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First broadcast 19th July 1973.
Two sailors from Hero, AB's Wallace and Pomeroy volunteer to go on the submarine HMS Omega during an exercise testing out new sonar equipment.
Donald Burton - Commander Mark Nialls
David Savile - Lieutenant Commander Beaumont
Norman Eshley - Lieutenant Last
John Lee - Lieutenant Commander Kiley
Richard Warwick - Lieutenant Parry
Christopher Coll - Lieutenant Boswall
James Cosmo - Leading Regulator Fuller
Denis Lill - Lieutenant Commander Aubrey
Paul Chapman - Lieutenant Grieve
Anton Phillips - AB Wallace
Graham Simpson - AB Pomeroy
Colin McCormack - Petty Officer James
Robert Aldous - Chief Petty Officer, HMS Omega
Russell Denton - AB Selby
Peter Winter - Navigating Officer, HMS Omega
Oliver Gilbert - Comms Rating, HMS Hero
Peter Messaline - RA, HMS Omega
Kenneth Kennedy - Helmsman, HMS Omega
David Hayward - Afterplanesman, HMS Omega
Two sailors from Hero, AB's Wallace and Pomeroy volunteer to go on the submarine HMS Omega during an exercise testing out new sonar equipment.
Donald Burton - Commander Mark Nialls
David Savile - Lieutenant Commander Beaumont
Norman Eshley - Lieutenant Last
John Lee - Lieutenant Commander Kiley
Richard Warwick - Lieutenant Parry
Christopher Coll - Lieutenant Boswall
James Cosmo - Leading Regulator Fuller
Denis Lill - Lieutenant Commander Aubrey
Paul Chapman - Lieutenant Grieve
Anton Phillips - AB Wallace
Graham Simpson - AB Pomeroy
Colin McCormack - Petty Officer James
Robert Aldous - Chief Petty Officer, HMS Omega
Russell Denton - AB Selby
Peter Winter - Navigating Officer, HMS Omega
Oliver Gilbert - Comms Rating, HMS Hero
Peter Messaline - RA, HMS Omega
Kenneth Kennedy - Helmsman, HMS Omega
David Hayward - Afterplanesman, HMS Omega
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00:07there she is hms hero right on time too at least her navigate is efficient
00:13if he wasn't to be out on his ear commander niles is a perfectionist
00:17you know him we've met he's something of a star isn't he first shot promotion to commander
00:25sir a star indeed you don't like it haven't seen it for nine years well let's go out and say
00:35good
00:35morning stand by to service stand by to service open one two four six and seven lp master blows
00:42cycle main vents open the lower lid one two four six and seven lp master blows open the main vent
00:59service low one two four six and seven main ballast blow one two four six and seven main ballast
01:17somebody serviced on the starboard bow sir
01:25moment of truce is at hand
01:28not as far as i'm concerned that hatchet's buried
01:32i'm here to do a job
01:36i hope albury sees it that way even better not standing any nonsense from him
01:49one clip two clips three clips three pins three clips up and it opens sir
02:10make two hour goodbye light welcome request pleasure for your company at breakfast oh seven three zero
02:18hi sir
02:32make back with much pleasure haven't eaten all night
02:42homerine wallace the divisional officer wants to see you no i don't know after breakfast he's on morning watch
02:47yeah sheriff this bloke reckons submarines are good news he won't believe they're dangerous head off
02:52they're a bit cramped maybe but submariners do all right for themselves and they get extra money
02:56submarine pay exactly they have to be bribed to stay in them terrible things terrible you don't know what you're
03:01talking about
03:02don't lie mate you know what a psychological explanation is for wanting to join a subservice
03:06they want to crawl back in the womb official you ask any medical officer
03:10if the good lord had meant us to live underwater we would have been born with gills
03:13do true
03:14here the lieutenant parry say in his cabin should
03:16aye
03:17death traps lunatics
03:22they ran off some nose about
03:24makes me sick them scaremongers
03:27didn't they tell you
03:27what pomeroy and wallace volunteered for submarines
03:32aye
03:32it's called discouraging the competition
03:37how are you settling in omega kenneth
03:39well thank you sir
03:41of course it takes time to get to know one's officers and men
03:45one mustn't touch them hastily
03:47indeed i've been very fortunate with my voice in the hero
03:50i recognize your first lieutenant wasn't he with you in the bannister
03:54derrick beaumont yes he was my number one there too
03:56beaumont beaumont yes it's odd that i'd forgotten his name
04:00i remember everything else about the bannister
04:06i'd rather hope that um
04:10it was behind us
04:14one can try to forgive sir
04:16but one can hardly forget one's only brother
04:18i'm sorry you feel there's anything still to be forgiven
04:22i'm afraid i do
04:26we discussed that at the time there's nothing more to be said
04:30black please
04:32headed to a job an important job
04:34and nothing that happened over nine years ago
04:36should be allowed to color the conduct of that exercise
04:41you don't have to talk down to me sir
04:45i know where my responsibilities lie
04:47i've never been accused of lacking in officer-like qualities
04:51but your brother was
04:53that's why he was withdrawn from the service
04:56yes sir
04:57down there i did my best for him
04:58carried him
05:00i had excuses for him
05:01propped him up and the sailors made fun of him
05:03when he drove the ship through a tallest net
05:05i couldn't ignore that
05:06no sir
05:09the admiralty had appeared over three thousand pounds in compensation
05:12somebody had to take the blame for that
05:13and you blame patrick
05:14the board of inquiry blamed him
05:18he was officer of the watch
05:20on his own
05:21at night
05:22should have called me
05:23but he didn't
05:24perhaps he was afraid of you
05:26no
05:28not of me
05:29of his situation
05:30of the sea
05:30ships
05:31sailors
05:33he was unsuited to the life
05:34and that's what i said in my report
05:37unsuited to the life
05:39to this life
05:40yes
05:43what's he doing now
05:46you don't know
05:48no should i
05:48i thought you might have read about it
05:51about what
05:51his death
05:56his death
05:58yes
05:59five years ago
06:00aged 27
06:02well what happened
06:04oh he was a fool
06:05he took drugs
06:07needle in the arm stuff
06:09overdose
06:10accidental
06:11he didn't
06:11try to end his own life
06:12or anything like that
06:17i'm sorry
06:17i really am very sorry
06:18it's his damn city fault
06:19of course he shouldn't let him get it that way
06:22he felt he disgraced the family
06:25looked up to you
06:28i didn't dislike him you know
06:30oh i agree
06:30you don't put somebody on a quarterly report
06:32because you disliked them
06:32captain fishery protection
06:34supported my recommendations
06:35about your brother
06:36and others kept him under quarterly report
06:38after he left me
06:39yes but he went to them
06:40under your cloud
06:42you're blaming me for your brother's death
06:44what do you think
06:44i had no choice ever patrick
06:46i told you that at the time
06:47oh yes
06:48and then you ordered me off your ship
06:51they're quite right too of course
06:52i made a fool of myself
06:53but that's the trouble with us
06:54aubreys
06:55we've been making fools of ourselves
06:56for the last ten generations
06:57always in the navy
06:58my grandfather made an idiot of himself
07:00at jutland
07:00he got himself killed
07:01my father did the same in an ex-craft
07:03during the war
07:04head runs in the family
07:05calm down
07:06or at least it did
07:07until patrick came along
07:08he died in a hostel in full
07:10and much more sensible
07:11i've said i'm sorry
07:12why should you be
07:13you were slow
07:15couldn't be expected to keep up
07:16with a flyer like you
07:17why should you be expected to
07:19to be bothered with somebody
07:20falling behind
07:21you were too busy
07:21forging ahead
07:22all right
07:23until it killed me brother
07:24it was family tradition
07:26really
07:26well you knew the only reason
07:27that patrick joined the neighbors
07:28was because it was expected of him
07:29ten generations
07:31a father killed in summaries
07:32and a brother determined
07:33to carry on the tradition
07:34but patrick got it to be a lawyer
07:36so he said
07:36he told me so
07:37the family pressures were too great
07:39there must have been a damn sight
07:40greatly when he didn't make the grade
07:41he'd broken the line
07:43ruined the proud boast
07:44that's what killed him wasn't it
07:45no
07:47he was killed
07:48by a piece of paper
07:50a quarterly report
07:51written by a lieutenant
07:51who wasn't all that much older
07:53than he was
07:53by a lieutenant
07:54get down
08:00go and cool off on deck
08:02until I'm ready to start the briefing
08:07aye aye sir
08:10thank you for breakfast
08:12Aubrey
08:14for the sake of this exercise
08:15I trust this matter is now closed
08:18for the sake of the exercise sir
08:22yes
08:26yes I thought you both say that
08:27but I can't guarantee anything
08:28there might not be any spare bunks
08:30in Omega
08:30it would be great sir
08:31if we could go down in her
08:33well it'll only be for the duration
08:34of the exercise
08:35just a short familiarization
08:38to see if you both like it
08:39never know you might hate it
08:41claustrophobia
08:42oh not me sir
08:44I hope not sir
08:46all right I'll let you know later
08:47if it's on
08:48but get your gear packed
08:49she dives a 1400
08:50thank you sir
08:51thank you sir
08:52well anyone who wants to study
08:54the full technical details
08:55of this new equipment
08:56will find them in Annex
08:57Juliet of the Operation Order
09:00but briefly
09:01it's called
09:01Sonar 8006
09:03codenamed Saturn Delta
09:05HMS here is the first ship
09:06to be fitted with it
09:07and this is its first operational trial
09:08is it technically better
09:10than the equipment we've got
09:11yes although
09:13basically it's a modification
09:15of existing equipment
09:16it should give better penetration
09:18of the bathy thermal variations
09:19it's so sensitive
09:21that a trained operator
09:22should be able to classify
09:23sonar contacts
09:24with much greater accuracy
09:25submarines and non-submarines
09:27yes that's right
09:29so there's no point in Omega
09:31sitting on the bottom
09:32pretending she's a Loch Ness monster
09:34we'll know better
09:35with this little toy
09:37right
09:37right thank you Bill
09:41well that's it then gentlemen
09:42Omega will dive at 1400 this afternoon
09:44she will proceed directly
09:45to exercise area golf Quebec
09:47and we will follow her
09:48exactly one hour later
09:49she becomes a passive target
09:51with the first three hours
09:52and thereafter she is free
09:53to make attacking runs on us
09:54as she wishes
09:56oh uh
09:58usual safety regulations
09:59usual smoke candle codes
10:04I intend to make this
10:05a real test for Hero
10:07and for Saturn Delta
10:10apart from that
10:10I wish you luck
10:11thank you
10:18yeah just think of it
10:19we'll be down there
10:21just us and the fishes
10:23everybody else will be up here
10:24everybody else in the world
10:25except mad matalows and octopuses
10:27great
10:29don't half look dark down there
10:32we're a couple of nutcases
10:33you and me
10:34major will have you
10:35ah shut up
10:43ten generations
10:45it's about right
10:48his family is even more
10:49navy orientated than mine
10:51he's head of the family now
10:55it's been a real shock to him
10:56it's a shock to me
11:00I hope you're not taking the blame on yourself sir
11:03no
11:07Patrick was dangerous in ships
11:08and totally ineffective
11:09he had to go Derek
11:13but Aubrey can't see that
11:16or won't see him
11:20well as long as it doesn't affect the exercise
11:24Aubrey can't afford that
11:25well he's not very rational at the moment
11:28maybe
11:30he's well into the promotion zone
11:33he's got to make a go of Omega
11:35he's going to make commander
11:37or be passed over
11:39I would teach him
11:55well these will be yours
11:56Paul is here
11:57Pomeroy there
12:00well very well sir James
12:00something getting on
12:01oh born to it sir
12:02good
12:03glad to have you with us
12:04don't hesitate to ask questions
12:05that's what you're here for
12:08right let's go forward shall we
12:19careful
12:25this is the forward torpedo compartment
12:28six of the best
12:30now if you look above you'll see a circular aperture
12:33that's the forward escape tower
12:35similar to one in the other torpedo compartment down aft
12:39right
12:41now sealed in those lockers you'll find one of these for each member of the crew
12:44it goes on like an overall
12:46head goes in there
12:47zip it up
12:49and that's the connection
12:50on the left cuff
12:52you climb into the tower
12:53and plug it into an air socket
12:54you'll find in front of you
12:58the lower lid is shut
13:00flood valve opened
13:02when the pressure's equalized
13:03the upper hatch will open
13:05you find you've got so much buoyancy
13:06you just float out
13:07breathe normally from the air in the hood
13:09and when you get to the surface
13:10you pull a cord on the bottle
13:11the suit will inflate
13:14and for your comfort
13:16all that bulk is nappies
13:18nappies
13:19nappies
13:20they'll absorb nine pints of urine
13:22which just happens to be one over the eight
13:25you've got nine pints in you Pomeroy
13:27give us half a chance
13:30make two over go
13:34good luck
13:35we look forward to the hunt
13:36sir
13:42reply
13:44you won't see this old fox
13:47till we get back to Malta
13:58train now leaving platform six
14:04ready to dive sir
14:07officer of the watch captain
14:08and dive the submarine
14:08on the ship
14:20yeah
14:20yeah
14:45What is that?
14:46Bob laughs in the Corinthian palace.
14:49He's an extraordinary bird.
14:51One about six foot.
14:57Saturn Delta behaving itself.
14:59All tested and correct, sir.
15:01And raring to go.
15:03Prying for a turn to your well, Peter?
15:05Hoping for an entertaining afternoon, sir.
15:08Well, they'll be in the exercise area by now.
15:11I'll give them until 1500 and then go and wake them up.
15:18Okay, that's far enough.
15:22Do you hear that?
15:23This is the captain speaking.
15:26In a few moments, we're going down to settle on the bottom in ultra quiet
15:29until we have Hero loud and clear on sonar.
15:33And then we're going to start stalking her under cover of her own noise emission.
15:37Hero is confident that her trials equipment will pick us off easily.
15:40But I intend to prove we still have a few tricks up our sleeve.
15:46Six degrees of bubble.
15:47Six degrees of bubble, sir.
15:48Keep one, two, zero feet.
15:49You'll have three minutes to adjust trim and then we'll bottom.
15:52Stand by for snap sounding.
15:53Eighty feet under the key, sir.
15:54Good.
15:55That means we'll bottom in 160 feet.
15:58It's sand and fairly flat, number one.
15:59No trouble.
16:06Assume ultra quiet state.
16:10All compartments assume the ultra quiet state.
16:21Trimmed at one two zero feet, sir.
16:24Ready to bottom.
16:25Very good.
16:26Stop together.
16:27Stop together, sir.
16:30Take her down gently.
16:43Bottom, sir.
16:44Depth one, six, one feet.
17:00Emergency stations.
17:02Emergency stations.
17:03To blow main ballast.
17:04Damage aboard.
17:08Get that door shut.
17:10Turn it.
17:22Move yourself in here.
17:24Move it.
17:35Move it.
17:43Main ballast blown, sir.
17:45Stop blowing.
17:46Stop blowing.
17:47We're not going to lift that way.
17:48Damage number one.
17:49Nothing too bad off, sir.
17:50But no reply from forward.
17:51What do you think it was?
17:52A mine?
17:54What happened in the accommodation space?
17:55We're holding forward end of the compartment, sir.
17:58Water coming in fast.
17:59The compartment was flooding rapidly.
18:02Well, let's try and get the water out again.
18:05Blow the accommodation space salvage boat.
18:07Blow the accommodation space salvage boat.
18:10Blow the accommodation space salvage boat.
18:19Nothing's happening, sir.
18:20All right.
18:32We can't get off the mud.
18:35We're stuck.
18:38Where are passengers?
18:40They were in the accommodation space.
18:41Oh, yeah.
18:43Did the forward watchkeeper get out of the torpedo compartment?
18:45No, sir.
18:46It's Petty Officer James.
18:49Right.
18:49Call the rolls, Andy.
18:50Yes, sir.
19:07Yes?
19:08Petty Officer James?
19:09No.
19:10Who is that?
19:11Abel Seaman Wallace.
19:12That's the captain here, Wallace.
19:13Is the watchkeeper there?
19:14Who, sir?
19:15Petty Officer James.
19:16Oh, we had an accident, sir.
19:18He's unconscious.
19:20Are you watertight?
19:21Did you shut the door tight?
19:23Oh, yes, sir.
19:24It's tight shut.
19:25Is the other passenger with you?
19:26Pomeroy?
19:27Yes, sir.
19:28How bad is Petty Officer James?
19:29Well, he's got a nasty wound on the head, sir.
19:32Well, do you best to look after him.
19:33There's a first aid locker above you.
19:34It's concussion, I think, sir.
19:35Now, listen carefully, Wallace.
19:37The situation is this.
19:39We appear to have disturbed a mine of some sort as we settle.
19:42But we're going to be perfectly all right on the bottom.
19:45Now, the accommodation space between you and the control room has been flooded,
19:48so we can't get to you at the moment.
19:50But you're safe and you're watertight.
19:52Be careful to stay watertight, though, because we have two compartments flooded.
19:55We can't possibly get up.
19:57You'll be all right where you are.
19:59And I'll get back to you in a while, okay?
20:01Aye, aye, sir.
20:01All right, look after Petty Officer James.
20:13The captain says we'll be all right.
20:18Like hell.
20:22All hands accounted for, sir.
20:24No injuries except James.
20:26Our hero should be on her way to the area now.
20:29If the hole's not too big and she can get divers down...
20:31Yes.
20:33A thought does occur to me, though.
20:35The hero doesn't carry the gear to patch us up.
20:37The bolt firing equipment.
20:41Ah.
20:44So what'll they do?
20:48That is up to the ultra-efficient Commander Niles.
20:53Well, we've got twelve hours of good air.
20:55That should be just long enough for him to think of something.
20:58Seventy men through one escape tower.
21:00That'll take about three hours.
21:02All right, nine hours.
21:03Yes.
21:04Well, let's get heroes started.
21:07Release the after-indicator, boy.
21:08Aye, aye, sir.
21:11Do you hear there?
21:11This is the captain speaking.
21:13Now, unless the damage is far greater than we believe, there's every chance that heroes' divers will be able to
21:18do something for us.
21:19Now, I'm not going to consider escape procedures for at least nine hours, so we might as well settle down.
21:24Sir, the after-indicator boy release is very stiff.
21:27I think the explosion may have distorted it.
21:28Didn't hear the boy go up.
21:31It's going to be one of those days.
21:44Abel Seaman Wallace.
21:45Captain here, Wallace.
21:46Now, listen carefully.
21:48On this class of submarine, we have two emergency indicator boys.
21:52Now, when released, these float to the surface and transmit an SOS.
21:56Now, our after-indicator boy isn't functioning, but there's one in your compartment just above your head.
22:00But it can only be operated manually.
22:02Do you understand?
22:03Yes, sir.
22:04Look for a hand wheel marked indicator boy.
22:07It should be above you and to starboard.
22:09And turn it as far as it'll go.
22:13Yes, sir.
22:14Abel Seaman Palmer is right next to it.
22:16The captain says to turn that wheel there.
22:21Yeah, that's it.
22:30I think it's alright, sir.
22:40Fine.
22:40Now we'll wait for the hero to find us.
22:43How's Perio Sir James?
22:44He keeps groaning, sir, but he's still not conscious.
22:46Let me know if there's any change in his condition.
22:48Yes, sir.
22:55what was all that about it's an emergency transmitter sending out an SOS I knew it
23:02we're crippled we're not going to get up again we're down here till the air stinks and then
23:07we're finished right that's got the preliminaries over pilot we better check your charts now this
23:16is a designated safe bottoming area isn't it well I have checked so there's there was an old
23:20world war two minefield recorded here but it is marked as swept and safe and you didn't think
23:26to give that information to me well sir it is designated a swept area sir I don't care whether
23:32it's designated up a mermaid breeding ground if you'd mentioned mine to me I'd have bottomed elsewhere
23:37here yes sir you'll know better next time won't you an emergency signal sir submarine indicated why
23:59transmitting Omegas Maul's identification bearing bridge captain pilot come to starboard to 263 come
24:08up to 30 knots possible subsunk yes all subsunk procedures action wasp flash signal to flag
24:16officer Malta info mod Navy subsunk signal received from HMS Omega in exercise area
24:22gulf quebec at 1522 proceeding best speed to investigate
24:27action wasp institute all subsunk procedures forthwith ship divers muster to diving score
24:36let's go clear the dining hall
25:01horrible thought crosses my tiny mind sandy if the after indicator boy was damaged by the explosion as every
25:07chance the escape tower was to go after the chief would you carry out an unmanned run nice sir
25:35af it's just as well we tested it sir it's us we can't get the lid into the idle position
25:40the rod gearing is bent it's nearly bent in two sir
25:42put any pressure on it and it'll bust in half you're sure positive so it's kaput
25:51well you all heard that the after escape towers been damaged by the explosion and can't be used
25:57forward one might be damaged too and that's no good to us
26:02we were daft enough to settle down in an old minefield one of the mines wasn't too old to complain
26:11well we all have to learn our lesson sometime this is us we're doing it the hard way
26:17well let's forget that part of it there are enough helping hands up there
26:21there's enough equipment there's more than enough time to get us out of here now not one of us doubts
26:24that do we anyone does speak up anyone want to panic okay we'll all stand by and watch him we're
26:32pretty close packed here but if anybody wants to run berserk we'll all shove up and make room for him
26:36we're all right sir yes i know you are well you know the routine those of you who can get
26:44some sleep
26:46conserve air and space
26:49come on commander niles
26:50come on
26:58we can't we mustn't he'll tell us when
27:04uh
27:07uh
27:08uh
27:09uh
27:09uh
27:10uh
27:12uh
27:17uh
27:20uh
27:38uh
27:40uh
27:40uh
27:42471. I am now directly over the indicator boy. Roger 471, your position marked.
27:49Inup is 262, 12 miles. Marked as boy position. Steer 262, pilot.
27:56Right Taff, we better get in your diving gear. On my way, sir.
28:05Underwater telephone bill, won't we close enough? Yes, sir.
28:23Almost there, sir. Permission to stop those engines.
28:27Omega. Put the indicator boy harbor cable on the port beam.
28:30Aye, aye, sir. Over. Omega, this is Hero. Do you read me? Over.
28:41Over.
28:42Omega, this is Hero. Over.
28:47Hero, this is Omega, receiving you medium strength but clear. Over.
28:54Close yourself.
28:57Omega, this is Niles.
29:03Hero, Aubrey, go ahead.
29:09What is your condition?
29:12We bottomed in an old minefield and a mine went off somewhere to port. The forward accommodation space is flooded.
29:26What is your depth?
29:30One, six, zero feet.
29:33Any casualties?
29:36One.
29:37One only.
29:38Isolated from us in forward torpedo compartment. Your two chaps with him.
29:45Pommerah and Wallace are cut off from the others.
29:48Any other damage?
29:50After escape tower is U.S. If you can't get us up, we have no other way out.
30:00We have only one clearance diver.
30:03Get Parry back to me.
30:06We cannot put him down yet. We have no equipment for that depth.
30:13We will fly it from Malta with the bolt firing gun.
30:20Won't be too long, Kenneth.
30:24Roger, we have air until about midnight.
30:30We'll get you up before the pub's shut.
30:34Don't go away.
30:38We'll try not to.
30:43Pilot, exact position of the submarine.
30:483528 North, 1255 East, sir.
30:52Roger. You got that?
30:53Sir.
30:53Right.
31:07She's only up there.
31:10About 100 yards away.
31:14How long does it take to run 100 yards?
31:18You watched the Olympics, did you?
31:219.25 seconds.
31:23Oh, ain't it marvelous familiarization trip.
31:25Where is your sense of humor, Polly?
31:27It's now we need it.
31:30Bloody cold.
31:31You know, a few minutes ago you were too bloody off.
31:38I could put that on.
31:41There's dozens out there.
31:42You could put one on there.
31:44We could be out of here and all for the hero in five minutes.
31:46He told us to wait.
31:48Yeah.
31:49And what about him?
31:50Do we leave him behind?
31:51And do you know how to use that thing?
31:52Because I don't.
31:53Yeah, well it's all in here.
31:54Yeah, and something goes wrong.
31:55We flood this compartment.
31:56They'd never get up here.
31:57Yeah, well the way the water came in here, there's a whole two yards wide.
31:59And here I ain't gonna patch that with a metal plate.
32:01Oh, the water would have come in quicker.
32:03Now listen, I know the score.
32:04There could be every ship in the Med come to the world, Puss.
32:06But I can't do nothing.
32:08Now he knows that.
32:09But he's pig-headed.
32:10He'll leave it to the last minute.
32:11And then we'll all get up in an orderly manner.
32:16Say it again.
32:20I still haven't told your lads the exact position.
32:25I don't want them thinking in terms of escape towers.
32:29They don't know the procedure.
32:30And if they flood that compartment as well, then we've had it.
32:38The gear should arrive any minute.
32:42We'll put the divers down now to assess the damage.
32:48Helicopter on radar, sir. Closing fast.
32:50The helicopter's here now.
32:52Things are moving.
32:55Roger.
33:01Well, if you have any prayers, prepare to say them now.
33:07I'll give you the words.
33:09Dear God, please make the whole a little one.
33:18What does he care about us?
33:23You're in a navy now.
33:24It's discipline.
33:25Doing the correct cobblers, acting by the rules.
33:27That's right.
33:28Well, that's not the way I've lived it, Marshy.
33:29I've always had to get myself out of a mess.
33:31Any mess.
33:32In the long run, it's up to me.
33:34Now, you've only got one life and you've got to look after it.
33:36What does he care about me?
33:37About you?
33:38He'll tell us when.
33:39Yeah, well, I'm doing it now.
33:41I'm getting out.
33:42No, you mustn't do that.
33:47I'm going to tell the captain.
33:49You ain't going to do any such bloody thing.
33:53You try and stop me.
33:55You're going to get us all killed.
34:02You bloody fool!
34:04Look at it!
34:05We're out of contact now!
34:40Can you set up the bolt firing equipment, sir?
34:43We'll check it as soon as I come off.
34:44Okay, sir.
34:45You've been off, sir.
34:46Right, sir.
34:47You should put that wooden bolt in the hangar.
35:02You should put that wooden bolt in the hangar.
35:05see yourсы.
35:16You should put that wooden bolt down here!
35:16Go!
35:20real...
35:25U Looker,
35:27twoII divers are on their way down to you now.
35:31Roger!
35:32Roger. Well, that's good news. Tell the passengers.
35:42It's dead. What? Nothing, sir. It's U.S.
35:49Hello, fire to the peter compartment. This is the captain. Something appears to be wrong with
35:53your telephone. There is another telephone on the starboard side of the bulkhead. Use that to call
35:57me now. You're sick, Pommy. Don't you see? Control yourself. Shut up. If that's not working, bang three
36:06times hard on the bulkhead, and we'll hear you.
36:19Overgunned. Two drivers will be with you any minute.
36:28First and foremost, I'm going to go to the car.
36:40I'm going to go.
36:41I'm going to go.
36:43I'm going to go.
36:45I'm going to go.
36:48I'm going to go.
37:30All right, back to the ship.
37:41This spring, it's to absorb the winkle. What's the score?
37:43Oh, there's no real problem, sir. The hole's about that pig.
37:46We'll have no trouble covering it up.
37:48Any more holes, likely, and away she lies.
37:50There's no way of telling, sir. We'll have to trust her luck.
37:53We'd better test out the boat gun, sir.
37:55Would you like to stand back?
38:03Yeah, looks okay.
38:05Right, well, start patching her up.
38:08I'll tell Omega you're on the way down.
38:13Omega, this is Niles.
38:17Aubrey.
38:17The hole's not big.
38:21A simple job.
38:24Could there be other holes under the mud?
38:32We won't buy that one, sir.
38:35We don't believe there will be.
38:38Starting the operation now.
38:44Good luck.
38:49Good luck.
38:53We'll see.
38:55We'll see.
39:06Come on, go and get the plate.
39:12Okay.
39:19these instructions are wrong
39:22can't open this bloody thing
39:24where's the compartment flood valve
39:26you're going to kill everybody
39:29nothing here that says compartment flood valve
39:31you don't know what you're doing
39:32must be down here
40:10listen you make one more move like that
40:12and i'll kill you look what you've done
40:14you stupid bastard i'll tear your arm out
40:17do you understand i'll tear it out of
40:19its socket listen pomeroy i'm telling
40:21you i'll kill you
40:40hello for a torpedo
40:42this is the captain
40:44the sound you're hearing is the noise of a bolt firing gun boring holes in the pressure
40:47hull on the port side
40:49this is to secure the plate over the hole
40:52everything is going happily to plan
41:18are you all right pommy
41:22are you feeling all right
41:24shut up
41:26they're doing fine
41:28i'll get you for it
41:30nobody comes at me
41:37okay then
41:38i don't care what happens to you
41:41i've had your kind to deal with ever since i was five years old
41:44two thousand of them in a playground
41:46fair
41:47you think this is fair
41:48i took that as my number one subject
41:52what a fool i was
41:53still feeling sorry for bastards like you
41:55and trying to help them when they get into trouble
42:13okay pommy
42:14get me for it
42:17i'll show you a few tricks i learned in the playground
42:45the plate is bolted in position
42:48and secure
42:52it's all up to you now
42:54kenneth
42:56good luck
43:07right let's have a go
43:16try the pump
43:17open the accommodation space mainline suction
43:47open the
43:50Accommodation space, voice pipe cork.
43:54Keep bumping.
44:20Stop bumping. Stop bumping.
44:31Blow one, two, six, seven, main ballast.
44:34Blow one, two, six, seven, main ballast.
44:51We're winning.
45:00Right, in he goes, honey.
45:03Right, sir.
45:23So, let's do what I'm doing.
45:31I'm doing a bit of a thousand g wagging up.
45:31Okay, I'm editing.
46:04I'm afraid someone's wet your beds through there.
46:08We'll be up top soon now. All right.
46:21Just as well you didn't try to use these. These are secondary escape instructions.
46:26You'd have flooded this compartment and we'd never have got to the surface.
47:22Flash.
47:23To all previous addresses, HM Submarine Omega surfaced at 21.49.
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