[[Image:ShrikeRaider.jpg|thumb|right|A Meritech Shrike Raider^{{Fn|1}}]]'''Meretiech Meretech Shrike Class Raiders''' are small [[Escort]]-sized merchant raiding craft used by pirate and anti-[[Imperial]] rebel groups as well as [[Rogue Trader]]s. Originally forming the backbone of the [[Meritech Clan]] raiding fleet, surviving vessels were sold, stolen, or otherwise acquired by their current users following the defeat of the Meritech pirate empire. The Shrike class raider is typical of Meritech design, a lithe, incredible advanced vessel that utilized banned technologies unknown to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].^{{Fn|1}}

Originally forming the backbone of the [[Meritech Clan]] raiding fleet, surviving vessels were sold, stolen, or otherwise acquired by their current users following the defeat of the Meritech pirate empire. The Shrike class raider is typical of Meritech design - a lithe, incredible advanced vessel that utilized banned technologies unknown to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|1}} ==Technical Specifications{{Fn|1}}==*'''Dimensions''': 2km long, 0.25km abeam*'''Mass''': 4.5 megatonnes*'''Crew''': 15,000*'''Acceleration''': 5.9 gravities ==See Alsoalso==

*^{{Endn|1}}:[[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]] pg, pgs. 28-29