![]() Unfortunately, Snow only succeeded in evacuating a few thousand wildlings to the ships before the rest on land were wiped out by the White Walkers. īecause Stannis's campaign against House Bolton at Winterfell led him inland and away from the coasts, he lent his remaining fleet (docked at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea) to Lord Commander Jon Snow so he could lead a rescue mission to Hardhome. Going over the financial records, the new Master of Coin Mace Tyrell remarks that rebuilding the Royal Fleet was very expensive and only exacerbated the debt crisis, as the Iron Bank has begun calling in their debts, and they only possess one twentieth of the full amount of money they owe the bank. Queen Cersei, however, insisted on quickly rebuilding the Royal Fleet - a massive expenditure, ignoring the ongoing massive debt crisis to the Iron Bank of Braavos (apparently not wanting to remain dependent on House Tyrell's fleets). ![]() What little of the fleet sided with the Lannisters (first under Joffrey, then his brother and successor Tommen Baratheon) was also largely destroyed in the battle. Stannis later used his small combined fleet (mostly sellsail ships, and a few surviving Baratheon ships) to transport his remaining few thousand men to the Wall, in time to fight off the wildling invasion of Mance Rayder in the decisive Battle of Castle Black. Afterwards Stannis told the Iron Bank of Braavos that he only had 32 ships left, though they later gave him a loan to rehire the thirty sellsail ships of Salladhor Saan. Almost all of the fleet had sided with Stannis, and they were mostly wiped out in the wildfire explosion. Most of the original "Royal Fleet" from King Robert's reign was destroyed in the Battle of the Blackwater. It is the opening move of the Battle of the Blackwater. ![]() ![]() The resulting explosion destroys a large portion of Stannis's fleet and kills thousands of men. Instead he commits a single ship packed with wildfire to the attack and has Bronn detonate the vessel when it has passed through the leading elements of Stannis's fleet. However, Tyrion Lannister, Acting Hand of the King, has ordered the Royal Fleet to fall back so as not to be destroyed by Stannis's numerically superior forces. Later, when Stannis's forces approach King's Landing, King Joffrey Baratheon expects the twenty warships of the Royal Fleet squadron based at King's Landing to sail out to meet them. Matthos Seaworth and his father debate the nomenclature of what to call "the Royal Fleet" where there are several kings in the realm. Stannis then augments the Royal Fleet by recruiting an additional thirty warships belonging to sellsail and pirate Salladhor Saan. Thus Stannis's dominance at sea is one of his few advantages at the outset of the war. However, Stannis has a very small land army and only has the allegiance of a few Houses from the Crownlands holding islands in the Narrow Sea. The smaller number of ships that Joffrey controlled fared only slightly better, as Tyrion gave no more than token resistance before springing his wildfire trap.Īs Stannis Baratheon was his brother Robert's Master of Ships, when the War of the Five Kings breaks out upon Robert's death, a disproportionately large portion of the Royal Fleet (primarily based at Dragonstone) joins Stannis's faction when he declares himself king. Stannis lost almost all of his ships, and was forced to withdraw on a few auxiliary sellsail ships that he had hired. When their two forces clashed at the Battle of the Blackwater, losses to the old "Royal Fleet" were bound to be high, as its ships were fighting each other, and in the resulting battle the old "Royal Fleet" was devastated. It falls under the command of the Master of Ships, one of the members of the king's small council.ĭuring the reign of King Robert Baratheon, his Master of Ships was his younger brother Stannis.ĭuring the War of the Five Kings, the fleet becomes divided between the forces of Joffrey Baratheon and Stannis. It consists of a large number of ships based at King's Landing and Dragonstone. The Royal Fleet is the naval force directly commanded by the King of the Andals and the First Men. " With Euron Greyjoy commanding our naval forces and Jaime Lannister leading our armies, the sons and daughters of Westeros shall defend our country." ― Cersei Lannister remarks the superiority of the Royal Fleet
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