Combat Ships

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  • Discovery Channel (UK)
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  • Documentary

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Viking Longships
Episode overview
This is the story of one of the world's most effective war machines: The Viking longship. They were elegant, versatile and feared. Longships carried terrifying warriors.
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Stealth
Episode overview
From the secret missions that helped win World War 2 to new technology that offers new ways to hide. Stealth ships stay out of sight in a world where eyes are everywhere
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Doomed Vessels
Episode overview
Doomed Vessels explores the human errors that condemned great ships to a tragic end, including the Vasa, a 17th century combat ship that sank on her maiden voyage
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Destroyers and Cruisers
Episode overview
The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic WWII battle against kamikazes at Okinawa.
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Secrets of the Sea
Episode overview
Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during the Great War, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history and liners-turned-troopships.
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Galleons and Privateers
Episode overview
How revolutionary ship design helped Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake lead England to defeat the Spanish Armada and become a world power.
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Episode overview
It was a microcosm of naval warfare, involving battleships, carriers, destroyers, submarines, kamikazes, and fighter jets, all embroiled in an epic, three-day battle that marked the .. show full overview
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Amphibious Assaults
Episode overview
Explore vessels built for amphibious combat over the last century, from D-Day LCTs to Vietnam hovercrafts and more.