Reconstructing a Roman Warship

[Dan Diffendale]

or will it be like this one?

The second ship you posted is the reconstruction of a navis lusoria, and it dates a couple hundred years later than the proposed liburna.

btw does that Greek triera reconstruction still exist????

According to the Trireme Trust's latest newsletter (October 2006), "Olympias has returned to her permanent display site as part of the Hellenic Navy Museum... near the Piraeus. She now has a new shelter, which should protect her from the sun and the rain and keep her looking good with only routine maintenance for the foreseeable future. All this means, of course, that Olympias herself is unlikely to go to sea again, except perhaps for short ceremonial occasions like the Olympics..."

In other news, "The best bet for any future sea-trials would... be to build a second ship and Doug Lindsay... continues to pursue possibilities for funding such a ship."