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

The large figures at the stern seem to point to the bireme of Fig.

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

Thus in the bireme the zygite, as he sat on his bench, had behind him and below him his thalamite whose head was about 18 inches behind the zygite thwart and a little above it.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

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.

A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff