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The Best Episodes of Sea Patrol

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Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Sea Patrol Season 2 Episode 5 - Giving up the Dead
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Giving up the Dead

    S2:E5

    Robert fails a drug test but is determined to prove his innocence. Meanwhile, the Hammersley uncovers a smuggling operation by Samaruian rebels which is designed to destabilise the government.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:John Ridley

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  2. Sea Patrol Season 4 Episode 4 - Ransom
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Ransom

    S4:E4

    A kidnap drama on the ocean and relationship tremors below decks rock Hammersley as she sails the Coral Sea.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Sea Patrol Season 5 Episode 13 - One Perfect Day
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - One Perfect Day

    S5:E13

    Tragedy rocks HMAS Hammersley as the crew races to prevent a terrorist attack on a busy Australian port. Meanwhile, Kate and Dutchy discover ingredients for a radioactive 'dirty bomb' are being smuggled into Australia on illegal fishing boats, and Mike is stunned to realise SAS Officer Jim Roth has proposed to Kate - will he let the woman he loves marry another man?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marcia Gardner

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  4. Sea Patrol Season 2 Episode 4 - Heaven Born Captains
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Heaven Born Captains

    S2:E4

    After going on a blind date with an SAS commander, Kate believes her love life is starting to look up. When a French naval captain attempts to seduce Mike, he has to call on all his diplomacy skills. An illegal fishing boat is the subject of a perilous boarding.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sea Patrol Season 5 Episode 11 - The Morning After
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Morning After

    S5:E11

    When one of their mates is kidnapped by terrorists, the crew of Hammersley is in a desperate race to save his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sea Patrol Season 5 Episode 12 - Saving Ryan
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Saving Ryan

    S5:E12

    Bird is compromised when she discovers Ryan working for a private security firm while AWOL from the navy. Mike fears his son has been murdered by mercenaries and risks his career to get revenge on the killers. A pregnancy scare forces Kate to reconsider her future.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Sea Patrol Season 4 Episode 15 - Flotsam and Jetsam
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Flotsam and Jetsam

    S4:E15

    When Hammersley rescues a shipwrecked woman, they uncover a murderous criminal conspiracy. Kate saves Dutch's life during a gun battle with smugglers, sparking his romantic interest, and Bomber makes a shocking decision after she and 2Dads are caught breaking the non-fraternisation rule.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sea Patrol Season 5 Episode 3 - Crimes of Passion
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Crimes of Passion

    S5:E3

    Dutchy finds himself the prime suspect in a cold-blooded murder after he rescues a beautiful young woman. The Hammersley rushes to save a professional diver trapped in a shark cage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sea Patrol Season 5 Episode 7 - Black Flights
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Black Flights

    S5:E7

    2Dads and Charge come under fire while investigating a UFO sighting. Ryan and Bird befriend a young man with a tortured secret that could get them all killed. Charge hides a health scare that could end his navy career, and Mike suspects a local police chief of masterminding a major drug-smuggling operation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome Aboard
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Welcome Aboard

    S1:E1

    When HMAS Hammersley answers a distress call from Bright Island, Captain Mike Flynn and his crew discover a young woman lying paralysed on the beach. She is conscious but unable to talk, and despite their best efforts they are unable to save her. Thus begins new Executive Officer Lieutenant Kate McGregor's first day aboard a patrol boat, and CO Mike Flynn's obsession with the mystery of Bright Island. Something very odd is happening in connection with the Island. The Federal Police move in to investigate the woman's death, but no-one is talking. Her colleague, the striking Doctor Ursula Morrell, seems to know more than she's letting on, and Mike finds himself drawn to her cool beauty and her vulnerability.

    Director:Chris Martin-Jones
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  11. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 2 - What Lies Beneath
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - What Lies Beneath

    S1:E2

    The Hammersley uncovers a sophisticated drug smuggling network, with explosive results. Mike is convinced the Federal Police are covering up the poisoning death of a marine biologist. Kate is jealous of Mike's relationship with Ursula Morrell, while Nikki struggles to restrain her feelings for ET.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  12. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 3 - Ghost of Things Past
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Ghost of Things Past

    S1:E3

    The crew of the HMAS Hammersley come across an abondonned catamaran in the middle of the ocean, which uncovers the beginnings of a murder mystery. A sailor has gone missing and Nikki puts her navigational sklls to the test in the attempt to find them. The ship is then hit by a cyclone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 4 - Irukandji
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Irukandji

    S1:E4

    Mike is torn between saving the life of a missing refugee girl, and the lives of two shipmates bitten by the deadly irukandji jellyfish. While pursuing pirates, the Hammersley rescues a family of illegal immigrants from an unseaworthy ship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 5 - Under The Radar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Under The Radar

    S1:E5

    The Hammersley attempts the daring capture of an illegal fishing ‘mother ship’ but is thwarted by violent eco-terrorists. Mike finds himself falling in love with beautiful marine biologist Ursula Morrell, who later goes missing under mysterious circumstances.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Marcia Gardner

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  15. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 6 - Precious Cargo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Precious Cargo

    S1:E6

    The crew uncovers a people smuggling racket, when they almost collide with a floating shipping container full of North Korean refugees. The Hammersley races to capture the smugglers’ ship and save the lives of their human cargo. Kate is wooed by a charming civilian sailor. Meanwhile, Mike is determined to solve the mystery of Ursula’s disappearance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John Ridley

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  16. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 7 - Rescue Me
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Rescue Me

    S1:E7

    The HMAS Hammersley confronts a series of new menaces in the northern waters from pirates to toxic crabs, not to mention a gorgeous solo yachtswomen with a rescue fetish.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:John Ridley

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  17. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 8 - Through the Storm
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Through the Storm

    S1:E8

    The video of Chefo's bucks night finds its way into Kate's hands and she is humiliated by what she finds on it. The HMAS Hammersley comes across an unexploded sea mine and Spider manages to save the life of a boy who was near the mine, but have Spider's days in the navy come to an end?

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 9 - Under the Hammer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Under the Hammer

    S1:E9

    Disaster looms for the Hammersley crew when a fire erupts in the engine room, after the mascot is stolen by a rival Patrol Boat crew. Meanwhile, an eye injury threatens to destroy Charge's career, and ET takes a vow of chastity in a desperate attempt to prove himself to Nikki.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 10 - Damage Control
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Damage Control

    S1:E10

    The crew pursues a distraught father who has kidnapped his own children. Then, while searching a crocodile-infested swamp for the missing family, the crew discovers a badly mauled fisherman.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Sarah Smith

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  20. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 11 - Chinese Whispers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Chinese Whispers

    S1:E11

    The Hammersley saves sailors from a sinking ship, only to learn they are diamond smugglers who will kill to save their cargo. Swain is kidnapped by smugglers and left trapped in their sinking ship. Will Buffer rescue him before the ship sinks? Mike is reprimanded by Navy brass over his obsession with the Bright Island mystery.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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  21. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 12 - Deep Water
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Deep Water

    S1:E12

    The Hammersley races to save a boatload of tourists from being murdered as part of a bizarre terrorist publicity stunt. Meanwhile, Swain and the crew help deliver the baby of a runaway teenager, found lost at sea with her criminal boyfriend. A series of emergencies at sea prevent Swain from attending the birth of his first baby.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Sea Patrol Season 1 Episode 13 - Cometh the Hour
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Cometh the Hour

    S1:E13

    As the decommissioning of the HMAS Hammersley draws near, the crew risks life and ship to hunt down a rogue terrorist boat and retrieve its cargo of bio-toxins. In ordering the sinking of the rogue ship, Mike makes the most difficult decision of his career.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Sea Patrol Season 2 Episode 1 - The Dogs of War
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Dogs of War

    S2:E1

    After the Hammersley successfully pulls off the tricky evacuation of all the Australian citizens from an island in the Samaru Archipelago, it comes across an FFV which isn't what it pretends to be. Charge discovers first-hand exactly how dangerous his job can be. And Nikki and ET have to decide what to do now that they're working together.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Sea Patrol Season 2 Episode 2 - Fortune Favours
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Fortune Favours

    S2:E2

    Despite being determined to earn respect, Hammersley's new chef "Bomber" Brown but faces discipline after losing her temper with another crew member. Also, the crew discover a dead pirate and a killer cargo on board a stolen boat.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Sea Patrol Season 2 Episode 3 - Takedown
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Takedown

    S2:E3

    An ugly hostage situation on board HMAS Hammersley sees two of the ship's female officers taken hostage below decks. It’s a day of high tension, which begins when a group of shipwrecked illegal immigrants is rescued from a sand bay. Along with Afghan refugees, and a chronically ill Asian girl, are three super-fit Eastern Europeans who waste no time once they are safe on board.

    Director:Geoff Bennett
    Writer:Tony Morphett

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Best Episodes Summary

"Giving up the Dead" is the best rated episode of "Sea Patrol". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Geoff Bennett and written by John Ridley, it aired on 4/28/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ransom".