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Trireme Olympias Rejoins Greek Navy For Training Duties
National Geographic recounts the Olympias, a reconstructed ancient trireme, now commissioned as a Greek warship used to train naval cadets. It details its creation by Britain's Trireme Trust, design work by John Morrison and John Coates, cost, sea trials, performance, and the rigors of coordinating 170 rowers across three oar levels.
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Aegean Sea
Britain
Trireme Trust
Salamis
Aeschylus
Athens
Persia
Carthage
John Morrison
Cambridge University
Morrison
Piraeus
John Coates
Ministry of Defense
British Trireme Trust
Coates
Paul Lipke
Lipke
National Geographic
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