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GREEK TRIREME
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The Greek Trireme was the "state
of the art" fighting ship designed to be able to cover
long distances quickly under oar and sail, and in battle
to ram enemy ships with devastating effect.
The first definite
reference to the use of triremes in naval combat
dates to 525 BC, when, the tyrant Polycrates of
Samos was able to contribute 40 triremes to a
Persian invasion of Egypt in the Battle of Pelusium.
By the early 5th century, the trireme was becoming
the dominant warship type of the eastern
Mediterranean. The first large-scale naval battle
where triremes participated was the Battle of Lade
during the Ionian Revolt, where the combined fleets
of the Greek Ionian cities were defeated by the
Persian fleet.
The Greek Trireme became
famous in the Salamis battle (480 BC) in which they
destroyed the superior Persian fleet. High speeds of
triremes and a powerful force of their metal rams
were the decisive factors. The Battle of Salamis was
the decisive momentum shift that the Greek military
had dream about. Without this victory, the Persian
army would have marched across Greece; and the
course of western civilization could have been very
different. Today's democracy wouldn't exist if
there had been no Greek Trireme then.
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This primarily wood Greek Trireme
was built from
official
blueprint. Note that the model has full number of oars on
both sides.
The very first copy was purchased in
September 2007 by BAE
Systems' President
Richard Schieffelin.
Another has been on displayed in a Greek museum in the Netherlands
since February
2008.
36" Lx 16"T
x 13" W (with oars out) $3,790 
Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $500 flat rate.
For a similar ship type
but much more dangerous in battles, click here:
Byzantine dromon.
And here is the
bireme.
For display case, please
click here:
Model Ship Display Case
"I
bought
your
Greek
trireme
[in
2013]
which
is a
veritable
jewel... and
looked
for
a
long
time
before
I
found
30
m/m
figures
that
would
approximately
fit
the
scale
of
the
ship.
Check
out andreade.com
for
beautifully
done
figures
for
some
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your
ship. Again,
great
work
!
Alex
F.
"Received the Greek Trireme model this morning. It
is beautiful, better than the pictures show. Thank you.
Greg"
"Trireme is of micro-museum
detail quality... better than expected, arrived timely, undamaged,
packaged like the Crown Jewels. Heartily recommend your products.
Alex Texas."
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