“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

“- Geoffrey Thorpe: Your ship is sinking, Captain.
- Capt. Lopez: Then we shall drown together.”
Errol Flynn - Geoffrey Thorpe
Gilbert Roland - Capt. Lopez

“- 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

“The riches of the New World are limitless, and the New World is ours - with our ships carrying the Spanish flag on seven seas, our armies sweeping over Africa, the Near East, and the Far West; invincible everywhere... but on our own doorstep. Only northern Europe holds out against us.”
Montagu Love - King Phillip II