ships were everywhere , coming down the river or headed out to sea , crowding the wharves and piers , taking on cargo or off-loading it : warships and whalers and trading galleys , carracks and skiffs , cogs , great cogs , long-ships , swan ships , ships from lys and tyrosh and pentos , qartheen spicers big as palaces , ships from tolos and yunkai and the basilisks .