Warship(1973–1977)

Hot Pursuit

HMS Hero, a Royal Navy frigate, has lost her captain to mental illness and her first lieutenant to the bottle. While in the middle of an overhaul, she gets a new first lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander Derek 'Porky' Beaumont, and almost immediately afterward a new captain, Commander Mark Nialls. As the two officers work hard to get Hero back into shape, the ship is called on to assist in capturing a gun-running freighter.

Nobody Said Frigate

HMS Hero are sent on a hush, hush mission to the North African coast to pick up a British asset, code named Max without anybody knowing. Unfortunately if the mission goes wrong Captain Niles is on his own.

Off Caps

Funny, They All Say That

The Drop

The Prize

Sub Smash

A Standing And Jumping War

Wind Song

Ex Polaris submarine captain Edward Holt is in command of HMS Hero currently on duty in the Hong Kong area.

Singapore Incident

An executive jet flying a routine trip to Singapore issues a mayday call and is forced to ditch at sea. Captain Holt and the crew of HMS Hero are ordered to investigate.

Diplomatic Package

One of the islands in the vicinity of Hong Kong now has a large oil field, to which the UK would like favorable concessions. To show the British presence, HMS Hero drops anchor in the port and Captain Holt and his crew practice their diplomacy ashore.

Rendezvous

Hero is asked to help the Hong Kong police catch wanted murderer Victor Chelten, a former businessman with mental issues who has escaped by boat.

The Girl From The Sea

Whilst watching a naval helicopter exercise HMS Hero rescue a Chinese girl from the water. When they return to Hong Kong it is with the assistance of the police that the mystery starts to unravel.

A Matter of History

HMS Hero is docked at Eddowes Island, which is about to be handed over from British rule. The locals are welcoming to the Hero's crew, but they're opposed to the handover, and some are resorting to violence. The Hero's crew are asked to help keep the locals in order, which worries Captain Holt, and Lt Napier in particular.

Counter-Charge

HMS Hero is now on its way back from Hong Kong. As they move closer to Portsmouth harbour the ship's crew prepares for shore leave.

Man In Reserve

HMS Hero's overworked pilot accidentally flies into the RNR manned HMS Rillington's firing exercise. He spends the next exercise on HMS Rillington while their irritating Lt Mannering inflicts his bragging on Hero. An emergency then occurs.

Fall From Grace

Having returned from an exercise the HMS Hero crew are needled about the state of their ship by Captain Calder.

Jack Fell Down

The new officer on HMS Hero is a Special Duties commission: in this case, a former Petty Officer. He attacks his new role perhaps too vigorously and this is not helped by being unable to mix well and so learn from the other officers.

Robertson Crusoe

Whilst observing a Russian ship, HMS Hero finds and takes aboard an experimental unexploded mine.

Someone, Somewhere

As HMS Hero continues to steam home to Portsmouth, the RAF drop a post package for the crew. For Able Seaman Blane this starts unsettling rumours as to the state of his marriage back in his home village.

The Raid

Without Just Cause

And Wings of Gold

Pilot Alan Glenn in the new commander of Hero. His first trip is to check out an immobilized Soviet submarine, which as surfaced in the Arctic.

What Are Friends For?

When the Hero is asked to intercept a vessel suspected of drug smuggling, Commander Glenn's loyalties are divided.

Knight Errant

As Lt. Cmdr Beaumont considers taking unpaid leave for a yachting expedition, the HMS Hero encounters another lone yachtsman who's more experienced than he seems.

They Also Serve

With the Hero in dock, about to take part in an important naval exercise, Commander Glenn is persuaded to spend the weekend with an old flame, and her husband. In his absence, Lieutenant Peek gets on the wrong side of the dockyard workers, and soon has the crew embroiled in a Union dispute.

Under the Surface

Hero's continued lack of success in anti-submarine warfare exercises against HM Submarine Ovid rattle Captain Glenn's self-confidence and cause increasing tension between him and his officers.

Rough Run Home

A young nautical engineer has developed a new system of rudder stabilisation, and the Hero is chosen to test it.

All of One Company

Regulator Fuller is put in charge of 3D mess in a bid to curb the unruly behavior of AB Grogan and Smith who are picking on Seaman Dorrity.

Quiet Run Ashore

An officer on board a neighbouring vessel dies in strange but unsuspicious circumstances. Unsuspicious, that is, until the body of an old girfriend of his, is washed up ashore on the same day.

Ides of Mark

With Commander Glenn now in charge of HMS Hero the ship prepares for a naval inspection. Assisting Rear Admiral Staunton in this task is Mark Nialls, formally much respected captain of HMS Hero.

The Buccaneer

Commander Glen's brother, Eddie, faces dismissal from the RAF after an unauthorised low flying stunt above a moving vehicle.

Divert With Dispatch

A Panamanian luxury yacht has gone missing, along with its millionaire owner and his family. After an RAF Nimrod on reconnaissance spots a similar yacht, several hundred miles from the missing yacht's last known position, the nearby HMS Hero is ordered to investigate.

Heart Of Oak

When his wife arrives in port from Glasgow, Fuller doesn't get the nice surprise that the crew suppose. Meanwhile, the Chief Petty Officer, who has recent marital troubles of his own, faces possible disciplinary action for allowing his problems to affect his work.