Isis (ship)
The Roman ship Isis was a very large ship that operated on the Mediterranean during the Roman Empire around 150 AD, carrying grain from Egypt to Italy. The Isis was apparently long and had a beam of. Its cargo hold was deep. It has a carrying capacity of 1200 short tons or 1,071 long tonnes.
In his book the sophist Lucian described the Isis when he saw it in Athens' seaport Piraeus:
The wreck of the Isis was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1989 off the coast of Sicily.