Greyhound

Commander Ernest Krause leads an Allied destroyer escort protecting a convoy across the 'Black Pit' of the mid-Atlantic, beyond air cover, as German U-boats stalk the ships in a relentless multi-day battle. The film compresses the tension of convoy warfare into tight, procedural combat sequences.

The mid-Atlantic gap, unreachable by land-based aircraft until 1943, was the most dangerous stretch for Allied convoys, where U-boat wolfpacks inflicted heavy losses on merchant shipping.

Adapted from C.S. Forester's novel 'The Good Shepherd,' the film is a composite fictional account rather than a depiction of a specific historical convoy battle.

Directed by Aaron Schneider

Cast: Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, Elisabeth Shue

Positioned at February 1942 within the Battle of the Atlantic phase of the war, as part of the Convoy escort operations. This is entry 60 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• destroyer
• convoy
• wolfpack
• U-boat
• Tom Hanks

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  Action in the North Atlantic

  1941–1942

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  The Cruel Sea

  1939–1945

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  In Which We Serve

  1939–May 1941

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  Das Boot

  Autumn–Winter 1941

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  Bataan

  Early 1942

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  The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

  1942–October 1944