Re: I need the name for a type of boat/ship

[Ed Falis]

I think it's called a galley.

- Ed

[Larry Cable]

>Bryan Griffin"

Typed >What is the name for a type of boat that had many long paddles on the
sides?
>It goes back to ancient times, like the ship in Homer's "Odyssey". Also,
>can you suggest a website with pictures, that way it is the kind of ship
>that I'm looking for. Please send

>me an e-mail response. Your help is
>greatly appreciated. Take good care andhave a great day.
>

I believe the ships that you are looking for are called Biremes and Triremes.
Both of these ships were used by both the Greeks and later the Romans. I
believe that the difference in these vessels are how many banks of oars it has
on each side of the craft.

If you put these words in your search engine, you will get a lot of results.


SYOTR
Larry C.

[Felsenmeer]

>
> Typed >What is the name for a type of boat that had many long paddles on
the
> sides?
> >It goes back to ancient times, like the ship in Homer's "Odyssey".
Also,
> >can you suggest a website with pictures, that way it is the kind of ship
> >that I'm looking for. Please send
>
> >me an e-mail response. Your help is
> >greatly appreciated. Take good care andhave a great day.
> >
>
> I believe the ships that you are looking for are called Biremes and
Triremes.
> Both of these ships were used by both the Greeks and later the Romans. I
> believe that the difference in these vessels are how many banks of oars it
has
> on each side of the craft.
>

I'd second the bireme/trireme; biremes had two ranks of oars on either side,
triremes had three. I'm thinking that there is probably no universal name
for a "many-oared" boat; thus the Greek variant (the bireme/trireme thing)
is probably as close as yer gonna get...

http://www.barca.fsnet.co.uk/roman-trireme.htm