Sea Patrol

Fishing vessel on my port bow, this is an Australian warship.

Stop or heave to or I will fire upon you.

XO, one round only, 50 yards ahead of the bow.

Gunner, action.

Instant.

One round only, 50 yards ahead of the bow.

Engage!

Vessel not stopping, sir.

XO, one short burst, 50 yards ahead of the bow.

Gunner, one short burst, 50 yards ahead of the bow.

Engage.

Foreign fishing vessel is slowing, sir.

Slow ahead, both engines.

Clear. Clear.

Clear.

Slew outboard.

Down on one.

Holster. Check primaries and secondaries.

Do us a favour, mate.

Don't throw up in the RHIB on your first day.

Ease off, Jaff -

you've only been at sea half a dog watch yourself.

Well, four weeks is a long time in the navy.

Seasick pills.

He's yanking your chain, mate. They don't work.

Thanks, Jaff.

It's my first day on a patrol boat too.

So we'll do this together, hey? We'll do it well.

Let's go.

What is that foul smell?

Trochus shell, ma'am.

They rot out the fish to get at the shell.

Stop there. Stop there, sir.

I've got some seasick pills here, man.

Told you they didn't work.

Buffer, find me the master, please.

Master? Who is the master of this vessel?

Are you the master, sir?

Are you the master of this vessel?

OK, Buffer, get the others for'd.

Sir. Sir. Back, sir.

Check the paperwork. Move back.

Are you aware you are illegally fishing

in Australia's Economic Exclusion Zone?

Where have you come from?

Where have...? Buffer!

Ma'am?

Charlie 2, this is X-ray 2. Over.

This is Charlie 2.

This is X-ray 2.

Master of vessel denies knowing they're in our EEZ.

A full load of trochus on board.

Recommend apprehension and tow back to base. Over.

NAVCOM has agreed, X.

Leave two of our guys on the FFV as a steaming party.

Charlie 2 out.

Buffer? Two men to stay on board.

ET. Jaffah.

Good experience for him, ma'am.

Yeah, well, four weeks is a long time in the navy, I guess.

X?

Sir. Just finished unpacking.

Great.

We don't dress for dinner on patrol boats.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

Talk with the navigator.

She'll get you up to speed on our little ways.

I'm sure I'll pick these things up as I go along, sir.

Uh, look, Kate.

I haven't had a chance to talk with you privately

since you joined us.

No.

When we last met, on the course,

I never expected we'd end up on the same ship -

you being a big ship sort of person

and me being wedded to patrol boats.

Yes, you're right. I am a big ship sort of person.

Well, 'Hammersley'

has just only got six months left in her, so...

As for anything else that may have happened between us,

I'm sure two professionals can work together.

Sir?

Yes. I'm sure.

Seaman Webb?

Stay where you are.

How are you feeling?

Um, fine, sir.

That's interesting. You look like death warmed up.

That's actually how I feel, sir.

First time away from home? Yeah.

I know how it feels.

Lying in this same rack,

thinking about Mum's roast dinners.

This was once your rack, was it, sir?

Carved my initials there somewhere.

I understand you did very well today

on your first boarding party.

Yeah.

Keep it up. Thank you, sir.

There ever any trouble with these blokes?

Now, you'd be referring

to that petty officer that got eaten.

Yeah.

Hey! Sit down.

Hey, hey. Easy, mate.

He's only taking a leak.

Looks like you could use one yourself.

Turn my back on that lot?

No way.

ENGINES CHUG

Revolutions 320. Revolutions 320.

Run then repeated, ma'am.

Very good.

You know, if you go that way through the channel,

you'll find that it's, um...

It's just a suggestion.

Well, I'll be in the wardroom updating the operations plan.

Oh, Nav, when you get a sec,

will you move your things to the top rack?

Seniority. Better rack. Right.

Come on up, Charge. I'm just leaving.

Ma'am. You've got the ship?

I have.

We're currently doing six knots,

so I'd like to take down the port engine

for some maintenance.

Sure. Why not? Go right ahead.

Aye, ma'am.

Word is you haven't been saluting the ship's mascot.

I'm supposed to salute it?

Who is he?

It's Thor - the thunder god.

Oh, my mum wouldn't like me saluting him, then.

We're Presbyterian. Oh.

Well, if you don't, you're gonna bring bad luck onto the ship.

I don't think your mum would want that, would she?

Yeah, that's much better.

Now, as the ship's most recent member,

you gotta do that every time you come on board.

Commanding officer requested, Bridge.

A signal in from NAVCOM, sir.

Medical emergency on Bride Island.

Uh, currently 70 miles away.

It's a marine biologist, Dr Lisa Holmes.

She set off an emergency beacon.

She was talking on her satellite phone to NAVCOM

when communication ceased.

Sat phone broke down? Well, it seems not, sir.

They can still hear her breathing.

They believe she's unconscious.

OK. We'll break off towing the FFV.

They can follow us under their own steam.

Sir, are we leaving our two men aboard?

FFV's sound. We won't be far away.

MCR, Bridge. Start port main engine in MCR control.

Bridge, port engine's still down.

She'll be good to go in about 30 minutes.

Who the hell gave you permission

to take that engine down?

It's OK, Charge. I'll deal with it.

What is it I don't know, X?

Charge asked permission to take down the port engine.

And since we were towing and only doing six knots...

You thought you could give permission without consulting me?

Get that engine back on line ASAP, Charge.

We've got a medical emergency on Bride Island.

Nav, take the ship. X, we need to talk. Now.

You were asleep!

Where my ship's concerned, I am never asleep.

We were to be towing all the way to base.

And now we're not. No-one could've predicted that.

Good planning means being able to deal with the unpredictable.

It's basic to the running of the vessel.

It's about teamwork. It's about consultation.

It's about not taking over my ship.

Teamwork, but it's YOUR ship?

Damn right it's my ship - my responsibility.

And teamwork's there to achieve that result.

Very good, sir.

Excuse me.

INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT

Sierra 2, this is Charlie 2. Over.

This is Sierra 2. Over.

Follow us to Bride Island and we'll pick up the tow again

once this medical emergency's dealt with.

Over.

This is Sierra 2, confirming

we're following 'Hammersley' to Bride Island.

Over.

Maintain one-hourly sched.

We'll see you later. Out.

How often does this happen?

Oh, makes for a bit of a change, don't you think?

PHONE RINGS

'Hammersley'. Lieutenant Commander Flynn.

Lieutenant Smith, NAVCOM, sir.

Commander Marshall wants a word with you.

Mike. Are you at Bride Island yet?

We had certain operational difficulties, sir.

We should be there at 1300.