bireme

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

In the collection of Dr. Sturge there is a vase of this period, ornamented with a painting of a bireme, which is as rakish and elegant in appearance as Fig.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes

The large figures at the stern seem to point to the bireme of Fig.

From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes

To increase the driving force and the speed, they added a second and then a third bank of oars, thus producing the "bireme" and the "trireme."

From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

It is probable that the Greeks did not originate the bireme, but borrowed the idea from the Phœnicians or possibly from Egypt.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy