diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/structures/pirates/trireme_fore_sail.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/structures/pirates/trireme_fore_sail.xml
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index 0000000000..2693aa29f9
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+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/structures/pirates/trireme_fore_sail.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<actor version="1">
+  <castshadow/>
+  <float/>
+  <group>
+    <variant file="others/ships/fore_sail_base.xml" name="Medium Pirate Ship Fore Sail">
+      <mesh>props/kart_trireme_fore_sail.dae</mesh>
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/ptol_sail_norm.png" name="normTex"/>
+        <texture file="props/sail_spec_1.png" name="specTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+  <group>
+    <variant name="Trident 01">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_01.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="Trident 02">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_02.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="Trident 03">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_03.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="Trident 04">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_04.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+  <material>player_trans_parallax_spec.xml</material>
+</actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/structures/pirates/trireme_main_sail.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/structures/pirates/trireme_main_sail.xml
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index 0000000000..0e249314b4
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+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/props/structures/pirates/trireme_main_sail.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<actor version="1">
+  <castshadow/>
+  <float/>
+  <group>
+    <variant file="others/ships/main_sail_base.xml" name="Medium Pirate Ship Main Sail">
+      <mesh>props/kart_trireme_main_sail.dae</mesh>
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/ptol_sail_norm.png" name="normTex"/>
+        <texture file="props/sail_spec_1.png" name="specTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+  <group>
+    <variant name="Trident 01">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_01.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="Trident 02">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_02.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="Trident 03">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_03.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="Trident 04">
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="props/sail_pirate_trident_04.png" name="baseTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+  <material>player_trans_parallax_spec.xml</material>
+</actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/structures/pirates/trireme.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/structures/pirates/trireme.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57418e8b5b
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+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/structures/pirates/trireme.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<actor version="1">
+  <castshadow/>
+  <float/>
+  <group>
+    <variant frequency="1" file="others/ships/kart_trireme_oars.xml" name="Pirate Trireme">
+      <mesh>structural/kart_ship_trireme.dae</mesh>
+      <props>
+        <prop actor="props/structures/pirates/trireme_fore_sail.xml" attachpoint="fore_sail"/>
+        <prop actor="props/structures/pirates/trireme_main_sail.xml" attachpoint="main_sail"/>
+        <prop actor="props/units/siege_artillery/bolt_projectile_med.xml" attachpoint="projectile"/>
+      </props>
+      <textures>
+        <texture file="structural/kart_trireme.png" name="baseTex"/>
+        <texture file="structural/kart_trireme_spec.png" name="specTex"/>
+        <texture file="structural/kart_trireme_norm.png" name="normTex"/>
+        <texture file="structural/ao/kart_trireme.png" name="aoTex"/>
+      </textures>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+  <group>
+    <variant frequency="100" file="others/ships/kart_trireme_shields_01.xml" name="Carthaginian trireme Shields-01"/>
+    <variant frequency="100" file="others/ships/kart_trireme_shields_02.xml" name="Carthaginian trireme Shields-02"/>
+    <variant frequency="100" file="others/ships/kart_trireme_shields_03.xml" name="Carthaginian trireme Shields-03"/>
+  </group>
+  <material>player_trans_ao_parallax_spec.xml</material>
+</actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pirates/ship_trireme.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pirates/ship_trireme.xml
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index 0000000000..60066b2ff6
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+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pirates/ship_trireme.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Entity parent="template_unit_ship_warship_medium">
+  <Identity>
+    <Civ>gaia</Civ>
+    <SpecificName>Rhodian Pirate Ship</SpecificName>
+    <Icon>units/pirates/warship_light.png</Icon>
+  </Identity>
+  <VisualActor>
+    <Actor>structures/pirates/trireme.xml</Actor>
+  </VisualActor>
+</Entity>