Warship (TV series)
Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977.
The series was about life on board a Royal Navy warship, the fictional HMS Hero. It was mainly filmed aboard the Leander-class frigate HMS Phoebe.
Four Leander class frigates played the role of HMS Hero. They were HMS Phoebe, HMS Dido, HMS Hermione and HMS Jupiter. All the crews of these warships were given HMS Hero cap tallies for filming purposes.
The creator of the series was a serving Royal Navy officer, Ian Mackintosh. He wrote three books based on episodes of the series. They were simultaneously published in hardback and paperback. The books were:
- Warship (published in 1973);
- HMS Hero (published in 1976);
- and Holt RN (published in 1977).
The opening music of the series was a march played by the Royal Marines, called Warship, and written by Anthony Isaac. It is still played by Royal Marine bands.
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- Warship Episode Guide Archived 2007-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- British Film Institute site on Warship Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Royal Navy leaflet on Warship, from the HMS Phoebe Association website
- Comments on Warship by series Director Michael Briant
- Webpage (at Home > Scriptwriting > Warship) about Michael J Bird's scripts for Warship
- HMS Phoebe Association website
- HMS Dido Association website Archived 2007-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- HMS Jupiter Association website
- HMS Hermione Association website Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Ian Mackintosh's Royal Navy service record on Opsromm.org Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Warship on IMDb