure the collapsed mast landed on the British ship effectively pinning them to the French
@@darthrevan4933 If thats the case that meant they would be stuck broadside to stern - all the more incentive to keep on firing.
@@HaNsWiDjAjA the French still had the advantage in cannons despite their damage the British needed to keep the shock and aw go their ambush to win
@@darthrevan4933 If the French and British ships were stuck together by the fallen masts as you said, then they could not fire back at all, because none of the cannons faced backwards on the stern. If they are not pinned together, the fallen mast would prevent the Archeron from maneuvering effectively due to the lack of propulsion, which meant HMS Surprise could just stick to its prey's stern and pour in raking fire, while the French guns were mostly useless.
Thats why Russell Crowe's character said earlier in the movie that "she(the Archeron) is still vulnerable in the stern, like any ship".
He had GREAT hair. 😄😄😄
“Fire as she bears!”
“Huzza for lucky jack”🥶
Let fly!
RIP Main Mast
That a machine
God it would suck to be on the receiving end of those batteries. Just pure hot mayhem and death.
I love "Return of the King", but this is stellar filmmaking; I regret I didn't watch it on a big screen.
Fabulous movie. Fabulous.
Goddamn the sound editing!!!!!
1:32 oh how the tables have turned.
And whatever the case was with triple shot at normal distance like in the first battle, at close range even the best wooden hulls are kekked.
They raked the stern in this scene.
"Hard a-larboard" and he immediately turns to port.
Super film super ship 👍👍
“Arm yourselves! We must board them!”
The broadside into the stern of the Acheron is horrifying
Fun Fact: English fired broadsides on the down roll and French fired on the up roll . A down roll shot would pierce the hull sinking the ship, while an uproll shot would destroy the rigging, which the French would repair and sail the ship to port where it would be sold and the proceeds divided amongst the crew. The English just wanted to destroy the ship so they would get promoted and get commander cred..
If you like naval battle movies you should watch Admiral /Michiel de ruyter
Imagine how loud and chaotic Trafalgar was
Raking the Acheron
Time to RAKE IT! Brutal.
Diz iz yo last weauhning