trireme in English

noun
1
an ancient Greek or Roman war galley with three banks of oars.
Successive displays chronicle the Greek trireme , perhaps the ultimate statement of rowing power, the Venetian gondola, the Thames wherry, wooden-hulled lifeboats and arctic whaleboats.

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1. Model of a Greek warship, a trireme

2. A highly maneuverable ship called a trireme sails at full power.

3. The bronze-clad ram of the trireme plows into the other ship’s light hull.

4. On the trireme, a small band of heavily armed warriors race along the center gangway to storm the stricken vessel.

5. Still not sure how oarsman can get the mighty Bireme to the speed of 9 knots (at least that was the speed of Olympians trireme) which supposed to be enough to successfully ram the enemy's ships, if they have used oar type from the plan.