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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
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.
