Carry on Admiral (U.S. title: The Ship Was Loaded) is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and featuring David Tomlinson and Ronald Shiner.

[5] In the course of a drunken reunion, two old friends (one a junior Government minister, the other a Royal Navy officer in uniform about to take command for the first time) switch clothes before passing out.

[7] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This traditional British farce does not look at all at home on a wide screen.

Also known as The Ship Was Loaded, this comedy of errors has more in common with radio hit The Navy Lark than its saucier namesakes.

David Tomlinson and Brian Reece goof gamely as the civil servant and the sailor whose identities get muddled, but it's A.E.