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
As he had taken possession of the German boat, they were pursuing on the captured bireme other Roman ships that were flying to Arbor.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
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 Richard Short
A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy
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 George C. V. Holmes
