The trireme project : operational experience, 1987-90 : lessons learnt

Author(s)

• Shaw, J. T.
• Greenhill, Basil
• Coates, J. F. (John F.)

Bibliographic Information

The trireme project : operational experience, 1987-90 : lessons learnt

edited by Timothy Shaw ; with an introduction by Basil Greenhill ; and contributions by John Coates ... [et al.]

（Oxbow monograph, 31）

Oxbow Books , David Brown Book Co., 1993

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Describes the latest experimental manoueuvres with Olympias, the full size reconstruction of an ancient Greek warship, manned by an international crew of oarsmen.

Table of Contents

• Summary of the Trireme controversy, T. Shaw
• experimental archaeology, Sean McGrail
• evidence from antiquity, J. Morrison
• the design of an experimental trireme, John Coates
• rigging a reconstructed trireme, Owain Roberts
• voyage and speed trials in 1990, T. Shaw
• the resistance/speed curve, T. Shaw
• rowing Olympias - a matter of skill, Boris Rankov
• rowing astern, T. Shaw
• the meshing of the oars in Olympias and in a "stretched" design, T. Shaw
• carrying troops in trireme, J. Coates
• beaching a trireme, J. Coates and T. Shaw
• mooring, Ian Whitbread
• steering to ram, T. Shaw
• the sea trials and the lessons of the reconstruction in retrospect and aims for the future, John Coates.

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Details

• NCID: BB16876585
• ISBN:
  • 0946897581
• LCCN: 94160455
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford,Bloomington, Ind.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 120 p.
• Size: 30 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : VM16
  • DC20 : 623.8/21
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Triremes -- Design and construction
  • LCSH : Olympias (Ship)
  • LCSH : Ships, Ancient -- Greece -- Athens
  • LCSH : Athens (Greece) -- History, Naval
  • LCSH : Ships -- Reconstruction
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18348547