The BEST episodes of Mighty Ships

Every episode of Mighty Ships ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mighty Ships!

Featuring stunning visuals from aboard these mighty vessels, it explores the mechanics of the actual ships and the intricate relationships of those aboard. Meet the crew and staff who navigate these ships and find out what makes their jobs so unique and challenging.

Last Updated: 1/9/2024Network: Discovery Channel (CA)Status: Ended
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Ibn Battuta
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9.84
31 votes

#1 - Ibn Battuta

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/2013

Ibn Battuta is one of the strongest dredgers of her type. With a powerful spinning cutter head and a pair of heavy-duty cylinders called "spuds," She is capable of breaking up the hardest sub-sea soil. The spuds brace the ship in position while the cutter head's teeth grind away at the sea floor to deepen the Son Duong Port in Vietnam's poorest province.

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Norwegian Breakaway: The Build
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9.81
32 votes

#2 - Norwegian Breakaway: The Build

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2013

For the first time, our crews venture inside a shipyard to follow the construction of the world's newest mega-cruiser from keel-laying to sea trials.

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Wind Surf
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9.75
32 votes

#3 - Wind Surf

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/15/2013

She is the largest sailing yacht in the world, a sleek, five-masted luxury sailing yacht that's large enough to pamper and yet small enough to tuck into tiny harbors and hidden coves where no one else can go.

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Avataq
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9.70
33 votes

#4 - Avataq

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/2013

The Avataq is a lifeline to Canada's near-Arctic communities, carrying everything from food and furniture to mining equipment and explosives to Quebec's inaccessible northern regions.

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USS Nimitz
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9.67
36 votes

#5 - USS Nimitz

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/19/2009

She's the biggest, meanest, most lethal weapon in the arsenal of a global power. The USS Nimitz, like the whole US Navy, has to be ready for any mission, anywhere in the world. That's why she undergoes a rigorous - and often dangerous - evaluation before every deployment.

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Norwegian Breakaway: The Voyage
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9.64
33 votes

#6 - Norwegian Breakaway: The Voyage

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/2013

The world's newest mega-cruiser has only 48 hours before she departs on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, readying for her debut. She was constructed faster than any other cruise ship, but the job's not quite done.

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Tyco Resolute
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9.63
38 votes

#7 - Tyco Resolute

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/2008

Tyco Resolute has one job: to keep the world wired. She installs and maintains the undersea cables that form the backbone of the Internet, and right now she needs to connect a nation in need of a 21st-century upgrade. Hop aboard as she lays fiber optic cables off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, a mission that's anything but simple. Malfunctioning cables and equipment, pounding surf, and low tides have put Tyco Resolute way behind schedule. If she doesn't pick up the pace, the entire mission will be in jeopardy.

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MV Paul R. Tregurtha
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9.51
35 votes

#8 - MV Paul R. Tregurtha

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/20/2008

The Paul R. Tregurtha is equipped to deal with the harsh weather conditions of North America's inland seas, but her first mission of the shipping season will push the vessel, and her crew, to their limits. Hop aboard the "Queen of the Lakes" as she attempts to deliver a much-needed 55,000-ton coal supply to a generating plant in Michigan. To get there, she must break through a barricade of ice and pass a shallow passage with just two feet of water beneath her keel. If the captain and crew aren't careful, they could find themselves stopped dead cold.

DSV Skandi Arctic
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9.51
59 votes

#9 - DSV Skandi Arctic

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2011

Climb aboard the world's most advanced dive support vessel, the Skandi Arctic. On board, a crew of more than 90 life support supervisors will assist saturation divers hired to repair a gas pipeline on the floor of the icy North Sea. To prepare, the divers must live in a pressurized habitat aboard the ship before diving hundreds of feet below the surface in diving bells. For both the divers and the ship's crew, the mission is critical, the environment hostile, the technology space age, and the potential for disaster constant. Can they handle the pressure?

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G.O. SARS
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9.47
36 votes

#10 - G.O. SARS

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2010

G.O. Sars sets sail from Tromsø, Norway on a research voyage to the Arctic Ocean to examine a sub-sea volcano and hydrothermal vent field,with the aim of discovering new lifeforms.

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Cristóbal Colón
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9.46
35 votes

#11 - Cristóbal Colón

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2010

Cristóbal Colón represents a whole new breed of massive construction vessels. She's a hi-tech ocean dredger, twice the size of her closest competitor, and can store over 1.5 million cubic feet of sand on board. Follow this super-sized ship on her first mission: dredging and delivering 88 million cubic feet of sand from the sea floor to a construction site in Germany. It's an assignment no other dredger can handle, but up against a tight deadline and Germany's worst winter in 100 years, this job may even be too big for the biggest dredger ever built.

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Oasis of the Seas
star
9.28
65 votes

#12 - Oasis of the Seas

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2010

The Oasis of the Seas accommodates 5,400 guests, all in lavish luxury. With 21 pools, 24 restaurants, and her own version of Central Park and the Atlantic City Boardwalk, no expense has been spared. But running a massive cruise ship comes with a price, and demands cutting edge technologies to navigate her through the shallow waters of the Caribbean. Grab your first class ticket and witness the inside story of the maiden voyage of the world's greatest cruise ship. It could be the most important voyage she will ever take.

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CCGS Henry Larsen
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9.23
69 votes

#13 - CCGS Henry Larsen

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2008

Climb aboard the CCGS Henry Larsen as she does an ice patrol around the sub-zero waters of the Notre Dame Bay area of Newfoundland and Labrador. Built for the cold, she is capable of the year-round operations in the high Arctic.

MS Stena Britannica
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9.19
92 votes

#14 - MS Stena Britannica

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2011

Take a tour of the largest, most luxurious, most technically advanced ferry in the world. Stena Britannica caters to everyone, from truck drivers to business professionals to vacationing families on its 6-hour jaunt across the English Channel. With 530 cabins, three restaurants, a movie theater, even a casino, she's one super-sized ferry sailing a very busy ferry route. The crew must run a tight ship in tight traffic. One mistake on the bridge, in the engine room, or at the terminal could mean super problems.

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Emma Maersk
star
9.06
78 votes

#15 - Emma Maersk

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2008

Step aboard the Emma Maersk for a glimpse at the adventures of the crew on a two-week, 13,000-kilometre crossing from Malaysia to Spain. At 20 storeys tall, this ship is capable of carrying millions of dollars worth of cargo.

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CCGS Amundsen
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8.97
60 votes

#16 - CCGS Amundsen

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2011

Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen is a state-of-the-art research icebreaker. With 12 world-class labs, a multi-beam echo-sounder to map the ocean floor, and a moon-pool to launch an ROV under the arctic ice, she's a battle tested workhorse. Yet this mission will push her to the brink as she transports 24 scientists on a dangerous expedition into the treacherous Northwest Passage. Out in the cold water, deadly weather, rogue icebergs, and battered equipment threaten to put this mission into deep-freeze.

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HDMS Absalon
star
8.95
61 votes

#17 - HDMS Absalon

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/26/2009

HDMS Absalon, one of the most modern warships in the world, has set sail to stop modern-day pirates off the coast of Somalia.

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USNS Robert E. Peary
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8.95
60 votes

#18 - USNS Robert E. Peary

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2011

USNS Peary is a high-tech Mighty Ship, built for 21st-century naval warfare. Her mission: to resupply a fleet of 20 warships patrolling the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden. Peary is considered to be one of the most luxurious military ships on duty, but this is no pleasure cruise. Acting as the supply lifeline to the naval anti-pirate task force, her role is critical to keeping warships operational and marauding pirates at bay. To add to the pressure, her timeline is strict. If she fails to supply one warship on schedule, the entire fleet could be at risk.

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The Best of Mighty Ships
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8.93
30 votes

#19 - The Best of Mighty Ships

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/13/2013

Over seven seasons, Mighty Ships has featured 42 of the biggest, most technologically advanced on the planet. This special edition will feature the best of the best: from the world's largest cruise ships to the most powerful warships, from the strongest working ships to smaller, super-specialized vessels.

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Stemat Spirit
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8.92
59 votes

#20 - Stemat Spirit

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/6/2013

Other cable laying vessels require a second vessel to transport one end of their cables to shore. Stemat Spirit approaches the shore during high tide, then settles on the sand as the tide recedes. When the tide returns she floats up and sails out to sea, laying her cable as she goes.

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MV Beluga Bremen
star
8.90
62 votes

#21 - MV Beluga Bremen

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/2011

The super-sized ship MV Beluga Bremen Colon was built to be a heavyweight champion, capable of lifting and transporting the largest machinery in the world. Witness her very first mission: to lift, transfer, and deliver two of the largest autoclaves ever built to a gold mine in the Dominican Republic. Follow the crew on this 12,500-mile journey as they test-drive new technology and fight through rough seas to complete this massive job on time. Billions of dollars are riding on their success. Will the weight of the pressure (and the cargo) prove to be too much?

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Umiak I
star
8.90
62 votes

#22 - Umiak I

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2011

Umiak I is the world's most powerful ice-breaking carrier, hauling mining equipment from Quebec City to Labrador and returning with nickel concentrate.

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Neptune
star
8.90
61 votes

#23 - Neptune

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/29/2012

Built to install the world's most powerful wind turbines, this ship can raise herself 15 meters out of the water to create a stable construction platform in the middle of the sea, with a 600-ton crane ready to reach high into the sky.

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USNS Grasp
star
8.88
64 votes

#24 - USNS Grasp

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/1/2012

She's the "Swiss Army Knife" of the US Navy. Recovery of downed aircraft, towing of sunken vessels, or clearing of debris to reopen a harbor in the wake of a natural disaster, USNS Grasp has done it all.

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USS Kentucky
star
8.87
63 votes

#25 - USS Kentucky

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2010

The USS Kentucky is considered the U.S. Navy fleet's ultimate weapon of mass destruction. One of the biggest submarines ever built, she can launch a devastating nuclear attack on any country in the world. But she was designed to prevent wars, not start them. This sizable but silent 18,000-ton beast carries 24 Trident missiles, each one 80 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Until now, no civilian film crew has ever joined her on a mission. Where she's going is classified, but you're invited to come along for the ride on this top-secret patrol in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean.

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