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The Iron Fleet spearheads any major military action. The Iron Fleet is a permanent military force held to belong to the Iron Islands as a whole, not individual captains or houses. However, most of these ships only dip 20 oars and are meant for coastal raiding, not pitched naval battles and ship-to-ship engagements. In contrast to the show, the Iron Fleet is not the entirety or the majority of the ironborn naval forces, which according to a semi-canon source, consist of about 500 longships.

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. It consists of around a hundred warships dipping 100 oars or more. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Iron Fleet is the elite naval force of the ironborn. The Iron Fleet, including the Silence, is wiped out by Drogon during the Battle of King's Landing. Euron then has them focus their attacks on the Targaryen fleet, wiping out much of it in the process and capturing Missandei. They manage to kill Rhaegal using Scorpions, but miss Drogon. While the Targaryen fleet is returning to Dragonstone, eleven of the Iron Fleet ambush them. The Iron Fleet successfully ferries the Golden Company to Westeros and anchors in Blackwater Bay. However, Euron secretly takes the Iron Fleet to Essos under Cersei's orders, with the intent of transporting the Golden Company to Westeros to fight for Cersei. After Euron witnesses a wight firsthand, he claims to be leaving in fear and taking the Iron Fleet back to the Iron Islands.

While Euron and Cersei take part in the Dragonpit Summit, the entire Iron Fleet is docked in Blackwater Bay. Euron is eventually ordered to set sail again and lead the Iron Fleet west to Casterly Rock, where he attacks and destroys the remainders of Daenerys's fleet who are besieging the Rock. Cersei is pleased and, in turn, promises to grant his request of marriage after the war is won. Euron delivers Ellaria and Tyene to Cersei, fulfilling his promise of a gift by handing her the people responsible for the death of Myrcella. The Iron Fleet returns to King's Landing. Euron's ships launch fireballs into Yara's, crippling the Targaryen fleet and giving naval superiority to the Iron Fleet. The Iron Fleet, under Euron's command and having just left King's Landing, attacks a portion of the Targaryen fleet under Yara's command as it leaves Dragonstone, heading to Dorne. Cersei is skeptical of Euron's trustworthiness he sees her point, and departs offering that he will return with a great gift to prove his worth. Silence leads the Iron Fleet to King's Landing.Īfter Cersei declares herself queen, Euron arrives in King's Landing to offer her a marriage-alliance and his Iron Fleet. Game of Thrones: Season 7Īfter Yara and Theon abscond with their best ships, Euron considers his remaining bulk of the Iron Islands' naval forces to be the real "Iron Fleet" and refers to it as such. Later, the Iron Fleet is seen sailing as part of a combined Targaryen armada to invade Westeros. In return for recognizing the independence of the Iron Islands and helping them to overthrow Euron, Yara agrees to ferry Daenerys's army to Westeros and to cease raiding the mainland. At Meereen, Yara and Theon forge an alliance with Daenerys and her advisor Tyrion. Yara and Theon's Iron Fleet sails to Essos with the intention of beating Euron to Daenerys, who lives in Meereen in Slaver's Bay. In response, Euron orders his supporters to build another fleet and to kill his niece and nephew. While Euron is being baptized by Aeron Greyjoy, Yara, Theon, and their supporters flee on the best ships in the Iron Fleet. However, she is outmaneuvered by her uncle Euron, who advocates forging an alliance with Daenerys in order to gain access to her dragons. Yara and Theon flee the Iron Islands with the majority of the Iron Fleet.Īt the Kingsmoot held after the death of Balon, Yara vows to build the "mightiest fleet" to conquer the mainland. The Iron Fleet was later defeated by the forces of Stannis Baratheon at the Battle of Fair Isle. During the Greyjoy Rebellion, the Iron Fleet led by Euron Greyjoy raids Lannisport, destroying the Lannister fleet.