Combat Ships
Season 1 • Episode 9: Mighty Wooden Warships • Watch with subtitles
Episode 9: Mighty Wooden Warships
April 23, 2017 • 45 min
Voyage back to the age when wooden warships were the ultimate fighting machines. From the Mary Rose, one of the first great combat ships, to the HMS Victory, which tattered Napoleon's plans of invading Britain in 1805, celebrate history's brave commanders and crews who rode these wooden wonders into battle. Witness how technological advancements in Europe and America led to longer, faster, and more heavily armed vessels.
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