Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ships (Pt. 1)

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.

[@isaacBrockofthe41]

I wish they made more of movies. HornBlower is one of the best series i have ever watched.

[@Ash-ey9oy]

You might enjoy Sharp as well

[@thomasshort927]

Thoughts exactly

[@Vetrarbreytin]

Might have been so hard to live or even survive on these boats but God what an epic time, full of glory, exploration and unlikely adventures. Bravo Messieurs les Anglais pour cette superbe série!

[@Stuff8522]

Thank you so much for these uploads. I can't find them anywhere, so thank you for blessing us with this on KZbin.

[@AimeeR93]

i wish they continued making the movies...the books are amazing!!!!

[@verified139]

One of my favorite episodes. Thanks for posting this.

[@scottielise]

Get him over the side... with dignity. I LOVE Pellew! lol :)

[@jackluteijn]

Een van de beste !!!series ooit !

[@bertmacdonald337]

Hoist yer t`gallants, Mister Hornblower, lively like! Hearts of oak and balls of steel. Matelots looking like they know what they`re doing? That`ll never catch on. Cheers easy, Jack ;)

[@ImaginaryBiscuit]

@Firefox123455 It is :) Mr Gruffudd is from Wales and was raised with Welsh (Cymraeg) as his first language. You can actually find vids of him speaking Welsh here on YT. It sounds awesome :D

[@Zennofobic]

this showed up on my recommended list... ahhh Horatio, I have the DVD set tucked away somewhere

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

My favorite part of the entire series, 2:25- 5:39

[@thomasshort927]

These are superb, will done. Wish they made more.

[@iguire]

Thank you for posting these!!!!!!!

[@raylast3873]

I‘m sorry Pel, but I think he can see your angry 😭 😂 😭

[@scottyrobot]

this is like Star Trek the Next Generation, but on water!

[@Nicey90]

thanks for uploading these dude!

[@askidja]

Enjoyed this series years ago

[@raylast3873]

5:24 look at Matthews in the background looking like „this is sus af right now“

[@heavyarms01h]

@scottyrobot With good reason. Gene Roddenberry loved the Hornblower novels and was inspired by Hornblower to create "Star Trek."

[@hulakan]

"In the dark days of the Napoleonic War"... The intro-blurb would seem to be incorrect. This episode is apparently based on some chapters of the novel that is set at the earliest point in the Hornblower chronology, in the mid-late 1790's, a few years before Napoleon came to power in 1799.

[@rjuttemeijer]

Poor cows.

[@tommiatkins3443]

Why was a small supply schooner attempting to engage a Frigate? I never heard of such a thing happen.

[@SantomPh]

The Captain was a guest but assumed command and forced the supply ship to engage despite un favorable odds. Foster was known to be a reckless, daring commander but at great cost

[@raylast3873]

Given that a small schooner or barque of this sort likely with a civilian crew has virtually no chance of taking on a military frigate, he‘s either insane or trying to force the frigate to sink them so as to deny them the potential prize. As long as running was an option, however, does not seem like a reasonable decision in any case.

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

@@raylast3873 and we see how one under his command decided to try and knife him. its like sharpe speaking to lord kiely. "no wonder your men desert you. if i take a man into battle, i'd like to offer him a better chance of surviving"

[@raylast3873]

@@StopFlaggingVideos in fairness, that man is a merchant sailor, not a naval rate. Their threshold for going along with life-threatening plans may be quite different. Undoubtedly someone like Hornblower would get that it‘s different and work with what he has, but a lot of military officers would just expect everyone to obey like they are used to. In this case though, even from a military point of view running was arguably the better option.

[@mitrooper]

Hey, Captain Wedge Antilles!!! 1:36

[@raylast3873]

Yup, Foster is definitely crazy.

[@danielcrocenzi]

Podría ver todos los capítulos muchas gracias saludos.😊

[@AngeliqueKaga]

I love Captain Pellew

[@dewytripp]

the same guy that plays mr. fantastic in fantastic 4. Ioan Gruffudd (his name is welsh btw)

[@eahrtjgfdgbgjktuytr]

Pellew's growl at 4:44! :D

[@AOTSismyhero]

@scottyrobot yeah, actually captain kirk was said to be slightly based off of Horatio

[@davidwebb8380]

wow,,l the lookout must be blind ??? only calling out when the other ship is THAT close through the 'scope of the Captains telescope ???

[@xXDeathbysnusnuXx]

Goddamit we need those supplies.

[@raylast3873]

Back when English people were able to speak more than one language. On the one hand, points off since French is as bougie a language as it gets…on the other hand, French is really hard, so points for Mr. H.

[@MrRuwald11]

oui.....si. priceless

[@Rimasta1]

@Bramblefox thank you

[@omega856]

Me thinks that Spanish flag is just a wee bit big for that boat....

[@ridleyscurry2480]

that ship sank real fast

[@Commodoro8]

thanks anyway ... but if someone knew do he could tell me?

[@MimicoSound]

ma friend intorduced me to this show. its not that bad actually. i was surprised to learn that Jamie Bamber was on this show. he's so hot

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

It is called "A British man of war"

[@Commodoro8]

Come si intitola la colonna sonora iniziale?

[@AvantimeV6]

Spanish's Empire RULES!!! Viva España!!!

[@chopinandliszt]

so, those cows all drowned?

[@robertfeld5829]

I think this was before the Napoleonic war.

[@jamiengo2343]

Robert Feld it’s during the First/Second Coalitions. Second Coalition I think.

[@SantomPh]

It is set in 1795 just after the Peace of Basel but a year later, as Pellew predicts , Spain joins France in the Third Coalition.

[@Commodoro8]

how the background music is named please?

[@andywilcock5511]

guess what im related too charles darwin and lord nelson. ;)

[@SaraJeanM]

Horatio Nelson is my great great great uncle on my mom's side.

[@Darthbelal]

poor cows........

[@ImaginaryBiscuit]

@Firefox123455 Like Astraea says, it's Yo-ann ;)

[@andadavudarumugainsayasyuf4259]

Northerm taje upersillile

[@andadavudarumugainsayasyuf4259]

Nota sright

[@neverfearchrisishere]

you and around 1000000 other people XD

[@aaronwest1055]

Let us pray the almighty never chooses to become neutral 😂

[@Dennizjoon]

What is the background music named, please?* Grammar nazi mission complete. *trollface*

[@claudestalio6922]

No8thMo no

[@Dennizjoon]

I translated, and your grammar isn't correct yet, now Mr.Italian, go back to studying English. xD Nah im just messing with you, even if the grammar isn't correct, my apologies for insulting you, when I commented last time, I was in that mood you get in, when you haven't gotten any sleep, that can make you a jerk sometimes. So Sorry once again. ^^