Journey across the Great Map

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Five famous ships

Catch one of our modern ship models on their voyages across the Great Map.

RRS Sir David Attenborough

RRS Sir David Attenborough is a next-generation marine science platform for UK research in both Antarctica and the Arctic.

Encounter Bay

Once the world’s largest container ship, Encounter Bay was launched 50 years ago during the infancy of “containerisation”, the development of which changed globalisation forever.

HMS Kildangan

HMS Kildangan was operated by the Royal Navy during World War I, and was double-ended and painted in “dazzle” camouflage in order to confuse German submarines.

Empire Windrush 

Empire Windrush brought some of the first post-war migrants to Britain from the Caribbean. 

Arctic Sunrise

Designed as an icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise has been used by environmental organisation Greenpeace since 1995.