WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Greek triērēs, literally “three-rower") was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The trireme is said to have been capable of reaching speeds greater than 7 knots (8 miles per hour, or 13 km/hr) and perhaps as high as 9 knots under oars.

Detailed explanation-3: -Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology. It is also a commissioned ship in the Hellenic Navy of Greece, the only commissioned vessel of its kind in any of the world’s navies.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who first developed the trireme, possibly as early as the 7th century BC. (1.12. 4-13.2) They in turn based their design on ships first made by the Phoenicians, a people living on the coast of what is now Lebanon.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ram on the trireme was the Greek navy’s most successful weapon. A trireme was equipped with a large piece of timber sheathed in an envelope of bronze, located in the front of the ship. Although each ship had a ram, the ship needed to have a skilled crew to be successful with this tactic.