Mighty Ships
Set sail on the world's mightiest ships as they embark on some of the most challenging, dangerous jobs a working boat will ever face. These marvels of marine technology are built for anything the heavens and oceans can dole out, and the dedicated men and women who work aboard these ships are equally battle-tested. From a state-of-the-art fishing vessel to an extreme Arctic and Antarctic cruise liner to the largest floating hospital on the planet, we give you a first-class, firsthand look at life aboard these remarkable ships.
- 2008-2018
- 10 seasons
- Discovery Channel
- Documentary
- TV-PG
Set sail on the world's mightiest ships as they embark on some of the most challenging, dangerous jobs a working boat will ever face. These marvels of marine technology are built for anything the heavens and oceans can dole out, and the dedicated men and women who work aboard these ships are equally battle-tested. From a state-of-the-art fishing vessel to an extreme Arctic and Antarctic cruise liner to the largest floating hospital on the planet, we give you a first-class, firsthand look at life aboard these remarkable ships.
Season 9 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
North Sea Giant
44 mins
One of the world's largest subsea construction vessels set out to build a massive natural gas compression station, 300 metres underwater.
Episode 2
Tønsberg
44 mins
Tønsberg carries anything that can be rolled up her ramp: not just automobiles and bulldozers, but also heavy, awkward-sized cargo such as cranes, subway trains, or yachts. In some of the busiest ro-ro ports in Europe, Tønsberg's crew rushes to overcome the obstacles that could delay her. Sailing across the Atlantic, two storms threaten to cross her path as the crew keeps a sharp eye on the lashings that hold the cargo in place.
Episode 3
USNS Comfort
44 mins
A tanker converted into hospital ship travels through the Panama Canal to give aid to the impoverished in the Caribbean but encounters several difficulties.
Episode 4
Northern Leader
44 mins
Northern Leader is Alaska's biggest and toughest longliner. Catching fish with hooks, not nets, she sends out 80 kilometres of fishing line containing 76,000 hooks. In the heart of the Bering Sea, her crew battles a hurricane with 13 metre-high waves and winds of more than 110 kilometres per hour. All the while, this 56-metre ship keeps fishing - bringing home a massive catch of Pacific Cod - until one deckhand working is washed out by a powerful wave.
Episode 5
Maersk Viking
44 mins
One of the world's most advanced drill ships builds an oil well more than 2,000 metres below the waterline in the Gulf of Mexico.
Episode 6
Fram
44 mins
The world's most adventurous cruise ship fights through the ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit a spectacular collection of wildlife and icebergs.