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HERESIES OF SEA POWER
By B.C. 700 the Phœnicians had evolved a warship in which the oars were in two banks, presumably so
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1. Egyptian Warship in Action 1000 B.C.
2. Asiatic Warship in same Battle.
arranged in order to secure increased motive power in a limited length.[1] Over the heads of the rowers appears
- ↑ To increase the length has always been the main problem in warship construction. See chap. 'Dimensions of Warships.' The two and three decks-ships 1600-1800 all had the duplicated or triplicated gundecks on account of the difficulty of satisfactorily increasing length.