The Imperial Navy, often called the Blue Dragons,
consists of about forty ships and is harbored in
Suzail, Teziir, and Palaggar (on the isle of Prespur).
They patrol the Dragonmere down to the strait
known as the Neck that joins with Sea of Fallen
Stars, keeping the waters clear of pirates and rival
warships. With the dissolution of the Alliance of
Freesailors, Cormyr’s navy has grown greatly, allowing them to keep the Dragonmere clear of piracy
even without the aid of Sembia and Impultur
Duke Penfold Dauntinghorn, the Warden of Port
Teziir, is considered to be the high commander of
the entire navy. In practice, the Warden of Suzail
and the Warden of Palaggar are each responsible for
the command of the ships that dock in their port.
Blue Dragons use roughly the same ranks as the
Purple Dragons, though the vast majority of sailors are telswords. Swordcaptains maintain harbor
guards and are rarely found aboard ships. Blue
Dragons have tabards, though these are worn only
for ceremonial purposes and never aboard ship.
The Blue Dragons also maintain a sizable group of
trained fighters known as marines. Not sailors in a
literal sense, marines possess basic training in sailing
and ship maintenance, but are primarily concerned
with the art of fighting at sea: repelling boarders or
conducting boarding operations themselves. Marines have their own internal organization outside
of the tight structure of the Blue Dragons. They
are organized into 10-man squads composed of 9
marines and a corporal. If a ship maintains three or
more squads aboard a ship, the entire contingent is
led by a sergeant. The leader of all marines aboard
a ship is always a commissioned officer known as a
lieutenant who answers only to the ship’s captain.
Modern Cormyrean warships are named after
past monarchs with the sole exceptions of the Steel
Princess, a unique ironclad ship named for Alusair
Nacacia who ruled Cormyr as regent from 1371 -
132
1384 DR, the Crown of Cormyr, a veritable floating
palace used by the royal family to entertain guests
away from the eyes of the court, and the Dragon, a
behemoth of a ship equipped with numerous ballistae and firepot hurlers.
Cormyr's Royal Navy boasts thirty caravels and over 5,500 men, and is responsible for patrolling the seacoast for smugglers, providing aid to ships in trouble in Cormyr’s waters, and to provide support to the army in time of war. Fourteen ships are posted to Suzail, another twelve to Marsember, and the remainder in smaller ports along the coast.
Supplementing Cormyr's Royal Navy are the Cormyrean Freesails, privateers chartered by King Azoun IV to patrol Cormyr’s waters and hunt down and destroy pirates. Many of Cormyr’s trading vessels also carry charters as Freesails, and Suzail and Marsember both have some shore defenses. Since the most recent pirate incursions, Marsember has established some harbor chains, but like much in Marsember these are in poor repair.
