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The British sea trials of the reconstructed trireme, 1–15 August 1987

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John Morrison
John Morrison*
Affiliation:
Granhams, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB2 5JX
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Abstract

The reconstructed trireme (Coates & Morrison 1987; March issue, 87–90) was launched in the Aegean this summer. Here is the first first-hand report for many centuries as to how a great classical Greek warship actually rows and sails.

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Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 233 , November 1987 , pp. 455 - 459
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1987

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