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Originally Posted by R.R.J Tolkien
All great arguments for Gondor, thanks.
Just wondering, does Akallabęth record the number of ships to each region?
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Off the top of my head, I daren't say it's the Akallabęth, "Of the Ring of Power & the Third Age" or Appendix A... but it's one of them. Probably the first.
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Inziladun is right that we don't know the details of the ships: Elendil COULD have four massive flagships, Isildur three sloops, and Anárion two dinghies... but I assume comparable sizes. And even if they were as large as any sailing ships have ever been, I also still assume most of the population that founded the realms in Exile was already in Exile. There just isn't enough time before the Last Alliance to have armies at the right scale (remember it's BIGGER than the War of the Ring militarily) be descended primarily from nine ships.