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I need the name for a type of boat/ship
I think it's called a galley.
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I need the name for a type of boat/ship
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I need the name for a type of boat/ship
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 |
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