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  1. World War Two Landing Craft

    6/6 Tom Cunliffe puts an LCVP through its paces and finds out how it helped win World War II.

  2. Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter

    5/6 Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe sails a perfectly restored Bristol Channel pilot cutter.

  3. The Reaper

    4/6 Tom Cunliffe sails the Reaper, the biggest sailing lugger ever to fish the seas.

  4. The Phoenix

    3/6 Sailing a square rigger, which turned Britain into a world power in the 19th century.

  5. The Pickle

    2/6 The story of HMS Pickle, the boat that delivered the news of victory at Trafalgar.

  6. The Matthew

    1/6 The story of the boat in which explorer John Cabot landed in North America in 1497.