bireme

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On his first trip, the ship was a ratty old bireme captained by Agostino Contarini, one of the most notorious profiteers on the Jaffa run.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other side is a painting of a complete bireme, which, on account of its antiquity and the peculiarities of its structure is of extraordinary interest.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.

This Greek bireme, with its shallow hull and lofty, open superstructure, could hardy have been a seaworthy vessel.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.

Hast seen yet the charming Ionian girl who is to smite thy heart like the sharpened beak of a war bireme when it sends its prow into the soft pinewood sides of an enemy's ship?

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard

To increase the driving force and the speed, they added a second and then a third bank of oars, thus producing the "bireme" and the "trireme."

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver