2x1 - The Destroyers

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.

2x2 - The Freighters

October 9, 1997

2x4 - The Frigates

October 23, 1997

2x5 - The Ironclads

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.

2x6 - The Pirate Ships

November 13, 1997

A history brief of piracy through eighteen centuries, with emphasis on ship building and maneuvering in the eighteenth century.

2x7 - The Riverboats

November 20, 1997

2x8 - The Trawlers

December 4, 1997

2x9 - The Battleships

December 11, 1997

2x10 - The Schooners

December 18, 1997

2x11 - The Power Racers

January 8, 1998

2x12 - The Tankers

January 15, 1998

2x13 - The Amphibious Assault Ships

January 22, 1998

2x14 - High Tech, High Seas Navigation

January 29, 1998

2x15 - High Tech, High Seas Design and Construction

February 5, 1998