Age of sail
History has a deeper side
Legends beneath the waves.
Explore the engineering, voyages, disasters, battles, and final resting places of the world's most remarkable ships.
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- Profiles online
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- Ship categories
- 250+
- Years of history
The archive
Every ship leaves a wake. Some leave a legend.
From ocean liners and hospital ships to battleships, ferries, and deep-sea wrecks, Planet Earth 46 preserves their stories in a modern visual archive.
Vessel collection
Explore maritime history
Search the archive or filter vessels by their role and design.
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Across the centuries
A timeline of steel, steam, and sea
Steam revolution
SS Great Britain launches
Ocean liner era
Titanic's maiden voyage
Naval warfare
Yamato enters service
Deep-sea discovery
Titanic wreck located
Baltic tragedy
MS Estonia is lost
Modern passenger shipping
Costa Concordia grounds
3,800 mApproximate depth of the Titanic wreck site
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