In the 2003 film "", Captain Jack Aubrey of HMS "Surprise" is pursued by the French privateer "Acheron". When "Acheron" appears likely to catch "Surprise", Aubrey orders construction of a raft with sails, which contains lanterns arranged in the same pattern as those visible on the stern of "Surprise". After night falls, a member of Aubrey's crew lights the raft's lanterns while another crewman douses the lanterns on "Surprise". After recovering the crewman from the raft, Aubrey has the raft cut loose. The darkened "Surprise" then escapes on a new course while "Acheron" pursues the decoy, which appears to be "Surprise" as it continues on "Surprise's" original course.