# What sea-faring tall ships movie was this?

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Probably from the 30s or 40s. Life aboard an English war ship. One of the sub plots involved a cabin boy who happened to be the Admiral’s son. The Admiral was hated for his zealous use of flogging, so when his son was caught in a flogging offense he wasn’t spared the whip, to send a message to his dad. That, I believe, was the gist of it.

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Not quite as you described, but does [Damn the Defiant!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055884/?ref_=tt_urv) sound close?