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.
Nevertheless her average speed was around 10.5 knots. These are the record speeds set by the fastest sailing ships. It is probably fair to say that most sailing ships in the 19th and early 20th centuries averaged between 5 â 8 knots on average depending on the size of the ship, the route and the weather. There are nothing wrong with these speeds but they are not comparable with container ships, even those slow steaming at 12 knots.