The British Navy was the biggest navy in the world at one time. Now it's smaller, but many other ships are still used for importing and exporting hoods and for taking people on business or holikay.
In Liverpool there is a great museum of maritime history. Between 1830 and 1930 more than nine million people from all over Europe left from the port of Liverpool to start a new life in America or Australia.
In the early twentieth century there were large numbers of very elegant passenger ships. They crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool or Southampton to New York in five or six days. The most famous ship was the Titanic. It sank in 1912 and over 1500 people drowned. It was the worst disaster in maritime history.
One of the most famous shipping companies is Cunard. It's got the world's biggest cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, which crosses the Atlantic from Southampton to New York. It still takes five or six days but some people prefer that to five or six hours in an aeroplane.
In Liverpool there is a great museum of maritime history. Between 1830 and 1930 more than nine million people from all over Europe left from the port of Liverpool to start a new life in America or Australia.
In the early twentieth century there were large numbers of very elegant passenger ships. They crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool or Southampton to New York in five or six days. The most famous ship was the Titanic. It sank in 1912 and over 1500 people drowned. It was the worst disaster in maritime history.
One of the most famous shipping companies is Cunard. It's got the world's biggest cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, which crosses the Atlantic from Southampton to New York. It still takes five or six days but some people prefer that to five or six hours in an aeroplane.
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