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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Historically the trireme had a crew of 200 (170 of
which were rowers with one per oar). Heavier ships had more rowers per oar but
only one or two decks of rowers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Alex
K</FONT></DIV>
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size=1> Note - Standard ship crews, if
they come into play, fall into the<BR>
following general
ranges:<BR> Ship
Type Number of
men<BR> Merchant
Ship
10-20<BR>
Pirate
30-60<BR> Light
Warship
50-100<BR> Medium
Warship
100-150<BR>
Trireme
250-350<BR>
Quadreme
400-500<BR> HV = Heavy vessels. All
vessels in the fleet that are rated at<BR>
Trireme size or larger.<BR> P = The Total
popualtion of the nation.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>