Season 1: Superships - Where to watch

12. The American Queen

2007 - Season 1

The largest Sternwheeler ever built plies its trade on the Mississippi River, complete with old fashioned tunes and riverboat gamblers. It's steam powered engine gets a close up look along with its many decks and shallow draught construction.

11. Super Servant: The Careful Movers

2005 - Season 1

The worlds largest Dredger can suck up sand and transport it in one smooth, powerful operation. In Singapore, this amazing ocean-going apparatus is shown as it goes through its paces, and we see the processes that are normally hidden from view.

10. Sailing the Dream: The Royal Clipper

2005 - Season 1

When an undersea cable breaks, millions of communication pathways are shut down. The Cable Ship, Atlantic Guardian, which is on 24 hour stand-by in Baltimore, Maryland, demonstrates how quickly it can search for and repair these important cables.

9. A Grand Carrier: The Ferry Ulysses

2005 - Season 1

Hauling a huge section of an offshore drilling platform from Korea to the Gulf of Mexico is the immensely difficult task of the Mighty Servant. Loading and maneuvering the massive unit calls for a smooth sea, a steady hand, and a great deal of power.

8. Kilo Moana: Rough Ocean Researcher

2005 - Season 1

On a voyage from Rotterdams to Hamburg, the worlds biggest container ship is examined in detail, especially for its notable cargo handling methods, a true ballet of boxes. See the advanced technology behind the rapid transport of such vast cargoes.

7. Mighty Servant 1: High Seas Muscle

2005 - Season 1

The Worlds largest self-propelled, semi-submersible, all-weather oil drilling rig leaves Halifax Harbour on its first voyage to test its sea worthiness and oil drilling systems in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, 300 kilometers from shore.

6. Launching a Leviathan: Hellespont Fairfax

2005 - Season 1

Kilo Moana is a research vessel that boasts amazing hull technology to keep itself stable in stormy Hawaiian seas. Scientists conduct tests that will help our understanding of the effect of deep ocean currents on marine life and global warming.

5. Eirik Raud: Oil Patch Explorer

2005 - Season 1

This amazing ship crosses the oceans of the world while piggybacking racing and pleasure yachts on behalf of owners and operators who lack the time or skills to do their own long distance cruising. See how this ship can even sink and refloat itself!

4. The Mighty and the Miniature: Atlantic Guardian

2005 - Season 1

Its the biggest sailing ship in the world, a five-masted square rigged clipper ship with 200 excited passengers on a cruise through the Caribbean Sea. Exploring the secrets of the amazing sailing vessel will have you planning your dream vacation.

3. First Lady of the Mississippi: The American Queen

2005 - Season 1

The Cat is a super fast ferry which races across the Gulf of Maine between Yarmouth Nova Scotia and Bar Harbour Maine at speeds in excess of 90 kilometers an hour. Get to know this catamarans aluminum hull construction and water jet propulsion system.

2. The Land Maker: Vasco da Gama

2005 - Season 1

Crossing the Irish sea in mid-winter, the worlds largest car ferry battles through a gale force wind and 10 metre seas. 3-D animation illustrates the advanced design that allows a shallow draught vessel to carry up to 1,300 cars and 2,000 people.

1. Shanghai Express: Ocean Highway Hauler

2005 - Season 1

Follow the construction of the worlds largest double-hulled oil tanker. As hundreds of workers assemble the massive ship over a 12-month period, the inner workings of the vessel come to light.