A shipyard is a place where ships are built and repaired by shipwrights.
Culture
Several ports in the known world have shipyards, such as Driftmark,[1], the port of Ibben,[2] and the caverns beneath Casterly Rock, where the Lannisters have their own protected docks, as well as wharves, and shipyards.[3]
The Arsenal, the fortified shipyard of Braavos, is the center of shipbuilding in the city.[4] The Arsenal's war galleys are all constructed with the same design, allowing shipbuilders to work on separate parts at the same time and thereby create a galley in a single day.[5]
History
Following the disappearance of Brandon the Shipwright in the Sunset Sea, his son, Brandon the Burner, destroyed the northern shipyards and remaining ships in his grief.[6][7]
In 50 AC, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen flew their dragons to Driftmark and toured the shipyards of the island.[1]
In her youth, Marilda of Hull, the daughter of a shipwright at Hull, was frequently seen at the shipyards, often underfoot. Lord Corlys Velaryon frequently visited the town's shipyards.[8] Marilda claimed their father was Corlys's son, the late Ser Laenor Velaryon, who had been known to visit Hull's shipyard on occasion. Marilda's sons, Addam and Alyn, grew up in the shipyard of Marilda's father, but when he passed away, Marilda sold his shipyard and used the proceeds to buy a cog she called Mouse, after her childhood nickname.[8]
When Johanna Lannister began building a new fleet of warships to retake Fair Isle, Dalton Greyjoy attacked the shipyards and captured another hundred women.[9]
At the beginning of the regency of Aegon III in 131 AC, the Hand of the King, Ser Tyland Lannister, launched the construction of fifty new galleys of war for the royal fleet, justifying this decision by saying that it would revive the activity of the shipyards and that these ships would help defend the city against the Triarchy.[9]
The Braavosi fleet was mostly destroyed in Lord Alyn's attack in 133 AC, but when Lord Manfryd Mooton negotiated with the Sealord to prevent Braavos from going to war over it, the Sealord showed the famed Arsenal to the regent and boasted that Braavos had already replaced their lost ships.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fire & Blood, A Surfeit of Rulers.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: Ib.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: Casterly Rock.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 6, Arya I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Braavos.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran VII.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.