Overview
Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.
Cast
- Ioan Gruffudd as Midshipman Horatio Hornblower
- Robert Lindsay as Captain Sir Edward Pellew
- Dorian Healy as Midshipman Jack Simpson
- Michael Byrne as Captain Keene
- Robert Bathurst as Lieutenant Eccleston
- Duncan Bell as Midshipman Clayton
- Paul Copley as Matthews
- Sean Gilder as Styles
- Simon Sherlock as Oldroyd
- Chris Barnes as Finch