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  • Or so Herodotus says: he reports that Themistocles sent a small ship back to Athens, perhaps a ten-oared vessel with a sail.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Or so Herodotus says: he reports that Themistocles sent a small ship back to Athens, perhaps a ten-oared vessel with a sail.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Then Thorbjorn Angle had a ten-oared boat manned and went on board with eleven men.

    Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Unknown

  • There were twelve of them in a ten-oared boat, and six others, with Ivar and Leif, sons of Kolbeinn.

    Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Unknown

  • There came rowing towards them a ten-oared boat with six men on board, who hailed the sea-going ship and asked who was their captain.

    Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Unknown

  • The sun was glinting on the placid waters of the river when I made my way down to the bank, to a great ten-oared keel boat that lay on the

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • The sun was glinting on the placid waters of the river when I made my way down to the bank, to a great ten-oared keel boat that lay on the

    The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

  • The signal was sounded from the two castles at the harbour's entrance, the chain which hung between them was dropped, and a ten-oared boat shot out from behind the walls as fast as oars could drive her.

    The Lost Continent Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne 1905

  • The sun was glinting on the placid waters of the river when I made my way down to the bank, to a great ten-oared keel boat that lay on the Bear Grass, with its square sail furled.

    The Crossing 1904

  • Proud indeed for me was the moment when, arriving near to the spot on the coast where the 'Lightning' was daily expected with her live cargo, I left my ship in command of three boats, viz., a ten-oared cutter and two four-oared whale boats.

    Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

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