Olympias (ancient greek trireme reconstruction)
Career
Ordered:	1985
Laid down:	July 27, 1987
Launched:	August, 1987
Commissioned:	August 26, 1987
Decommissioned:	-
Fate:	serves as exhibit in dry dock
Current position:	Faliron 37°56.057′N 23°41.11′E
General Characteristics
Displacement:	70 tons (surfaced) - tons (submerged)
Length:	36.9 m (121.06 ft)(Over All)
Beam:	5.5 m (18.04 ft)
Draft:	1.25 m (4.10 ft)
Speed:	Maximum Speed with oars over 9.0 knots (16.67 km/h) surface (Maximum continuous (with half the crew rowing in turns) 4.0 knots (7.4 km/h))
Complement:	200 in antiquity, 5 officers (Trierarchos Greek Τριήραρχος (Commanding Officer, resposible to fully support the ship), Kybernetes Greek Κυβερνήτης (Executive Officer, responsible for the cruising safety), Keleustes Greek Κελευστής (responsible for the training and morale of the crew), Pentecontarchos Greek Πεντηκόνταρχος (Administration Officer), Prorates Greek Πρωράτης (Bow Officer, responsible for sharp outlook)), 1 musician Auletes Greek Αυλητής (responsible to keep the oaring timing with his flute), 170 oarsmen (see above), 10 sailors (for cruising), 14 Marines (10 spearsmen, 4 archers)
Armament:	one 200 kg (440.9 pounds) bow ram, in antiquity: ten spears, four archers (see above, different combinations may be made)
Powerplant:	cruising: two large square sails, in battle: 170 oarsmen in three banks (62 Thranites Greek Θρανήτες) (upper bank),54 Zygites Greek Ζυγήτες) (midle bank),54 Thalamites Greek Θαλαμήτες) (lower bank)
Armour:	none (only the Cast Bronze Ram Envelope weighing 200 kg (440.9 pounds)), the ship is made from Oregon pine and Virginia oak, 20,000 wooden connectors, 17,000 bronze handmade nails

Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1152x864, 137 KB)Olympias ancient greek trireme reconstruction, from Hellenic Navy. ... Image File history File links Greek-Jack. ... This article is about the year. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Faliro or Faliron/Phaliron (Greek: Φάληρο Pháliro, Latin: Phaleron, Phalerum) is a community 8 km SW of downtown Athens. ... A Greek trireme A Roman trireme Triremes were ancient war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. ...

She was constructed in 1985–1987 by a shipbuilder in Piraeus, financed by Hellenic Navy and donators like Frank Welsh (a Suffolk banker, writer and trireme enthusiast), advised by historians J. S. Morrison and John F. Coates and informed by evidence from underwater archaeology. View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ...

Crewed by 170 volunteer oarsmen and oarswomen, Olympias in 1988 achieved 9 knots (17 km/h) and was able to execute 180 degree turns in one minute and in an arc no wider than two and one half (2.5) ship-lengths . These results, achieved with inexperienced crew, suggest that the ancient writers were not exaggerating. Additional sea trials took place in 1987, 1990, 1992 and 1994. She was transported in Britain in 1993, in order to be presented in events about the 2,500 years since the beginning of Democracy. Now is an exhibit (in dry dock) in Faliron in Athens Greece.

In 2004 Olympias was used ceremonially to transport the Olympic Flame from the port of Keratsini to the main port of Piraeus as the Olympic Torch Relay entered its final stages in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-01-10, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ... The olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony. ...

External links

• Relevant Page from Hellenic Navy
• Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia
• The Trireme Trust