So, this is fun. The movie WHITE SQUALL is based on a real event when the good ship ALBATROSS based out of Fairfield, Connecticut, which sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Before it became a training ship as shown in the movie WHITE SQUALL, the real life ship starred in it's own Hollywood film TWILIGHT OF THE GODS! Watch the trailer for top keks.

>After being court-martialed and discharged from the Navy, Captain Bell (Rock Hudson) turns to drink. Reduced to skippering a rundown brigantine in the South Seas he takes on board a disparate group of passengers and crew; including a prostitute, a show-biz entrepreneur, a missionary, a washed up opera singer, and a couple of refugees. During a storm at sea, the true characters of all on board are revealed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_(1920_schooner)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_for_the_Gods