Threedecker

The threedecker is an oared warship with three banks of oars on either side for propulsion, from where it derives its name. It holds a total of more than 150 oarsmen from three "banks" on each side and can hold thousands of soldiers on its wide deck. Generally a taller and heavier ship than the twodecker, it has been a staple of many navies for hundreds of years. Threedeckers are commonly used as both assault ships and siege ships, fitted with large ballistae or banks of crossbows, or occasionally smoothbore cannons.
During the Battle of Cartesium, in the Second Duscadorian-Sevician War, the threedecker played an important role in securing Sevician naval hegemony of the Lothor Sea region in what would prove to be a decisive victory.
== See also ==
*Twodecker
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