The WORST episodes of Mighty Ships

Every episode of Mighty Ships ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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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Northern Leader
star
6.50
6 votes

#1 - Northern Leader

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/22/2016

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.

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Yasin Bey
star
6.67
3 votes

#2 - Yasin Bey

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/7/2018

Powership Yasin Bey is built to sail anywhere and deliver badly-needed electricity. The ship’s first-ever voyage starts with Yasin Bey limping back to the shipyard - tilting to the side so much that it feels as if the ship will keel over.

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Fram
star
6.75
4 votes

#3 - Fram

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/2016

The world’s most adventurous cruise ship fights through the ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit a spectacular collection of wildlife and icebergs.

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Quantum of the Seas
star
6.86
7 votes

#4 - Quantum of the Seas

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/19/2015

The world’s most innovative cruise ship sails from New York to the Caribbean on her maiden voyage, facing off against technical glitches and challenging weather.

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Edda Freya
star
7.00
2 votes

#5 - Edda Freya

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/14/2018

With specialized cranes and underwater robots, Edda Freya repairs and replaces critical pipelines running to an oil and gas platform.

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MSC Meraviglia
star
7.00
3 votes

#6 - MSC Meraviglia

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/17/2017

MSC’s biggest cruise ship navigates tight Mediterranean harbors, offering a brand new water park, classic excursions and Cirque du Soleil at Sea

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MSC Oscar
star
7.00
6 votes

#7 - MSC Oscar

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/10/2017

One of the world’s largest container ships races from port to port in China, Malaysia and Germany, transporting almost 20,000 crates of cargo.

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HDMS Peter Willemoes
star
7.00
5 votes

#8 - HDMS Peter Willemoes

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/2015

HDMS Peter Willemoes is a Royal Danish warship built for 21st century combat, equipped with sophisticated detection systems and powerful weapons. But before her crew can take her out to sea, they've got to prove they have what it takes to fight off enemy threats. Enter restricted waters and witness the series of intense battle simulation exercises her sailors must pass in order to join the multinational NATO Response Force. The stakes are high, but fortunately, they have one of the world's most advanced frigates on their side

Happy Star
star
7.00
4 votes

#9 - Happy Star

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2015

This episode follows Happy Star during her second - challenging - voyage from Nansha, China, to Sept Isles, Canada and provides an insight into the ship and its crew.

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Maersk Interceptor
star
7.09
11 votes

#10 - Maersk Interceptor

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/19/2015

A large storm hits the drilling rig out on the North Sea.

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Tønsberg
star
7.13
8 votes

#11 - Tønsberg

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/8/2016

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.

Maersk Viking
star
7.17
6 votes

#12 - Maersk Viking

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2016

One of the world’s most advanced drill ships builds an oil well more than 2000 metres below the waterline in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Hawk
star
7.22
9 votes

#13 - Hawk

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2015

To transport one of the world's largest oil rigs around the world, Hawk has to sink before she swims. To load, she sinks down in the water, submerging her expansive deck.

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Norrona
star
7.25
4 votes

#14 - Norrona

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/2017

Noronna ferries passengers, vehicles and millions-dollar cargo to Iceland and the Faroe Islands

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Sapura 3500
star
7.25
4 votes

#15 - Sapura 3500

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/2018

Off the coast of Malaysia, Sapura 3500 lays a pipeline and builds an offshore gas platform in just three weeks.

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USNS Comfort
star
7.30
10 votes

#16 - USNS Comfort

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/2016

Almost three football fields long, the USNS Comfort is second in size only to U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. She is the largest hospital ship on the planet, with up to 1,200 crew, 12 operating rooms, 1,000 beds, and an impressive array of medical equipment. MIGHTY SHIPS joins the USNS Comfort midway through “Operation Continuing Promise” – a six-month mission to provide humanitarian aid to 11 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Sailing to the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica, Comfort’s crew sets out to aid 10,000 patients in just nine days.

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Algoma Equinox
star
7.80
10 votes

#17 - Algoma Equinox

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/2015

She is built to haul more cargo faster, using less fuel than any other Laker. On this voyage she transports grain across the world's largest inland waterway.

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North Sea Giant
star
7.92
38 votes

#18 - North Sea Giant

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2016

With a specialized crane system and five propellers to counter heavy seas, North Sea Giant can perform powerful and precise lifts in seas as high as 4.5 metres – four times the capability of other such vessels. On this voyage, she’s out to lift and install the final massive module of the world’s first subsea gas compression station nearly 300 metres underwater. But when strong winds and currents threaten the delicate operation, her team of underwater robots must come to the rescue before the module crashes the entire project!

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Akamalik
star
8.24
95 votes

#19 - Akamalik

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/12/2009

Shrimp trawler of Royal Greenland fleet, Akamalik, sets sails from Sisimiut to the shrimping grounds of the North Atlantic Ocean as the lives of the crew are put at risk in the freezing winter weather.

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Le Boreal
star
8.39
61 votes

#20 - Le Boreal

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/3/2011

Le Boreal is as sleek and nimble as a yacht, with the luxurious appointments and service of a cruise ship. She's also tough - custom-crafted to take on the furious weather and towering waves of the Southern Ocean

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MV Becrux
star
8.40
75 votes

#21 - MV Becrux

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/30/2008

Unlike most cruise ships, the Becrux is a mighty ship made for four-legged passengers. With a capacity of nearly 20,000 cattle or 60,000 sheep, the Becrux is the largest custom-built livestock carrier in the world.

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Crystal Serenity
star
8.43
123 votes

#22 - Crystal Serenity

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2012

Consistently voted the world's top cruise ship by Condé Nast, Crystal Serenity features contemporary suites, dining by the likes of Nobu, and even penthouse suites with a full-service butler.

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USCGC Bertholf
star
8.49
59 votes

#23 - USCGC Bertholf

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2011

Loaded with chase boats, high-tech weaponry, and a helicopter gunship, the U.S. Coast Guard ship Cutter Bertholf is America's latest weapon in the war on drugs. Bertholf is the first of eight Legend Class ships built for homeland security. Join her and her crew as they patrol the dangerous waters of the eastern Pacific off the coast of Colombia. Hunting for drugs, weapons, human trafficking and other suspicious activity is one mighty assignment, but this maritime super-cop is fully equipped for the task.

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Norwegian Epic
star
8.70
69 votes

#24 - Norwegian Epic

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/2011

The Norwegian Epic is a billion-dollar showboat with more than 20 bars and restaurants and pool decks that transform into nightclubs.

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MV Faust
star
8.77
74 votes

#25 - MV Faust

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2008

With the ability to ferry 8,000 luxury cars, heavy trucks and tractors from one continent to another, the Faust is the biggest and the newest ocean faring vehicle carrier on the planet.

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