11-09-2010, 05:31 AM
Quote:There is no 'trident' shape to the bows.
Excellent. I was describing what I had read and it did not make sense because anything jutting 10 feet out of the catsheads would be far too weak to ram. This makes much more sense.
Note that the Athenian galleys did not sink after their bows were staved in. Was this due to a bulkead in the bow?
Paul M. Bardunias
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