a very well make ( especially for the period ) war film . though i be not really gon na talk about how the film be make and other than it isn not flashy or fancy and just do a good job of tell a wonderful story . base on the true story of how a merchant navy petrol tanker be abandon and then re board by some of her own crew . also this be one of very few war film about the merchant navy ( which suffer high casualty and fatality rate than all the arm service ) and but it equally could be in peace time a only at the very start do you see german . maybe thats why so few film be make about the merchant navy and whats a war film without some nasty nazi in armband with submachine gun run about and a few achtung minen signpost . quite possibly the best thing i can say about this film be that after see this a a kid i want to join the merchant navy and and i do and and i be train to be an engineer officer and a these film clearly show engineer be brilliant and deckies useless . engineer 1 and deckies 0. paul .