The Best Ships & Submarines Documentaries

Cars, Planes & Trains - 86 free documentaries about ships & submarines.

Start with How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251 (30 min, Smarter Every Day), then Gigantic Overseas Autoliner (48 min, Free Documentary). All 86 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on ships & submarines is Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag.

• How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251 (30 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Gigantic Overseas Autoliner | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• How Sonar Works (Submarine Shadow Zone) - Smarter Every Day 249 (27 min, Smarter Every Day)
• World's Biggest Containership | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Extreme Constructions: The Meraviglia Cruise Ship (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Making Disney's Newest Cruise Ship in a Two Centuries-Old Shipyard | Making the Wish (66 min, National Geographic)
• How a Trans-Atlantic Steam Ship Worked (83 min, Animagraffs)
• Giant Luxury Shuttle Service for Superyachts | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• The GPO Amethyst Cargo Ship | Superstructures: Engineering Marvels (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Tesla Catamaran! (61 min, Tech Ingredients)
• How a 16th Century Explorer's Sailing Ship Works (41 min, Animagraffs)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Arctic Monster: Surviving the Ocean’s Coldest Fury (46 min, Free Documentary)
• How Do They Build Giant Cruise Ships? | The Meraviglia Cruise Ship (52 min, Spark)
• Gigantic Cruise Liner | Exceptional Engineering (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Running The World's Biggest Cruiseship & The World's Richest Resort (133 min, Spark)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Great Lakes Titan: Wrestling the Elements at Full Load (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Secrets of the Floating City: How to Run a Gigantic Cruise Ship (67 min, Free Documentary)
• America’s Nightmare: The 47mph Monster (14 min, Mustard)
• Why Was This Ship Banned From Ports? (14 min, Mustard)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Extreme Longliner: Fishing at the Edge of the World (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Gigantic Power Generator | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Gigantic Car Ferry Heavy Maintenance | Mega Pit Stops | Episode 5 (49 min, Free Documentary)
• North Sea Giant: The Colossal Ship Specializing In Underwater Construction (46 min, Spark)
• World’s Toughest Ships | The Pressure Cage: Life in the Saturation Lab (46 min, Free Documentary)
• The Ship Sinkers (47 min, Free Documentary)
• Biggest Ships Navigate the Narrowest Channels | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Storms, waves and risky maneuvers - The most dangerous job in the North Sea? (27 min, DW Documentary)
• Gigantic Wind Park Relocation | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Biggest, Fastest Ships | Ultimate Vehicles | S01 E01 (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside the World’s Mightiest Shipyards (S9, E44) | Modern Marvels (45 min, HISTORY)
• MS Norrona: The King Of The North Atlantic (46 min, Spark)
• Moving an Entire Village | Mega Transports (48 min, Free Documentary)
• CCGS Henry Larsen: The Toughest Ship On The Planet (46 min, Spark)
• Cutting A Cargo Ship In Half: The Economic Advantages Of Ship Extensions (61 min, Spark)
• World's Most Luxurious Hotel | Inside the Gigantic Hotel Ship (126 min, Free Documentary)
• Relocating Giant Antenna (5,000m Altitude) | Mega Transports | Chile (48 min, Free Documentary)
• How The USS Texas Became The Most Decorated Ship Of WW2 (51 min, Spark)
• HMS Duncan: Guarding French Aircraft Carriers From Enemy Submarines | Life At Sea Season 2 Episode 2 (45 min, Spark)
• How can ships become cleaner? (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Oasis Of The Seas: The Largest Cruise Ship In The World (46 min, Spark)
• USNS Comfort: The Super-Tanker Converted Into A Hospital Ship (46 min, Spark)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Extreme Icebreaker: Lost in Frozen Hell (45 min, Free Documentary)
• Building the World's Biggest Ships | Heavy Lift: Jumboisation (44 min, Free Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Transports: Giant Objects & Deadly Roads | Best-of Mega Transports (52 min, Free Documentary)
• MV Becrux: The Largest Livestock Carrier In The World (46 min, Spark)
• Secrets of the Mega Liner: Life Inside a Giant Cruise Ship (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Bikini Atoll: The Atomic Ship Graveyard (52 min, Spark)
• DSV Skandi Arctic: The Support Ship That Keeps Divers Alive (46 min, Spark)
• Where Pirate Ships Go to Die | Indonesia: The War for the Seas (52 min, Free Documentary)
• Mega Shippers: Kings Lynn Generator, Biomass, Orkney Cattle (48 min, Free Documentary)
• MV Tønsberg: The Largest Roll On/Roll Off Ship In The World (46 min, Spark)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Extreme Dredger: Breaking the Unbreakable (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Stena Britanica: The Largest Ferry In The World (46 min, Spark)
• Living Aboard A Korean Polar Research Ship (RV Araon) (44 min, Spark)
• World’s Most Luxurious Cruise Ship | Secrets of the Floating Palace (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Jumboization - Modifying Ships To Make Them Even Bigger | Heavy Lift (44 min, Spark)
• MSC Meraviglia: This Cruise Ship Has Its Own Waterpark (46 min, Spark)
• Inside the World's Fastest Yachts: The Aluminium Engineering That Hits 53 Knots (22 min, Spark)
• The Biggest And Fastest Ships Of All Time (200 min, Spark)
• The Biggest Ship To Ever Sail The Great Lakes | Paul R. Tregurtha (46 min, Wonder)
• Inside The $600 Million Mega-Ship: The Giant Of The Future (52 min, Wonder)
• World's Toughest Ships | Deep-Sea Jobs: Working Under Crushing Pressure (181 min, Free Documentary)
• Mega Shippers: Coal, Sunseeker Yacht, Shoreham Divers (47 min, Free Documentary)
• MV Resolution: How The world's First Jack-Up Ship Works (46 min, Spark)
• Building The World's First Natural Gas Cruise Ship (49 min, Spark)
• World's Largest Ship Graveyard | Meet the Extreme Shipbreakers (28 min, Free Documentary)
• Extreme Jobs: Ship Breaker, Flathead Racer, Soccer Talent Agent | Retro Doc (25 min, Free Documentary)
• Tsunami vs Ship: Salvaging the Cabo de Hornos (44 min, Spark)
• Norwegian Breakaway: How To Build A Mega-Cruise Ship (46 min, Spark)
• Cristobal Colon: The Ship That Builds Islands (46 min, Spark)
• Tyco Resolute: The Cable-Laying Ship That Keeps The World Connected (46 min, Spark)
• How Do You Saw a Ship in Half? The Science of Chain Cutting (44 min, Spark)
• The Meticulous Processes Required To Design Luxury Yachts (22 min, Spark)
• The 8,000-Ton Icebreaker Ship That Rescues Trapped Vessels (46 min, Wonder)
• The 250-Year-Old Ship Found Under Twin Towers (47 min, Wonder)
• Cabo de Hornos: The Most Advanced Ship Salvage Operation of All Time (44 min, Spark)
• Life On Board A Polar Research Ship (RV Araon) (44 min, Spark)
• 2+ Hours Of The World's Greatest Fighter Jets, Ships, Planes & Submarines (147 min, Spark)
• MV Beluga Bremen: The Strongest Heavy-Lift Ship In The World (46 min, Spark)
• Can We Fix This Ship's Colossal Broken Sea Anchor? (44 min, Spark)

Top-Rated Books About Ships & Submarines

1. Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag - View on Amazon
2. The Box by Marc Levinson (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
3. Ninety Percent of Everything by Rose George - View on Amazon
4. Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll - View on Amazon
5. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet (4.3/5) - View on Amazon