Did Hms Torrin Exist?
Hmas Nepal, a Ww2 Royal Australian Navy Destroyer That Was Used as 'Hms Torrin' in the Noel Coward/David Lean Movie 'In Which We Serve'. Photo: Iain Ballantyne...
HMAS Nepal, a WW2 Royal Australian Navy destroyer that was used as 'HMS Torrin' in the Noel Coward/David Lean movie 'In Which We Serve'. Photo: Iain Ballantyne collection. The real ship was HMS Kelly, Mountbatten's famous flotilla leader – sunk in the eastern Med, like the 'Torrin'.
What ship was used in the film in Which We Serve?
The destroyer HMAS Nepal played HMS Torrin. The Kinross family picnic scene, set during the Battle of Britain in 1940, was filmed on location on the Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire.
In Which We Serve filming locations?
- Dunstable Downs, Hertfordshire, England, UK (picnic)
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK (opening scenes of a warship being built)
- Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.
- Portland, Dorset, England, UK.
- D&P Studios, Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK (studio) (studio: made at)
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