General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD/ FABRIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

90.0 cm

Width

31.0 cm

Height

28.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MAGNA

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Westville

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

Unknown

Technical

THE GREEK TRIREME WAS THE UBIQUITOUS WARSHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN IN CA. 6TH - 4TH CENTURY B.C. IT DEV'D FROM THE AEGEAN LONG SHIP WHICH WAS ROWED BY OARSMEN ON 2 LEVELS, & HAD SAME UPSWEPT STERN & (PRESUMABLY)SQUARE SAIL AS ITS PREDECESSOR. THE TRIREME'S RAM WAS A FURTHER DEV'T OF THE LONGSHIP'S FOREFOOT PROJECTION. LONG, SHALLOW HULL WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ENSURE GUNWALE TENSILE STRENGTH SUITABLE FOR THE 3 ROWS OF OARSMEN. OTHER FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO HULL STRENGTH NECESSARY IN SUCH A VESSEL, WAS THE "HYPOZOMA"-ACTING SAME AS A HOGGING TRUSS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT OF LONG TIMBERS WITH MORTISE & TENON JOINING. IN ADDITION TO ITS STRENGTH, POPULARITY OF THE TRIREME WAS PROBABLY DUE TO ITS SPEED, MANOUEVRABILITY & LIGHTNESS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

MOUNTED ON A GREY LIGHT WOOD BASE/ SHIP HAS A BLACK HULL/ SIDES OF BELOW DECKS ARE WOOD & GREEN TRIM/ LARGE RECTANGULAR WHITE SAIL AT MID-SHIP/ COLOURFUL FIGURINE OF GREEK MILITARY AT EACH END INSIDE/ TWO STEERING OARS ON THE STERN, ONE ON EACH SIDE/ PROW AS BATTERING RAM, A CARVED & PAINTED DESIGN IN BLUE, RED, BLACK & END TIP IN GOLD, & ZOOMORPHIC DECORATION

Decoration

N/A