Remembering the crew as well as the captain

The closing argument rejects treating Rawalpindi's last action as the work of one heroic captain. Kennedy made the command decision on the bridge, but the chief engineer then went below because the ship would need every available measure of power. The gun crews remained at their stations and kept firing after the bridge and central command had been destroyed, despite serving on an unarmoured merchant hull. Their conduct is the central memory viewers are asked to retain. Rawalpindi's final resistance depended on many people continuing to act at their stations.