Ship-king

Ship-king was a title of dubious formality which applied to any one of these four successive Kings of Gondor:
 * Falastur
 * Eärnil I
 * Ciryandil
 * Hyarmendacil I

The title referred to the main preoccupation of their bearers: the rapid expansion of the Gondorian navy. From 830 to 1149 of the Third Age, these kings worked hard at, and were largely successful at, adding territory to Gondor with their increasingly superior naval might. The Ship-kings pushed the boundaries of Gondor to the south and to the west, such that Gondor came to include land down to the Mouths of Anduin and Umbar and over the River Harnen.