Chris Blake
| Christopher "Swain" Blake | |
|---|---|
| Sea Patrol character | |
| First appearance |
Welcome Aboard Ep. 1.01 (Pilot), aired 5 July 2007 |
| Last appearance |
One Perfect Day Ep. 5.13 (Series finale), aired 12 July 2011 |
| Portrayed by | Matt Holmes |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Swain or Swaino |
| Gender | Male |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Blake |
| Children | Chloë Blake (born October 2007) |
| Rank | Chief Petty Officer Season 1 Petty Officer Seasons 2-5 |
| Position | Coxswain |
Petty Officer Christopher "Chris" Blake, CV was a fictional TV character on the show Sea Patrol. He was portrayed by Matthew Holmes.
It's the Fremantle class HMAS Hammersley’s final six months before she's decommissioned, and Chief Petty Officer Chris Blake Swain is serving aboard her as the coxswain, police officer, chief medic and most experienced helmsman. While he may not get squeamish at such things like blood and gore, the after-effects of such incidents do get to him in his own personal way, especially when a death is involved, and never more so than when the death is that of one of his colleagues.
When put in the impossible position of treating two serious ill crew mates who are suffering from a jellyfish sting, Swain must decide who is the more serious case and where to centre his attention. Chef Toby Jones Chefo is critical, needing constant supervision, whereas Jaffah appears to be recovering. So when Jaffah dies suddenly Swain blames himself for making the wrong choice.
These after-effects tend to coincide with his thoughts of his pregnant wife, Sally, at home, as the harsh reality of the chance of him never seeing Sally or their unborn child ever again every time he steps onto the ship. But as much as he loves his family, he loves his job, so he does it.
So when he is kidnapped by what appears to be commercial sailors, previously rescued from their sinking boat, life for him and the rest of the ship goes into chaos. The entire time Swain is driving the RHIB with the sailors back to their ship in the darkest of nights, all he can think about is getting back home to see Sally and their child, who is due to be born very soon.
All seems well, until when Swain trips while transporting one of the boxes of cargo from the sailor's ship to the RHIB, and out spills diamonds. He has seen too much, and the master of the vessel orders him to be tied up in a room down below decks that is quickly filling with water as the boat starts to sink.
Swain's future seems doomed as the room starts to quickly fill and despite all his struggling he finds himself unable to loosen the ropes which have tied his hands together around a pole. Hammersley are close and know they need to get there quickly. They find him with moments to spare, and fellow sailor Pete Buffer manages to free him and pull him from the flooded room.
A couple of weeks later, Sally goes into labour. Chris has arranged to take at least that day off work, but when his replacement comes down with the flu, he has no choice but to leave his wife and go to work. All seems well with his 'forty-five minutes there, and forty-five minutes back' plan until complications on the ship arise and they are delayed - instead, Chris ends up helping delivering the baby boy of two teenagers who Hammersley discover on a stolen boat!
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