Ships of War
“Ship-Money Fleet”
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
fleet · one ship of war of the burden of nine hundred tons · ships · ships of war · ships-of-war
in the texts
Areopagiticus
Naval vessels that symbolize Athenian power, expenditures, military loss, and foreign restraint.
Well then, the Hellenes felt such confidence in those who governed the city in those times that most of them of their own accord placed themselves under the power of Athens, while the barbarians were so far from meddling in the affairs of the Hellenes that they neither sailed their ships-of-war this side of the Phaselis nor marched their armies beyond the Halys River, refraining, on the contrary, from all aggression.
Many of you are wondering, I suppose, what in the world my purpose is in coming forward to address you on The Public Safety, as if Athens were in danger or her affairs on an uncertain footing, when in fact she possesses more than two hundred ships-of-war, enjoys peace throughout her territory, maintains her empire on the sea, and has, furthermore, many allies who, in case of any need, will readily …
For as things now are, who among intelligent men can fail to be chagrined at what goes on, when we see many of our fellow-citizens drawing lots in front of the law-courts to determine whether they themselves shall have the necessaries of life, yet thinking it proper to support at their expense any of the Hellenes who will deign to row their ships;
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The several ships of war, specified by tonnage and crew, which London and other counties were commanded to provide, arm, and victual for the defence of the sea.
The ships and arms to be provided are to continue the subject’s own in property.
four other ships of war, every of them of the burden of five hundred tons, and every of them with two hundred men at the least, as well expert masters, as very able and skilful mariners: