Discovery Channel - Ships


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Introduction

Section 1.1

Section 1.2

Section 1.3

Section 1.4

Section 1.5

Section 1.6

Section 1.7

Section 1.8

Section 1.9

Section 1.10

Section 1.11

Section 1.12

Section 1.13

Section 1.14

Section 1.15

Ancient Ships

Ghost Ship of Sutton Hoo

Ancient Greek Ships

Chinese Junks

Section 2.4

Section 2.5

Section 2.6

Section 2.7

Section 2.8

Section 2.9

Section 2.10

Section 2.11

Section 2.12

Section 2.13

Section 2.14

Section 2.15

Golden Age of Shipping

China to the 15th Century

European Golden Age of Shipping

Section 3.3

Section 3.4

Section 3.5

Section 3.6

Section 3.7

Section 3.8

Section 3.9

Section 3.10

Section 3.11

Section 3.12

Section 3.13

Section 3.14

Section 3.15

Merchant Shipping

Section 4.1

Section 4.2

Section 4.3

Section 4.4

Section 4.5

Section 4.6

Section 4.7

Section 4.8

Section 4.9

Section 4.10

Section 4.11

Section 4.12

Section 4.13

Section 4.14

Section 4.15

Yachts and Cruisers

Power Boats

Sailing Boats

Cruise Ships

Section 5.4

Section 5.5

Section 5.6

Section 5.7

Section 5.8

Section 5.9

Section 5.10

Section 5.11

Section 5.12

Section 5.13

Section 5.14

Section 5.15

Criminal Activities

Piracy

Bootlegging

Section 6.3

Section 6.4

Section 6.5

Section 6.6

Section 6.7

Section 6.8

Section 6.9

Section 6.10

Section 6.11

Section 6.12

Section 6.13

Section 6.14

Section 6.15

Ships in Detail

Santa Maria

Mary Rose

Mayflower

Britannia

La Normandie

Empress of Japan

Kungsholm

Crown Of Scandinavia

OOCL Shenzhen

Azel Maersk

Section 7.11

Section 7.12

Section 7.13

Section 7.14

Section 7.15

Racing

Sydney to Hobart Race

Transpacific Race

America's Cup

Section 8.4

Section 8.5

Section 8.6

Section 8.7

Section 8.8

Section 8.9

Section 8.10

Section 8.11

Section 8.12

Section 8.13

Section 8.14

Section 8.15

Pioneers

Zheng He

Vasco de Gama

Christopher Columbus

John Harrison

Ellen MacArthur

Section 9.6

Section 9.7

Section 9.8

Section 9.9

Section 9.10

Section 9.11

Section 9.12

Section 9.13

Section 9.14

Section 9.15

Emergencies and Disasters

Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster

M/S Estonia

Exxon valdez

Lifesavers at Sea

Section 5.5

Section 10.6

Section 10.7

Section 10.8

Section 10.9

Section 10.10

Section 10.11

Section 10.12

Section 10.13

Section 10.14

Section 10.15

Freedom of the Seas

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Gallery Page 15

Section 12

Section 12.1

Section 12.2

Section 12.3

Section 12.4

Section 12.5

Section 12.6

Section 12.7

Section 12.8

Section 12.9

Section 12.10

Section 12.11

Section 12.12

Section 12.13

Section 12.14

Section 12.15

Section 13

Section 13.1

Section 13.2

Section 13.3

Section 13.4

Section 13.5

Section 13.6

Section 13.7

Section 13.8

Section 13.9

Section 13.10

Section 13.11

Section 13.12

Section 13.13

Section 13.14

Section 13.15

Section 14

Section 14.1

Section 14.2

Section 14.3

Section 14.4

Section 14.5

Section 14.6

Section 14.7

Section 14.8

Section 14.9

Section 14.10

Section 14.11

Section 14.12

Section 14.13

Section 14.14

Section 14.15

Section 15

Section 15.1

Section 15.2

Section 15.3

Section 15.4

Section 15.5

Section 15.6

Section 15.7

Section 15.8

Section 15.9

Section 15.10

Section 15.11

Section 15.12

Section 15.13

Section 15.14

Section 15.15

Ancient Ships

Pioneers

Which civilisation takes credit for 10,000 years at sea and the oldest recovered wreck?

The oceans have always attracted ground-breaking innovators and adventurers

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Criminal Activities

Emergencies and Disasters

Drug smuggling and people trafficking - pirates are a reality of the 21st century

Powerful ally or dangerous foe? The might of the sea should never be underestimated

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