First broadcast 7th June 1973.
HMS Hero, a Royal Navy frigate, has lost her captain to mental illness and her first lieutenant to the bottle.
Donald Burton - Commander Mark Nialls
David Savile - Lieutenant Commander Beaumont
Don Henderson - Master at Arms Heron
Norman Eshley - Lieutenant Last
John Lee - Lieutenant Commander Kiley
Rex Robinson - Lieutenant Commander Junnion
Graeme Eton - Lieutenant Wakelin
Christopher Coll - Lieutenant Boswall
Bruce Boa - McFie
Gaye Brown - Janet McFie
James Garbutt - Munro
Hugh Latimer - Rear Admiral Cardine
Brian Jameson - Leading Steward Brown
Jon Laurimore - Superintendent Bellamy
Mike Lewin - Sergeant Woods
Nicholas McArdle - O'Leary
Carlos Douglas - Barman
Laurie Webb - Customs Officer
Roy Evans - Cook Meadows