- Admiral Nelson: [Discussing flooding a compartment to right the boat] We open a sea cock at this depth, the water will come in like a battering ram.
- Patterson: But the watertight door would be shut, Sir. The water would stay in the compartment.
- Admiral Nelson: Yeah. And so would the man who opened the valve. I can't ask any man to do that.
- [Crewman Blake overhears this conversation and makes his decision]