The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound.

Merchant ship greyhound. What follows is a long chat I had with visual effects supervisor Nathan McGuinness and DNEG visual effects supervisor Pete Bebb about their work on Aaron Schneiders Greyhound which stars Tom Hanks as a WWII navy captain of a destroyer guarding a merchant ship convoy across the Atlantic during WWII. Defensively the convoys made great sense as unescorted ships proved relatively easy pickings for the enemy. Roosevelt Our American merchant ships must be free to carry our American goods into the harbors of our friends.

Some of the merchant ships are huge. Greyhound is available on Apple TV from July 10. Churchill The brunt of the war has fallen upon the sailormen and we have lost nearly 3000 lives in a hard unrelenting struggle which goes on night and day and is going on now without a moment.

The crews jubilation is cut short as they soon receive reports of distress rockets at the rear of the convoy. The hero of Greyhound is Commander Ernest Krause commanding officer of the USS Keeling codenamed Greyhound. Navy Captain Ernest Krause Hanks as he commands the destroyer USS Keeling - call sign Greyhound - and is charged with helping to protect 37 Allied ships while they cross the North Atlantic to deliver materials to the UK even as a group or wolfpack of German U-boats close in on them.

The convoy is steady and grey like an industrial city on the move. Tom Hanks Greyhound movie is based on C. The British Navy made a decision early on to group merchant ships into convoys which included oil tankers cargo liners tramp.

For groups of 10. A Greek merchant ship was attacked by another U-boat and is quickly sinking. At one point Greyhound accidentally gets too near.

Theres only space for 2 wheelchairs on each bus. Krause commands a multi-national group of four escort ships tasked with protecting a convoy of merchant ships that are being hunted by German U-boats. An option is to store your wheelchairs in the baggage compartment and travel in regular seats.