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The Great Michael: Scotland's Supership That Sank a Kingdom
In 1511, King James IV of Scotland commissioned the largest warship in Europe—the Great Michael, a floating fortress that cost the equivalent of a naval fleet to build. This episode dives into the fascinating story of Scotland's ill-fated superweapon: the ship that was meant to project Stuart power across the North Sea but instead hastened the kingdom's ruin. We explore James IV's naval ambitions, the ship's staggering dimensions (240 feet long, carrying 300 guns, crewed by over 1,000 men), its brief career as the terror of the seas, and its ultimate fate as a rotting hulk…
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