In England no town is more than 170 kilometres from the sea. So it's no surprise that Britain has a very important history of ships and the sea.
Ships like this one - the Cutty Sark at Greenwich in London- brought tea from India to Britain. It was a very profitable trade and made many people very rich. The ships used only sails and achieved very high speeds. Young men had to climb the rigging to put up the sails. It was very dangerous.
The most famous ship was probably the Titanic. It was the worst disaster in maritime history. You probably know about it from one of the most expensive films ever made -Titanic.
One of the most famous shipping companies is Cunard. It's got the world's biggest cruise chip, the Queen Mary 2, which crosses the Atlantic from Southampton to New York in five or six days.
The majority of people do travel around the world by plane but ships are still very important for moving goods.
So the sea still plays a very important part in life in Britain.
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