“- Queen Elizabeth: You conceive it to be part of your mission to assault and loot the ship of an ambassador to the court? Captain Thorpe, do you imagine that we are at war with Spain?
- Geoffrey Thorpe: Your Grace, Spain is at war with the world.”

Flora Robson - Queen Elizabeth
Errol Flynn - Geoffrey Thorpe

“England is under threat of invasion, and though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home. This ship, is England. So it's every hand to his rope or gun, quick's the word and sharp's the action.”

Russell Crowe - Capt. Jack Aubrey

“In the grand scheme of things, what's one boat? This war's gonna end. It doesn't mean we have to end with it.”
William H. Macy - Chief of Boat Nathan Travers

“The bigger the ship, the smaller the adventure. The smaller the ship, the bigger the adventure.”

Conrad Veidt - Capt. Andersen

“To this end, I pledge you ships - ships worthy of our seamen - a mighty fleet, hewn out of the forests of England; a navy foremost in the world - not only in our time, but for generations to come.”
Flora Robson - Queen Elizabeth