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.
Trefle-a-Quatre was credited with being at that time the fastest motor boat in the world. She was only 30 feet 2 3/4 inches in length, and was equipped with a Richard-Brasier motor of about 60 horse-power. Previously, during the Monaco races, she covered 124 1/2 miles at an average rate of 23 1.2 miles per hour.