This fleet was composed of one quinquereme and eight triremes. Commanding from a state quinquereme, Mithridates throws all his naval resources at Rhodes. They used a shipwrecked Carthaginian quinquereme as a blueprint for their own. Meanwhile, Mithridates sailed in a quinquereme and his land forces awaited orders in Caunus. A quinquereme carried a crew of 300&colon; 280 oarsmen and 20 deck crew and officers. During this war the standard warship was the quinquereme, meaning "five-oared". During this period the standard Mediterranean warship was the quinquereme, meaning "five-oared". During this period the standard Mediterranean warship was the quinquereme, meaning "five-rowers". During this period the standard warship of the Carthaginian navy was the quinquereme, meaning "five-oared".