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

This is proved by another illustration of a bireme on the same vase, in which the steering oars are clearly seen.

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

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