World's Greatest Ships

Rob Bell reveals the dramatic story of Ark Royal, World War II's most famous aircraft carrier. Ark Royal was the target of Nazi propaganda, Luftwaffe bombing raids and U-boat attacks, Her survival was a testament to her ingenious design and courageous crew. Over the course of the war, Ark Royal hunted down some of Nazi Germany's most feared warships. It was Ark Royal and the aircraft she carried that helped sink the first U-boat of the war. Just her mere presence was enough to force the captain of one of the Nazi's proudest warships to scuttle her off the coast of Uruguay.

Rob heads to the California sunshine to explore a staggering monument to British nautical engineering - the ocean liner SS Queen Mary. He uncovers her incredible tale of survival against the odds to find out why she won the hearts of two nations.

Rob uncovers the incredible story behind a humble British merchant ship that changed the world: The Mayflower. He finds out how a group of religious dissidents- the Pilgrims hire the ship to undertake a desperate voyage to the New World. Facing fierce storms, mutiny, deprivation and death the Mayflower's crew and the Pilgrims overcame almost impossible odds to establish the colony that ultimately gave birth to the United States of America.