The Battle of the River Plate

[on board a badly shot up HMNZS Achilles]

Gunnery Officer:
Captain, sir.

Capt. Parry, HMNZS Achilles:
Yes, guns?

Gunnery Officer:
We've fired nearly 1200 rounds sir. About one third of the arsenal only remaining.

Capt. Parry, HMNZS Achilles:
Thank you. Are you all right?

Gunnery Officer:
A few new ventilation gaps here, sir. A bit draughty, but otherwise all right.

[Capt. Parry turns to look at gunnery control position full of shell holes]

Captain Langsdorff 'Admiral Graff Spee':
[to Captain Dove] Every commander is alone, Captain.

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
[McCall is telephoning the British Ambassador in Buenos Aires to try to spread a rumour] An emergency has arisen over the 'Graf Spee'.

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
Careful, McCall - security.

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
I know, sir, but this is most urgent. I have just heard by Admiralty code...

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
This isn't a scrambler, you know.

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
...that two of our capital ships...

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
Are you MAD, McCall? I'm going to hang up!

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
Sir, I must insist - in this case urgency overrides security.

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
'Urgency overrides security?' Well, well, well, go on, go on.

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
Both these capital ships will be calling in the next few hours at Bahia...

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
I told you before, this is not a scrambler!

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
...at Bahia Blanca to refuel.

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
MCCALL!

Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister, Montevideo:
[Groans] Oh...

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
They'll be down to their last drop when they arrive.

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
Stop it, stop it!

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
They... they've steamed at full speed for the Plate for obvious reasons...

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
Fellow's raving mad.

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
They request that we arrange for 2,000 tons of fuel oil...

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
Really McCall, YOU MUST STOP!

Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires:
...of fuel oil to be available in tankers as from tonight.

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice):
[Silence, as Ambassador realises what McCall is doing] Oh... very well, McCall. Yes, we got your message. [Hangs up]

Ray Martin:
The afternoon papers'll be out soon. Knowing how leaky the telephone cables are between here and Buenos Aires, I shall expect to see the headlines screaming that half the British fleet are off Punta del Este.

Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter:
Can reach Plymouth if ordered...

"where's the sun?"

"well over the yard arm sir"

"well pour the gin"