Explore specialist ship types already represented in the archive. These collections sit alongside the main groups of liners, cargo ships, passenger vessels, warships and historic ships.
Tankers and Supertankers
Oil carriers show how tank arrangements, pumping systems and machinery changed with the scale of seaborne trade. The archive follows their working lives, major accidents and final voyages to the breakers.
Browse Tankers and Supertankers, including Seawise Giant, Batillus, Prestige, Torrey Canyon, Exxon Valdez and the converted tanker Ideal X.
Nuclear Merchant Ships
NS Savannah combined passenger accommodation and cargo spaces with a nuclear propulsion plant. Her profile explains the demonstration programme, reactor arrangements and later decommissioning.
Growing the collection
Further specialist types will appear here when there are published ship profiles to explore. For a complete alphabetical index of the current collection, browse all ships.
