Warship is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and broadcast between 1973 and 1977. The series was set contemporaneously and depicted life on board the fictitious Royal Navy frigate HMS Hero. Four series were produced with 45 episodes made in total. It was also subtitled into Dutch and broadcast in the Netherlands as Alle hens aan dek (All hands on deck) and it enjoyed popularity in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Plot The episodes were written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s. The primary focus for most stories was on the Captain and his fellow officers, but the series also featured life on the lower decks to portray episodes heavily featuring ratings. Episodes featured a variety of events at sea (the Cold War, smuggling, the evacuation of civilians from crisis-hit places, etc.), as well as the personal lives of officers and ratings and the impact their personal lives had on their professional lives and duties. Cast Over the course of the series HMS Hero's crew changes periodically. Only two officers, Kiley and Wakelin, remain with the ship for the whole series. The main characters in most episodes were the captain and his first lieutenant. Hero's crew Captains Donald Burton as Commander Mark Nialls, (series 1–2) Bryan Marshall as Commander Alan Douglas Glenn, (series 3) Derek Godfrey as Captain Edward Kelvin Holt (series 4) First Lieutenants David Savile as Lieutenant Commander Derek "Porky" Beaumont (series 1–3) Robert Morris as Lieutenant Commander James Napier, (series 4) Other officers John Lee as Lieutenant Commander Bill Kiley, weapons and electrics officer Graeme Eton as Lieutenant Montgomery Charles "Monty" Wakelin, supply officer Norman Eshley as Lieutenant Bob Last, navigating officer (series 1–2) Andrew Burt as Lieutenant Paul Peek, navigating officer (series 3–4) Christopher Coll as Lieutenant Peter Boswall, flight commander (series 1) James Leith as Lieutenant Roy Tagg, flight commander (series 3) Richard Warwick as Lieutenant Parry (series 1) Rex Robinson as Lieutenant Commander Jack Junnion, engineer officer (series 1) Ratings Don Henderson as Master-at-Arms Frank Heron (series 1–3) Frank Jarvis as Master-at-Arms Harry Burnett (series 3–4) James Cosmo as Leading Regulator Pat Fuller Nigel Humphreys as Leading Seaman Anderson Steve Gardner as Able Seaman Billy Grogan Colin Rix as Leading Medical Assistant Milner Recurring characters Donald Hewlett as Rear Admiral Mulliner/Staunton Peter Cellier as Captain Reginald