06-20-2006, 07:29 AM
Displacement of the Olympias was about 44 tonnes, including a crew of 200:
J.F.Coates, 'Carrying troops in triremes', in T.Shaw (ed), The Trireme Project. Operational Experience 1987-90. Lessons learnt (Oxford 1993), p.78. The same book has an article with some calculations about the required speed vs angle of attack to break the enemy hull: J.T.Shaw, 'Steering to Ram: The diekplous and periplous', ibidem, p.99-104.
J.F.Coates, 'Carrying troops in triremes', in T.Shaw (ed), The Trireme Project. Operational Experience 1987-90. Lessons learnt (Oxford 1993), p.78. The same book has an article with some calculations about the required speed vs angle of attack to break the enemy hull: J.T.Shaw, 'Steering to Ram: The diekplous and periplous', ibidem, p.99-104.
