drewgalander -> Reconstructed Trireme (11/16/2017 10:07:39 PM)
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I remembered seeing a documentary some years ago about a reconstructed trireme crewed by volunteer rowers – to test the ancient sources for such ships. So if anyone is interested in looking at what a trireme may have been like in reality - Google the Trireme Trust website and search YouTube for a video of sea trials of the reconstructed trireme Olypias. Worth a look as it may help you envisage the potential and limitations of your ancient naval force! Note: The Trireme Trust was set up in 1982 by the historian and academic, John Morrison, naval architect, John Coates, and writer Frank Welsh to investigate the nature of the trireme, the most important warship of the ancient Mediterranean world. Their collaboration resulted in the building and launch in 1987 by the Hellenic Navy of a full-scale reconstruction, the Olympias, powered in accordance with the ancient evidence by 170 oars arranged over three levels. A series of six sea-trials between 1987 and 1994 demonstrated that the ship could be rowed efficiently and fast. The ship itself was used to carry the Olympic flame across Piraeus harbour shortly before the opening of the Athens Olympic Games. Since 1994, the Trireme Trust has been dedicated to disseminating information about the ship as widely as possible, through publications, lectures to schools and historical/archaeological societies, supply of photographic images, and television and press interviews, and to carrying out further research based on the sea-trials.
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