Editing Warship (section)

===Ship Types===
*'''Galley''': Sailships that came with long rows of oarsmen to help give the ship an extra boost of speed. Very useful for maneuvering against the wind, or gaining speed to ram the enemy. The most common ones used two rows of oars (known as the bireme), but some of the larger warships could have as many as five, and some sources claim that some flagships had as many as ''ten''. The Romans had a special version that used a spike to lock ships and allow their marines to board, as they found that if they fought better on land than on sea, then they'll just apply the same tactics onto boats, however they didn't seem to catch on for long beyond the Punic Wars as while they were excellent for boarding they created a seaworthiness problem that caused a fuck ton of deaths when one of the fleets got caught in a storm after returning from a victory. Because of the extra manpower needed to operate them, galleys had a grim reputation for needing large numbers of slaves (though this only actually applied to galleys from the 16th century and after). They were still in use until the 19th century by the Barbary pirates, when they were finally defeated for good by more modern navies. Latter galleys had cannons, but given the need for rowers you could only put a few guns onboard the front of one.
*'''Fire Ships''': Usually made from suprlus ships or even rafts, sometimes one navy would try to set the enemy on fire by setting one of their own boats on fire, and hope that it drifts into their ships. At the very least, it could create panic, as the enemy would try to steer the hell away from them. The Dutch used several "Hellburners" to ram and destroy a bridge in the Siege of Antwerp during the 80 Years War. During World War 2 obsolete destroyer HMS Campbeltown was filled with explosives and rammed into the Saint-Nazaire docks, depriving the Germans of a battleship drydock in the Atlantic and locking the battleship Tirpitz to Norwegian fjords where she was eventually sunk without firing anything other than anti-air guns at the Allies.
*'''Siphōn''': A warship used by the Byzantine Empire, which deployed flamethrowers using an incendiary compound known as "Greek fire". Highly effective albeit short-ranged, the formula to produce Greek fire was eventually lost and so the ships fell out of use by the 13th century. The formula still has not been rediscovered, although historians suspect it employed a mix of naphtha and quicklime. 
*'''Longship''': A Viking galley that was long and narrow, allowing it to enter shallow waters for amphibious deployment. They had a characteristic large square sail and the sides were typically lined with shields.