Gift Horse (film)

Gift Horse released in the United States as Glory at Sea is a 1952 British war film starring Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough.

A disgraced former commander reenlists in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He forms the crew of his rundown ship, HMS Ballantrae, ex USS Whittier, one of the Townclass destroyers from the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, into an efficient fighting force, before being sent on Operation Boadicea, a suicide mission.The first half of the film depicts an overview of the exAmerican Townclass destroyers, from their handing over to the Royal Navy, their workingup into fighting units despite their old age and limitations, and their dangerous work as convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic. The latter part of the film is clearly based on HMS Campbeltown and the St Nazaire Raid. ........

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