The Great Ships - Season 2
1 - The Destroyers
Air Date: October 2, 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.
2 - The Freighters
Air Date: October 9, 1997
3 - The Delta Queen
Air Date: October 16, 1997
4 - The Frigates
Air Date: October 23, 1997
5 - The Ironclads
Air Date: November 6, 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.
6 - The Pirate Ships
Air Date: November 13, 1997
A history brief of piracy through eighteen centuries, with emphasis on ship building and maneuvering in the eighteenth century.
7 - The Riverboats
Air Date: November 20, 1997
8 - The Trawlers
Air Date: December 4, 1997
9 - The Battleships
Air Date: December 11, 1997
10 - The Schooners
Air Date: December 18, 1997
11 - The Power Racers
Air Date: January 8, 1998
12 - The Tankers
Air Date: January 15, 1998
13 - The Amphibious Assault Ships
Air Date: January 22, 1998
14 - High Tech, High Seas Navigation
Air Date: January 29, 1998
15 - High Tech, High Seas Design and Construction
Air Date: February 5, 1998