Two rows of oarsmen pulled 18 oars per side. It was usually crewed by four oarsmen and a coxswain. Warships were oared sailing galleys with three to five banks of oarsmen. Chambers and Renforth were oarsmen who excelled at sculling. Men also were used as fishermen, canoeists, oarsmen, sailors, and artisans. These barges are manned by 2,082 oarsmen. This fleet of the Christian alliance was manned by 40,000 sailors and oarsmen. Around 4000 B.C., Egyptians were building long narrow boats powered by many oarsmen. Numerous oarsmen row huge snake-shaped boats. It consisted of large boats with four oarsmen which could carry 16 passengers. His archers were used initially, while his oarsmen Almogavars stayed under cover. The indoor rower's nickname comes from its measurement of the power output of oarsmen/women. This type of music was cultured mainly by the oarsmen and fishermen of erstwhile Bengal. A quinquereme carried a crew of 300&colon; 280 oarsmen and 20 deck crew and officers. Plutarch wrote that many of Pyrrhus' ships were undermanned and he begun to collect oarsmen.