خلاصه داستان : در طول جنگ سرد، یک ستوان کند ذهن، که به دلیل ارتباطاتش نمی تواند از کار اخراج شود، از دریانوردی به ناوگان دوردست ماتبال به یک ناوشکن منتقل می شود که خدمه آن یک طرح پول سازی غیرقانونی را اجرا می کند.

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.

خلاصه داستان : جوانی عازم دریا می‌شود تا ماجرا های جدیدی را تجربه کند.

Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy. He is very keen to do well but luckily he has an understanding captain to pull him out of the various adventures he seems to get involved in.