In the early hours of December 15th, 1998, luxury cruise ship Monarch of the Seas took a massive hit on a coral reef and began to take on water.

The captain and crew were in a race against time to evacuate everyone before the ship sank completely or capsized.

Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

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