What is Warship (TV series)?
'''Warship''' was a popular [[United Kingdom|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|Leander-class]] [[frigate]] '''[[HMS Phoebe (F42)|HMS Phoebe]]'''. Four [[Leander class frigate]]s played the role of [[HMS Hero]]. They were [[HMS Phoebe (F42)|HMS Phoebe]], '''[[HMS Dido (F104)|HMS Dido]]''', '''[[HMS Hermione (F58)|HMS Hermione]]''' and '''[[HMS Jupiter (F60)|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]] [[Naval officer ranks|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. ==Related pages== * [[Ian Mackintosh]] * [[HMS Hero]] * [[HMS Phoebe (F42)]] * [[HMS Dido (F104)]] * [[HMS Hermione (F58)]] * [[HMS Jupiter (F60)]] * [[Leander class frigate]] * [[Royal Navy]] * [[Royal Marines]] * [[Fleet Air Arm]] * [[Frigate]] == Other websites == * [http://www.action-tv.org.uk/guides/warship.htm ''Warship'' Episode Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122041243/http://www.action-tv.org.uk/guides/warship.htm |date=2007-01-22 }} * [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/27878 British Film Institute site on ''Warship''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228213748/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/27878 |date=2008-02-28 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030515170912/http://www.btinternet.com/~neilavery999/Phoebe-Herobooklet.PDF Royal Navy leaflet on ''Warship'', from the HMS Ph