Editing Iron Islands (section)

==Military strength==
According to a semi-canon source from 2005, the Iron Isles [[military strength|can raise approximately]] twenty thousand men and five hundred longships.{{Ref|RPG|guardiansorder}} The [[Iron Fleet]] alone consists of one hundred ships which are three times larger than the standard longship.{{Ref|ADWD|56}} A longship such as ''[[Sea Bitch]]'' has fifty oars, while ''[[Great Kraken]]'' and ''[[Iron Victory]]'' are larger.{{Ref|ACOK|24}} [[George R. R. Martin]] has indicated that the major lords of the ironborn can each float around a hundred ships.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Re_Greyjoy_Fleet Re: Greyjoy Fleet], February 9, 1999</ref> The only fleets comparable to those of the Iron Islands are the [[royal fleet]] in the [[crownlands]] and the [[Redwyne fleet]] at the [[Arbor]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Lannister_Fleet The Lannister Fleet], September 26, 1999</ref>