Ship-king

Ship-king was a label used to refer to four successive Kings of Gondor in the Third Age:
*Tarannon Falastur
*Eärnil I
*Ciryandil
*Hyarmendacil I
The label referred to the main preoccupation of their bearers: the rapid expansion of Gondor's navy. From TA 830 to TA 1149, these kings worked hard at adding territory to Gondor with their increasingly superior naval might. They pushed the kingdom's boundaries to the south and to the west, such that Gondor came to include South Gondor and even Umbar. Indeed, it was under these kings that Gondor achieved the zenith of influence, at least until the coming of Aragorn II and the founding of the Reunited Kingdom.
== History ==
Tarannon Falastur began the building of great fleets of ships that increased Gondor's power in Middle-earth down past the Mouths of Anduin. Eärnil I rebuilt the ancient haven of the Faithful, Pelargir and from here built a great fleet to conquer the enemy city of Umbar. In TA 933, Eärnil's navy and armies attacked Umbar and won it from the Southrons and their Black Númenórean masters. Afterwards, it became an important part of Gondor, serving as a great harbor and fortress. During Hyarmendacil I's time, the Kingdom of Gondor reached its highest peak and the realm extended from the Field of Celebrant, to the borders of Mirkwood, to the west of the Greyflood, just east of the Sea of Rhûn, south of the river Harnen, and finally to the coastal province of Umbar.
The Ship-kings ushered in a 'Golden Age' bringing Gondor great power and wealth. At this time, the Men from the Vales of Anduin and those of the south acknowledged its authority and did homage to it. Mordor was well guarded and the fortresses built to watch over it were fully manned and maintained, keeping it desolate and unpeopled. The line of Ship-kings ended with the death of Hyarmendacil I, leaving behind a great empire that his son Atanatar II and later successors did little to maintain.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenórean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Skipkoning
Albanian 	Mbreti i anijes
Amharic 	መርከብ ንጉስ
Arabic 	ملك السفينة
Assamese 	জাহাজ-ৰজা
Azerbaijani 	Gəmi kral
Basque 	Ontzi-erregea
Belarusian Cyrillic	Карабель-кароль
Bengali 	জাহাজ রাজা
Bosnian 	Broda-kralj
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Кораб-крал
Cambodian 	ស្តេចនាវា
Catalan 	Rei del vaixell
Chinese 	任航海之王
Croatian 	Broda-kralj
Czech 	Lodních-král
Dogri 	ज्हाज-राजा
Estonian 	Laeva-kuningas
Faroese 	Skipkongur
Filipino 	Hari ng barko
Finnish 	Aluksen kuningas
French 	Rois-Navigateurs
Frisian 	Skipkening (Western)
Danish 	Skibkonge
Dutch 	De Scheepskoning
Galician 	Rei do buques
Georgian 	გემის-მეფე
German 	Schiffkönig
Greek 	Πλοίο-βασιλιά
Gujarati 	વહાણ-રાજા
Hebrew 	ספינה-מלך
Icelandic 	Skipkóngur
Italian 	Re Navigatori di Gondor
Hindi 	जहाज का राजा
Hungarian 	Hajó király
Irish Gaelic 	Rí na loinge
Japanese 	船王
Kannada 	ಹಡಗು-ರಾಜ
Konkani 	जहाज-राजा
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Кеме-Падыша
Latvian 	Kuģa-karalis
Lithuanian 	Laivo-karalius
Macedonian Cyrillic	Брод-крал
Malayalam 	കപ്പൽ-രാജാവ്
Malaysian 	Raja kapal
Marathi 	जहाज-राजा
Nepalese 	जहाज-राजा
Norwegian 	Sjøkongen
Pashto 	کښتۍ-پاچا
Persian 	پادشاه کشتی
Portuguese 	Rei do navio
Polish 	Król statku
Punjabi 	ਸ਼ਿਪ-ਰਾਜਾ
Romanian 	Regele-navei
Russian 	Морские Короли
Scottish Gaelic 	Rìgh na luinge
Serbian 	Брод-краљ (Cyrillic) Brod-kralj (Latin)
Sinhalese 	නැව්-රජ
Slovak 	Loď-kráľ
Slovenian 	Ladja-kralj
Spanish 	Rey de los nave
Swahili 	Mfalme wa meli
Swedish 	Skepps-kung
Tamil 	கப்பல்-ராஜா
Telugu 	ఓడ-రాజు
Thai 	เรือคิง
Tigrinya 	መርከብ-ንጉስ
Turkish 	Gemi-kral
Turkmen 	Gämi-patyşa
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Судно-король
Urdu 	جہاز بادشاہ
Vietnamese 	Vua của con tàu
Welsh 	Llong-Brenin
Yiddish 	מלך פון די שיף
==References==
it:Re Navigatori di Gondor
ru:Морские Короли
Category:Ranks and titles of Gondor
Category:Kings of Gondor