Nec Tyrii, quamquam classem habebant, ausi navale inire certamen; tris omnino ante ipsa moenia opposuerunt, quibus rex invectus ipse eas demersit.
The Tyrians, even though they possessed a fleet, were not willing to risk a naval battle. To confront the enemy, they stationed only three ships before the walls, which the king himself rammed and sunk.