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== Known ships == |
== Known ships == |
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*[[Iron Victory]] (the ship of [[Victarion Greyjoy]] himself) |
*[[Iron Victory]] (the ship of [[Victarion Greyjoy]] himself) |
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*[[Grief]] (the ship of Rodrik Sparr) |
*[[Grief]] (the ship of Rodrik Sparr) |
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*[[Dagger]] (the ship of Deagon Shepherd) |
*[[Dagger]] (the ship of Deagon Shepherd) |
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<p style="color:rgb(58,58,58);">Some other ships named, but with no captain mentioned:</p> |
<p style="color:rgb(58,58,58);">Some other ships named, but with no captain mentioned:</p> |
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*Iron Vengeance |
*Iron Vengeance |
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*Hardhand |
*Hardhand |
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*Iron Lady |
*Iron Lady |
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*Noble Lady (a captured cog) |
*Noble Lady (a captured cog) |
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*Dove (a captured cog from [[Myr]] , renamed Shrike) |
*Dove (a captured cog from [[Myr]] , renamed Shrike) |
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+ | *Shade (a captured galley from [[New Ghis|New Ghis]]) |
| − | *Ghost (a captured [[Ghis]] |
+ | *Ghost (a captured galley from [[New Ghis|New Ghis]]) |
| − | *Willing Maiden (a caputerd [[Ghis]] |
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==In the books== |
==In the books== |
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Revision as of 20:14, 19 April 2013
The Iron Fleet is the fleet of warships of the Iron Islands under the command of House Greyjoy.
Known ships
- Iron Victory (the ship of Victarion Greyjoy himself)
- Grief (the ship of Rodrik Sparr)
- Lord Quellon (the ship of Ralf the Limper)
- Lamentation (the ship of tom Codd)
- Kite (the ship of Manfryd Merlyn)
- Red Jester (the ship of Red Ralf Stonehouse)
- Dagger (the ship of Deagon Shepherd)
Some other ships named, but with no captain mentioned:
- Iron Vengeance
- Hardhand
- Iron Wind
- Grey Ghost
- Lord Vickon
- Lord Dagon
- Maiden's Bane
- White Widow
- Woe
- Leviathan
- Reapers Wind
- Warhammer
- Dagon's Feast
- Red Tide
- Shark
- Ravenfeeder
- Iron Kiss
- Headless Jeyne
- Fear
- Sparrowhawk
- Fingerdancer
- Forlorn Hope
- Iron Wing
- Kraken's Kiss
- Seven Skulls
- Thrall's Bane
- Warrior Wench
- Iron Lady
- Noble Lady (a captured cog)
- Chiscari Dawn (a captured slaver from New Ghis, renamed Red God's Wroth)
- Dove (a captured cog from Myr , renamed Shrike)
- Shade (a captured galley from New Ghis)
- Ghost (a captured galley from New Ghis)
- Willing Maiden (a caputerd galley from New Ghis, renamed Slaver's Scream)
In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Iron Fleet is the elite naval force of the ironborn. It consists of around a hundred warships dipping 100 oars or more. The Iron Fleet is not the entirety of the ironbon naval forces, which are estimated to number well over 500 longships. However, most of these ships only dip 20 oars and are meant for coastal raiding, not pitched naval battles and ship-to-ship engagements. The Iron Fleet is a permanent military force held to belong to the Iron Islands as a whole, not individual captains or houses.
The Iron Fleet spearheads any major military action. Its job is to destroy or pin larger enemy ships, allowing smaller longships to land on the enemy shores. The Iron Fleet was comprehensively defeated in the Battle of Fair Isle during the Greyjoy Rebellion, when the Royal Fleet under Lord Stannis Baratheon and the Redwyne Fleet under Lord Paxter Redwyne trapped it in a pincer movement and destroyed it. This allowed the royalist forces to attack Pyke and end the war.
Since the end of the Greyjoy Rebellion, the Iron Fleet has been rebuilt to its former size. It is commanded by Victarion Greyjoy from his flagship, the Iron Victory.