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The Trireme Trust

The Trireme Trust was formed in 1982 by Frank Welsh, John Morrison and John Coates with the following aims:

1. To resolve a long-standing controversy about the design of this historically important type of ship
2. To discover its true performance at sea
3. To enable the realities of sea power at that time to be understood
4. To draw attention to the maritime and technical skills which were the keys to the cultural achievements and lasting influence of ancient Athens.

Trireme Poster Full size (A0) version will soon (?) be available for purchase from the Trireme Trust. Details to follow when finalised.

The Trireme Trust USA is the US branch of the Trireme Trust. Its President is Ford Weiskittel, who is responsible for recruiting crews from the North American continent.

The Athenian Trireme (2nd Ed)

by J.S.Morrison, J.E.Coates and N.B.Rankov. Published 20 July 2000.

• Cambridge University Press
• Google Books
• BBC Magazine Review in TT newsletter.

Contacts List

Names of those on the Trireme Trust email list and other contact addresses.

Local pages

• Newsletter#23 (Oct'06)
  • Chairman's Report (Boris Rankov)
  • If you wish to see the Ship
  • Merchandise (Andrew Ruddle)
  • The Trireme Archive Project (John Quenby)
  • From the Aegean to the Atlantic, and More (Roz Savage)
• Newsletter#22 (Feb'04)
• Newsletter#21 (Feb'03)
• Athenian Naval Finance in the Classical Period The trierarchy, its place in Athenian society, and how much did a trieres cost? (Rosemary Peck).
• Newspaper Article on Minoan Ship Reconstruction (George Teriakidis)
• Newsletter#20 (Nov'2001)
• Newsletter#19 (Nov'2000)
• Press Release from the Hellenic Council of NSW on the abandonment of efforts to bring the Olympias to the Sydney Olympics.
• Newsletter#18 (Nov,1999)
• Recent photos of Olympias (March 99)
• Newsletter#17 (Nov'1998)
• Conference (Sep,1998) and Report (by Boris Rankov)
• Newsletter#16 (Nov'1997)
• An introduction to the Trireme Olympias
• Olympias Sea Trials
• Glossary of Trireme Terms
• The Trireme Rowing Club
• Contact Addresses
• Bibliography

Other Web Sites

• Pamela Rogers (artist), including her trireme pictures (30OCT07)
• Underwater Archaeology Links (Arkadia)
• Roman Seas (Roman Ship models and ancient naval warfare games)
• The Longship Company (Norse boats)
• BS Averof Museum (where the Olympias is usually docked nowadays)
• The Classis Britannica The Roman Imperial Navy of Great Britain
• (UK) National Maritime Museum
• Le Portail de l'Archeologie - Archeologie Subaquatique Index of marine archaeology web-sites
• History and Archaeology of the Ship, Southampton University (John Illsley).
• The Perseus Project Digital library specialising in the ancient world. Includes ...
  • List of trireme references in the classics,
  • Encyclopedia: Trireme entry containing a large number of photos of the Olympias
• The Internet Classics Archive On-line collection of classical Greek and Roman texts.
• War Galley (GMT Games)
• Coventry Boatbuilders (Classic Boat replicas/restoration)
• Ship Models (Zoltan Petrofszky)

The main photo and plans archive of the Trireme Trust is held by John Coates. For copies and publication rights, contact John Coates (or email via Andrew Ruddle)

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This site is maintained by:

Anu Dudhia (email: dudhia@atm.ox.ac.uk).

(but general enquiries about the Trireme Trust should be sent to Andrew Ruddle).