Oared galleys and rowing warships of the ancient and Renaissance Mediterranean, from the biremes and triremes of classical Greece to the galleass and the Barbary xebec. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the ship a trireme, bireme, galleass, felucca, xebec or other galley. It excludes northern European sailing ships. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
All Mediterranean and Ancient Oared Ships
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Trireme, Wikipedia
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A trireme ( TRY-reem; from Latin trirēmis 'with three banks of oars'; cf.
Bireme, Wikipedia
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A bireme (, BY-reem) is an ancient oared warship (galley) with two superimposed rows of oars on each side.
Galleass (Wikipedia)
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A galleass (Italian galeazza, Spanish galeaza) was a warship of the Renaissance that combined the sails and armament of a galleon or carrack with the propulsion and maneuverability of the oared galley.
Felucca, Wikipedia
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A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat with a single sail used in the Mediterranean, including around Malta and Tunisia.
Xebec, Wikipedia
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A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that originated in the Barbary states (Algeria).
Gondola, Wikipedia
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The gondola (English: , Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła, Venetian: [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon in Italy.
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