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The '''Iron Fleet''' is the largest grouping of longships from the [[Iron Islands]]. They number one hundred, and unlike other [[ironborn]] ships they belong to the [[Seastone Chair]]. Each ship is captained and crewed by people of various islands.{{Ref|aDwD|56}} Its commander, the [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]], is [[Victarion Greyjoy]].
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The '''Iron Fleet''' is the largest grouping of longships from the [[Iron Islands]]. They number one hundred, and unlike other [[ironborn]] ships they belong to the [[Seastone Chair]]. It is one of the three most powerful fleets of [[Westeros]], along with the [[royal fleet]] of the [[crownlands]] and the [[Redwyne fleet]] of the [[Arbor]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Lannister_Fleet The Lannister Fleet], September 26, 1999</ref>
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Each ship of the Iron Fleet is captained and crewed by people of various islands. The ships, while smaller than the war [[w:dromond|dromonds]] of the mainland, are three times the size of a standard longship of the Isles.{{Ref|aDwD|56}} The fleet's commander, the [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]], is [[Victarion Greyjoy]].{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
During the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], the Iron Fleet burned the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] fleet at anchor at [[Lannisport]], but the ironborn's fleet was later defeated in the [[Battle of Fair Isle]].
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[[File:Iron Fleet RaidersMateusz Ozminski.JPG|thumb|Iron Fleet Raiders, by Mateusz Ozminski © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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[[Quellon Greyjoy]], [[Lord of the Iron Islands]], desired stronger ties with the rest of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], but he died in [[Robert's Rebellion]]. His son, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], reversed Quellon's reforms and instead desired independence for the [[Iron Islands]]. Over five years Balon constructed the Iron Fleet, which consisted of ships closer in size to galleys than the ironborn's smaller longships. Their decks were armed with scorpions and spitfires.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}
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At the start of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], the Iron Fleet [[burning of the Lannister fleet|burned the Lannister fleet]] at anchor at [[Lannisport]].{{ref|ACOK|24}} Balon's fleet was later defeated by Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] in a [[sea battle off Fair Isle]],{{ref|AFFC|1}} however, which allowed the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|Baratheons]] to invade the islands and force into submission Balon, would-be [[King of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|AFFC|32}}
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According to [[Victarion Greyjoy]], [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]], boys in the Iron Islands dream of having the privilege to one day row for the fleet.{{ref|ADWD|63}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
When Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] declares himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and attacks [[the North]], he sends Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]] with the Iron Fleet to sail up the [[Saltspear]] and the [[Fever River]]. From there the ironborn can march on [[Moat Cailin]].{{ref|ACOK|24}}
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When Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] declares himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and attacks the [[north]], he sends his brother, Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]], with the Iron Fleet to sail up the [[Saltspear]] and the [[Fever River]]. From there the ironborn can march on [[Fall of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]].{{ref|ACOK|24}}
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
After hearing that King Balon has died and that [[Aeron Greyjoy]] has called a [[kingsmoot]], Victarion returns from Moat Cailin to the Iron Fleet, which has been in the reeds and willows of the Fever River. The bulk of the Iron Fleet sails to [[Nagga's Cradle]] in a column reaching back many leagues.{{ref|AFFC|18}}
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[[File:Longship Iron Victory.png|thumb|''[[Iron Victory]]'', flagship of the Iron Fleet, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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After hearing that King Balon has died and that [[Aeron Greyjoy]] has called a [[kingsmoot on Old Wyk]], Victarion returns from Moat Cailin to the Iron Fleet, which has been in the reeds and willows of the Fever River. Nine-tenths of the Iron Fleet sails to [[Nagga's Cradle]] in a column reaching back many leagues, losing a ship along the way to rough seas and fickle winds.{{ref|AFFC|18}}
  
The fleet assists the other ships of the [[Iron Islands]] in the [[Battle of the Shield Islands]]. Seven ships are lost in the ensuing naval war. The new king, [[Euron Greyjoy]], commands Victarion to take the Iron Fleet to [[Slaver's Bay]] and return with [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and her [[dragons]].{{ref|AFFC|29}}
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Victarion is offered as a candidate at the kingsmoot, but his brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] is eventually chosen as the new [[King of the Isles and the North]] at the kingsmoot.{{ref|AFFC|19}} [[Baelor Blacktyde]], [[Lord of Blacktyde]], refuses to recognize Euron as king, but his ''[[Nightflyer]]'' is captured by the Iron Fleet while attempting to depart Nagga's Cradle.{{ref|AFFC|29}}
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The fleet leads the other ships of the [[Iron Islands]] in the [[taking of the Shields]]. Six ships are lost in the ensuing naval clash, including ''[[Hardhand]]'' of the Iron Fleet. King Euron commands Victarion to take the Iron Fleet to [[Slaver's Bay]] and return with [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and her [[dragons]].{{ref|AFFC|29}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
The small number of ironborn ships left behind in the Fever River are torched by the [[House Ryswell|Ryswells]] and [[House Dustin|Dustins]].{{ref|ADWD|15}} [[Theon Greyjoy]] convinces the surviving ironborn raiders at Moat Cailin to surrender to [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]], but Ramsay has them executed afterward.{{ref|ADWD|20}}
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[[File:Anders Finer Victarion Greyjoy.jpg|thumb|[[Victarion Greyjoy]], [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]], by Anders Finer © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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The small number of ironborn ships left behind in the Fever River are torched by the [[House Ryswell|Ryswells]] and [[House Dustin|Dustins]].{{ref|ADWD|15}} [[Theon Greyjoy]] convinces the surviving ironborn raiders [[Siege of Moat Cailin|under siege at Moat Cailin]] to surrender to [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]], but Ramsay has them executed afterward.{{ref|ADWD|20}}
  
Meanwhile, the bulk of the Iron Fleet sets sail for [[Essos]] from the [[Shield Islands]]. During the voyage they capture a merchant ship, the ''[[Noble Lady]]'', taking its cargo and adding the ship to the fleet. In the [[Redwyne Straits]] and along the [[Dorne|Dornish]] coast they capture five other ships—three cogs, a galleas and a galley—making the Iron Fleet number ninety-nine. After taking on supplies at the [[Stepstones]], Victarion splits the fleet into three squadrons and sails for Slaver's Bay, with the squadrons to reunite at the [[Isle of Cedars]]. At [[Volantis]] Victarion learns that the Volantene fleet will soon sail against Daenerys. The Lord Captain orders his squadron to set sail immediately after they purchase food and water.{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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Meanwhile, the 93 remaining ships of the Iron Fleet sets sail for [[Essos]] from the [[Shield Islands]]. During the voyage they capture a merchant ship, the ''[[Noble Lady]]'', taking its cargo and adding the ship to the fleet. In the [[Redwyne Straits]] and along the [[Dorne|Dornish]] coast they capture five other ships—three cogs, a galleas and a galley—making the Iron Fleet number ninety-nine. After taking on supplies at the [[Stepstones]], Victarion splits the fleet into three squadrons and sails for Slaver's Bay, with the squadrons to reunite at the [[Isle of Cedars]]. At [[Volantis]] Victarion learns that the Volantene fleet will soon sail against Daenerys. The Lord Captain orders his squadron to set sail immediately after they purchase food and water.{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
  
By the time the three squadrons meet at the tip of the [[Isle of Cedars]], however, only forty-five ships have arrived. These include twenty-two of Victarion's squadron, fourteen of [[Ralf the Limper]]'s bigger and slower squadron, which had sailed by [[Lys]], and only nine from [[Red Ralf Stonehouse]]'s swift squadron, which had sailed to the [[Basilisk Isles]]. Several straggle back, but some are lost to storms. The Iron Fleet captures nine additional ships, but these are merchant vessels and fishing boats not built for war.{{ref|ADWD|56|p. 741}} The damaged ''[[Shark]]'' is left at the Isle of Cedars to alert stragglers that the rest of the fleet has continued toward [[Meereen]]. The fleet numbers fifty-three to this point minus the ''Shark''.{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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By the time the three squadrons meet at the tip of the [[Isle of Cedars]], however, only forty-five ships have arrived. These include twenty-two of Victarion's squadron, fourteen of [[Ralf the Limper]]'s bigger and slower squadron, which had sailed by [[Lys]], and only nine from [[Red Ralf Stonehouse]]'s swift squadron, which had sailed to the [[Basilisk Isles]]. Several straggle back, but some are lost to storms. The Iron Fleet captures nine additional ships, but these are merchant vessels and fishing boats not built for war.{{ref|ADWD|56}} The damaged ''[[Shark]]'' is left at the Isle of Cedars to alert stragglers that the rest of the fleet has continued toward [[Meereen]]. The fleet numbers fifty-three to this point minus the ''Shark''.{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
  
The fleet continues its voyage, capturing more cogs and galleys along the way. With [[Moqorro]], a priest of [[R'hllor]], now aiding the fleet, the ships make faster progress and should reach [[Meereen]] before the fleet of [[Volantis]]. The Iron Fleet currently number sixty-one.{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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The fleet continues its voyage, capturing more cogs and galleys along the way. With [[Moqorro]], a [[red priest]] of [[R'hllor]], now aiding the fleet, the ships make faster progress and should reach [[Meereen]] before the fleet of [[Volantis]]. The Iron Fleet currently number sixty-one.{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
  
 
==Ships of the Fleet==
 
==Ships of the Fleet==
[[File: Dejan_Delic_Victarion&IronFleet.jpg‎‎| [[Victarion Greyjoy]] and the Iron Fleet - by Dejan Delic ©|thumb|350px]]
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[[File: Dejan_Delic_Victarion&IronFleet.jpg‎‎|thumb|350px|[[Victarion Greyjoy]] and the Iron Fleet, by Dejan Delic ©]]
Mentioned in ''[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 18|The Iron Captain]]''
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Known ships of the Iron Fleet.
 
 
{{Columns|2|
 
* ''[[Grief (ship)|Grief]]''
 
* ''[[Iron Victory]]''
 
* ''[[Iron Vengeance]]''
 
* ''[[Hardhand]]''
 
* ''[[Iron Wind]]''
 
* ''[[Grey Ghost]]''
 
* ''[[Lord Quellon]]''
 
* ''[[Lord Vickon]]''
 
* ''[[Lord Dagon]]''
 
}}
 
 
 
Mentioned in ''[[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 29|The Reaver]]''
 
 
 
{{Columns|2|
 
* ''Iron Victory''
 
* ''Grief''
 
* ''Lord Dagon''
 
* ''Iron Wind''
 
* ''[[Maiden's Bane]]''
 
* ''Hardhand''
 
* ''Lord Quellon''
 
}}
 
 
 
 
 
Mentioned in ''[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 56|The Iron Suitor]]''
 
 
 
{{Columns|2|
 
* ''Grief''
 
* ''Lord Quellon''
 
* ''Maiden's Bane''
 
* ''[[White Widow]]''
 
* ''[[Lamentation]]''
 
* ''[[Woe]]''
 
* ''[[Leviathan]]''
 
* ''[[Reapers Wind]]''
 
* ''[[Warhammer]]''
 
* ''[[Dagon's Feast]]''<ref>Destroyed ([[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 56]], page 742)</ref>
 
* ''[[Red Tide]]''<ref>Destroyed ([[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 56]], page 742)</ref>
 
* ''[[Shark]]''<ref>Stranded at the [[Isle of Cedars]] for repairs ([[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 56]], page 743)</ref>
 
* ''[[Ravenfeeder]]''
 
* ''[[Iron Kiss]]''
 
* ''[[Headless Jeyne]]''
 
* ''[[Fear]]''
 
}}
 
 
 
 
 
Mentioned in ''[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 63|Victarion I]]''
 
 
 
{{Columns|2|
 
* ''Grief''
 
* ''Iron Victory''
 
* ''[[Sparrowhawk]]''
 
* ''[[Fingerdancer]]''
 
* ''Lamentation''
 
* ''Woe''
 
* ''[[Forlorn Hope]]''
 
* ''[[Iron Wing]]''
 
* ''[[Kraken's Kiss]]''
 
* ''[[Kite]]''
 
* ''[[Seven Skulls]]''
 
* ''[[Thrall's Bane]]''
 
* ''[[Warrior Wench]]''
 
}}
 
  
Mentioned in the [[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix#THE_QUEEN_ACROSS_THE_WATER|Appendix]] of ''A Dance with Dragons''
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{{Columns|2|
 
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* ''[[Dagger]]''{{ref|adwd|appendix}}
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* ''[[Dagon's Feast]]'', lost during the voyage east{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
* ''Grief''
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* ''[[Fear]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Fingerdancer]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Forlorn Hope]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Grey Ghost (ship)|Grey Ghost]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Grief]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Hardhand]]'', lost in the [[taking of the Shields]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Iron Kiss]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Iron Lady]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Iron Vengeance]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Iron Victory]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Iron Wind]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Iron Wing]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Headless Jeyne]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Kite]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Kraken's Kiss]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Lamentation (ship)|Lamentation]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Lord Dagon]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Lord Quellon]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Lord Vickon]]''{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
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* ''[[Maiden's Bane]]''{{ref|affc|29}}
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* ''[[Ravenfeeder]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Reaper's Wind]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
 
* ''[[Red Jester]]''
 
* ''[[Red Jester]]''
* ''Kite''
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* ''[[Red Tide]]'', lost during the voyage east{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
* ''Lord Quellon''
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* ''[[Seven Skulls]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
* ''Lamentation''
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* ''[[Shark]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
* ''[[Dagger]]''
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* ''[[Sparrowhawk]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Thrall's Bane]]''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Warhammer]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Warrior Wench]]''{{ref|adwd|63}}
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* ''[[White Widow]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
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* ''[[Woe]]''{{Ref|aDwD|56}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===Captured Ships===
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Known captured ships added to the fleet.
  
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* ''[[Ghost (ship)|Ghost]]'', previously a [[New Ghis]] galley
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* ''[[Noble Lady]]'', a great cog{{ref|adwd|56}}
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* ''[[Ghiscari Dawn|Red God's Wroth]]'', previously named ''Ghiscari Dawn''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
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* ''[[Shade]]'', previously a New Ghis galley
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* ''[[Dove|Shrike]]'', previously named ''Dove''
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* ''[[Willing Maiden|Slaver's Scream]]'', previously named ''Willing Maiden''{{Ref|aDwD|63}}
  
Others
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==Quotes==
 
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{{Quote|'''Euron''': It is a fearsome thing to sail beyond [[Valyria]].<br>
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'''Victarion''': I could sail the Iron Fleet to hell if need be.{{Ref|aFfC|29}}|[[Euron Greyjoy]] and [[Victarion Greyjoy]]}}
* ''[[Iron Lady]]''
 
}}
 
 
 
Ships captained by ironborn that may or may not be considered part of the Iron Fleet:
 
 
 
{{Columns|2|
 
* ''[[Sea Song]]'', captained by Lord [[Rodrik Harlaw]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
 
* ''[[Thunderer]]'', captained by members of [[House Drumm]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
 
* ''[[Nightflyer]]'', captained by members of [[House Blacktyde]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
 
* ''[[Silverfin]]'', captained by members of [[House Botley]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
 
* ''[[Silence]]'', captained by [[Euron Greyjoy]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
 
* ''[[Black Wind]]'', captained by [[Asha Greyjoy]]{{Ref|aFfC|18}}
 
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==Known Captured Ships Added to the Fleet==
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{{Quote|Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]]'s [[Great Kraken]] and the warships of the Iron Fleet were made for battle, not for raids. They are the equal of our lesser war galleys in speed and strength, and most are better crewed and captained. The [[ironmen]] live their whole lives at sea.{{Ref|aFfC|32}}|[[Aurane Waters]] to the [[small council]]}}
  
* ''[[Noble Lady]]'', a great cog<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 56]], Page 741</ref>
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==References==
* ''[[Ghiscari Dawn]]'' renamed ''[[Red God's Wroth]]''
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{{references}}
* ''[[Dove]]'' renamed ''Shrike''
 
* A [[Ghiscar|Ghis]] galley renamed ''[[Shade]]''
 
* A Ghis galley renamed ''[[Ghost (ship)|Ghost]]''
 
* ''[[Willing Maiden]]'' renamed ''[[Slaver's Scream]]''
 
 
 
==Quotes==
 
{{Quote|[[Victarion Greyjoy]] turned back toward the prow, his gaze sweeping across his fleet. Longships filled the sea.}}
 
 
==References and Notes==
 
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The Iron Fleet by Rene Aigner ©

The Iron Fleet is the largest grouping of longships from the Iron Islands. They number one hundred, and unlike other ironborn ships they belong to the Seastone Chair. It is one of the three most powerful fleets of Westeros, along with the royal fleet of the crownlands and the Redwyne fleet of the Arbor.[1]

Each ship of the Iron Fleet is captained and crewed by people of various islands. The ships, while smaller than the war dromonds of the mainland, are three times the size of a standard longship of the Isles.[2] The fleet's commander, the Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, is Victarion Greyjoy.[3]

History

Iron Fleet Raiders, by Mateusz Ozminski © Fantasy Flight Games

Quellon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, desired stronger ties with the rest of the Seven Kingdoms, but he died in Robert's Rebellion. His son, Lord Balon Greyjoy, reversed Quellon's reforms and instead desired independence for the Iron Islands. Over five years Balon constructed the Iron Fleet, which consisted of ships closer in size to galleys than the ironborn's smaller longships. Their decks were armed with scorpions and spitfires.[4]

At the start of Greyjoy's Rebellion, the Iron Fleet burned the Lannister fleet at anchor at Lannisport.[5] Balon's fleet was later defeated by Lord Stannis Baratheon in a sea battle off Fair Isle,[6] however, which allowed the Baratheons to invade the islands and force into submission Balon, would-be King of the Iron Islands.[7]

According to Victarion Greyjoy, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, boys in the Iron Islands dream of having the privilege to one day row for the fleet.[8]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

When Lord Balon Greyjoy declares himself King of the Iron Islands and attacks the north, he sends his brother, Lord Captain Victarion Greyjoy, with the Iron Fleet to sail up the Saltspear and the Fever River. From there the ironborn can march on Moat Cailin.[5]

A Feast for Crows

Iron Victory, flagship of the Iron Fleet, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

After hearing that King Balon has died and that Aeron Greyjoy has called a kingsmoot on Old Wyk, Victarion returns from Moat Cailin to the Iron Fleet, which has been in the reeds and willows of the Fever River. Nine-tenths of the Iron Fleet sails to Nagga's Cradle in a column reaching back many leagues, losing a ship along the way to rough seas and fickle winds.[9]

Victarion is offered as a candidate at the kingsmoot, but his brother Euron is eventually chosen as the new King of the Isles and the North at the kingsmoot.[10] Baelor Blacktyde, Lord of Blacktyde, refuses to recognize Euron as king, but his Nightflyer is captured by the Iron Fleet while attempting to depart Nagga's Cradle.[11]

The fleet leads the other ships of the Iron Islands in the taking of the Shields. Six ships are lost in the ensuing naval clash, including Hardhand of the Iron Fleet. King Euron commands Victarion to take the Iron Fleet to Slaver's Bay and return with Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons.[11]

A Dance with Dragons

Victarion Greyjoy, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, by Anders Finer © Fantasy Flight Games

The small number of ironborn ships left behind in the Fever River are torched by the Ryswells and Dustins.[12] Theon Greyjoy convinces the surviving ironborn raiders under siege at Moat Cailin to surrender to Ramsay Bolton, but Ramsay has them executed afterward.[13]

Meanwhile, the 93 remaining ships of the Iron Fleet sets sail for Essos from the Shield Islands. During the voyage they capture a merchant ship, the Noble Lady, taking its cargo and adding the ship to the fleet. In the Redwyne Straits and along the Dornish coast they capture five other ships—three cogs, a galleas and a galley—making the Iron Fleet number ninety-nine. After taking on supplies at the Stepstones, Victarion splits the fleet into three squadrons and sails for Slaver's Bay, with the squadrons to reunite at the Isle of Cedars. At Volantis Victarion learns that the Volantene fleet will soon sail against Daenerys. The Lord Captain orders his squadron to set sail immediately after they purchase food and water.[2]

By the time the three squadrons meet at the tip of the Isle of Cedars, however, only forty-five ships have arrived. These include twenty-two of Victarion's squadron, fourteen of Ralf the Limper's bigger and slower squadron, which had sailed by Lys, and only nine from Red Ralf Stonehouse's swift squadron, which had sailed to the Basilisk Isles. Several straggle back, but some are lost to storms. The Iron Fleet captures nine additional ships, but these are merchant vessels and fishing boats not built for war.[2] The damaged Shark is left at the Isle of Cedars to alert stragglers that the rest of the fleet has continued toward Meereen. The fleet numbers fifty-three to this point minus the Shark.[2]

The fleet continues its voyage, capturing more cogs and galleys along the way. With Moqorro, a red priest of R'hllor, now aiding the fleet, the ships make faster progress and should reach Meereen before the fleet of Volantis. The Iron Fleet currently number sixty-one.[8]

Ships of the Fleet

Victarion Greyjoy and the Iron Fleet, by Dejan Delic ©

Known ships of the Iron Fleet.

Captured Ships

Known captured ships added to the fleet.

Quotes

Euron: It is a fearsome thing to sail beyond Valyria.
Victarion: I could sail the Iron Fleet to hell if need be.[11]

Lord Balon's Great Kraken and the warships of the Iron Fleet were made for battle, not for raids. They are the equal of our lesser war galleys in speed and strength, and most are better crewed and captained. The ironmen live their whole lives at sea.[7]

References