Why the Drinkwater novels suit a naval television series

Which naval story would make a good film or television adaptation?

He would adapt Richard Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater novels as a multi-series drama, valuing their accuracy, grit, and fidelity to naval life.

After first considering a Hornblower remake, Richard Woodman's Nathaniel Drinkwater series becomes the preferred choice for a longer television treatment. Its accuracy, grit, and attention to naval life could sustain several seasons instead of a single film. The novels offer a fiction route into the routines and pressures of service at sea.