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The Great Ships

The Great Ships (1996)

September. 26,1996

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The Great Ships

From ancient ships to modern carriers, THE GREAT SHIPS lets you step on board to explore the design, construction, technology and armaments of history's great vessels of war and peace.

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The Great Ships

1996

From ancient ships to modern carriers, THE GREAT SHIPS lets you step on board to explore the design, construction, technology and armaments of history's great vessels of war and peace.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 2 : 1997

15 Episode

Episode 1 - The Destroyers

October. 02,1997

Knifing through the waves, destroyers are amongst the fastest and most deadly warships ever built. Mounting a powerful arsenal of offensive and defensive weapons, they can serve equally well as escorts for other vessels or as formidable attack ships in their own right. From their humble beginnings as stripped-down vessels designed exclusively to destroy torpedo boats, through the WWII models battling the U-boat 'wolf packs' in the North Atlantic to the most modern versions each now more powerful than a whole squadron of WWI dreadnoughts.

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Episode 2 - The Freighters

October. 09,1997

Episode 3 - The Delta Queen

October. 16,1997

Episode 4 - The Frigates

October. 23,1997

Episode 5 - The Ironclads

November. 06,1997

With their menacing dark silhouettes belching fire and smoke, the Ironclad warships of the mid 19th century burst onto the naval scene like hulking metal monsters. Combining iron plating, steam propulsion and the biggest and most powerful guns afloat, the Ironclads represented a radical advance over all previous warships. Although pioneered by the French and British with ships like HMS Warrior, today they are best remembered for the part they played in the American Civil War.

Episode 6 - The Pirate Ships

November. 13,1997

A history brief of piracy through eighteen centuries, with emphasis on ship building and maneuvering in the eighteenth century.

Episode 7 - The Riverboats

November. 20,1997

Episode 8 - The Trawlers

December. 04,1997

Episode 9 - The Battleships

December. 11,1997

Episode 10 - The Schooners

December. 18,1997

Episode 11 - The Power Racers

January. 08,1998

Episode 12 - The Tankers

January. 15,1998

Episode 13 - The Amphibious Assault Ships

January. 22,1998

Episode 14 - High Tech, High Seas Navigation

January. 29,1998

Episode 15 - High Tech, High Seas Design and Construction

February. 05,1998

Seasons 1 : 1996

15 Episode

From ancient ships to modern carriers, THE GREAT SHIPS lets you step on board to explore the design, construction, technology and armaments of history's great vessels of war and peace.