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Old 18-09-2008, 06:42 PM
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Ah yes, the excitable Leading Seaman on the bridge of the Ajax refers to it. But as the Exeter is steaming towards the Graf Spee at the time, the smoke he's laying behind him doesn't do much good tactically. And I'm not sure if he's deliberately making smoke or if that's just from the multiple fires on board

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The Able Seaman is a tad excitable, but at least he's making sense, while Gregson's planning to ram the Graf Spee if necessary.....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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In Excalibur Nicol Williamson's Merlin weaves a magical mist so that Gabriel Byrne can get up to all manner of naughtiness with somebody else's wife.
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In Excalibur Nicol Williamson's Merlin weaves a magical mist so that Gabriel Byrne can get up to all manner of naughtiness with somebody else's wife.
The Breath of The Dragon - good shout. And when Helen Mirren's Morgana is tricked into repeating the feat by Merlin she succeeds in creating a fogscreen for Arthur's final battle and turning herself into Dame Edna's companion...
.....what a great film that is !!!!
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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I wondered about that. The Graf Spee tried using a smokescreen in the real battle, but I don't recall much of a one being used in the film.

In books, there's a C.S. Forrester novel about the Royal Navy fighting the Italians in the Mediterranean in WWII which has great usage of a smokescreen. The RN destroyers keep nipping out of the smokescreen to hit the larger, clumsier Italian ships. They fire a few torpedoes and then dive back into the smokescreen. Shame I can't remember the title

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I believe it's The Ship. Based on RN light cruisers actions against far superior Italian forces especially at second Sirte and the early stages of the Cape Matapan battles.
Second Sirte
Matapan

The aggressive spirit, courage and professionalism of Admiral Cunningham's captains and crews established a massive moral superiority over their Italian counterparts, especially the admirals. The Italians had excellent ships and displayed great courage and elan but were let down by the timidity and indecision of their leaders.
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I believe it's The Ship. Based on RN light cruisers actions against far superior Italian forces especially at second Sirte and the early stages of the Cape Matapan battles.
Second Sirte
Matapan

The aggressive spirit, courage and professionalism of Admiral Cunningham's captains and crews established a massive moral superiority over their Italian counterparts, especially the admirals. The Italians had excellent ships and displayed great courage and elan but were let down by the timidity and indecision of their leaders.
That's the one, thanks

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