of striking, 101

_Trade's Increase_, Jacobean merchantman, 108

Triremes, first use of, in Greece, 29

----, Greek, crews of, 42

----, ----, dimensions of, 39

----, ----, length of oars of, 42

_See also_ GALLEYS

_Triumph_, Elizabethan warship, 98

Trojan expedition, ships used in, 31

"Tumble home," why introduced, 78

Turrets, use of, in Roman galleys, 54

U

Unireme, Greek, of about 500 B.C., 31.

_See also_ GALLEYS

V

Vasco da Gama, ships of, 91

----, voyages of, 91

Veneti, ships of, 55

Venetian galleasses, end of the sixteenth century, 103

----, galleon of the sixteenth century, 78

----, galley of the fourteenth century, 77

----, galleys, number of rowers to oars of, 47

----, ship, built for France, 1268, 73

----, twelfth century ship of great size, 68

Venetians, first use of naval artillery by, 77

----, skill of, in shipbuilding, 69

Ventilation of warships, middle of the eighteenth century, 123

Viking ship, description of, 59

Voyages of Vasco da Gama, 91

W

Warships of Ramses III., 23

----, ventilation of, middle of the eighteenth century, 123

_See also_ ENGLISH WARSHIPS, ENGLISH FIRST-RATES, FRIGATES,
FLEETS, GALLEYS, SHIPS, FRENCH FIRST-RATES

_Waterloo_, English first-rate, time of William IV., 141, 142

Waterways, introduction of, in shipbuilding, 139

West Indiaman, the _Thetis_, 146

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