If you like this genre of British Sea stories, watch Horatio Hornblower.
BBC series.
Stars Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh). He was Elastic Man in Fantastic 4 and one of the leads in Amazing Grace (anti-slavery movement in England)
Takes Horatio from a new recruit until later in his career.
about 7 movies.
Good stuff, that both you and your significant other can enjoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornblower_(TV_series)