A series of seven programmes presented by Admiral of the Fleet, the Lord Hill-Norton, GCB 3: Gunboat
' Send a gunboat ! ' - for 150 years the gunboat has been empire-builder, policeman, rescue ship and diplomat. From anti-slavery patrol to the China Station, from the Cod War to fishery protection, the gunboat is ' seapower ' in action every hour of the day.
Director BILL JONES
Producer JOHN DEKKER