A List of the types of fish and fish common names. This is a list of the types of fish and their common names. While some common fish names refer to a single species or family, others have been used for a variety of different types. A. African glass catfish. African lungfish. aholehole.
In a race between the trireme and the longship on a fine calm day, in which either ship could use any means to achieve its top speed. Then the trireme would win. The trireme could go in excess of 10 nots, where as the longship averaged a speed of 8 nots with an average breeze.
Of course, the boat probably had something to do with it as well. Launched in 2007 for the express purpose setting a new round-the-world record, the Nigel Irens/Benoit Cabaret-designed IDEC measures 97 feet long and can carry up to 5,600-sqaure-feet of sail on her 104-foot mast. In setting the 24-hour record, IDEC maintained an average speed of 27.75 knots.