Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Ioan GruffuddHoratio Hornblower | Horatio Hornblower |
 Robert LindsaySir Edward Pellew | Sir Edward Pellew |
 Antony SherColonel Moncoutant | Colonel Moncoutant |
 John ShrapnelGeneral Charette | General Charette |
 Samuel WestMajor Edrington | Major Edrington |
 Peter VaughanAdmiral Lord Hood | Admiral Lord Hood |
 Jean BadinFaure | Faure |
 Jamie BamberArchie Kennedy | Archie Kennedy |
 Paul CopleyMathews | Mathews |
 Jonathan CoyLieutenant Bracegirdle | Lieutenant Bracegirdle |
 Sean GilderStyles | Styles |
 Estelle SkornikMariette | Mariette |
 Colin MacLachlanMaster Bowles | Master Bowles |
 Simon SherlockOldroyd | Oldroyd |
 Ian LindsayCollins | Collins |
| JJason HallStevens | Stevens |