HMS Carlisle was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Carlisle. She was the name ship of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers. Carlisle was credited with
Carlisle in wartime camouflage, 1942
A memorial to personnel of Carlisle killed when the ship was in action in Scarpanto Strait, 9 October 1943.
The Imitation Game is a 2014 American biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The film's
HMS Carlisle (D67)
…Carlisle's badge can still be seen painted on the side of the Selborne dry dock wall at Simonstown, South Africa. HMS Carlisle is referenced in the film The Imitation Game, in which codebreaker Peter Hilton states that his brother is serving as a sailor on the Carlisle. Campbell, N.J.M. (1980). "Great Britain". In Chesneau…
Bletchley Park, "the home of the codebreakers" where parts of the film were shot
Desplat composed the film's score in under three weeks.
Cumberbatch at the premiere of the film at TIFF, September 2014
Cumberbatch signing autographs at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 2014