[[Image:DirgeRaiderDirgeBFGA2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Dirge Class{{Fn|1}}Raider]]

It The Dirge is the smallest vessel in the Necron fleet, and the smaller of the two known [[escort]] classes (the other being the [[Jackal Class Raider]]). It appears to be somewhat rarer, although this may be due to the relative scarcity of encounters with Necron fleets. For armament, the Dirge Class Raider is equipped with [[Lightning Arc]] batteries.{{Cite ThisFn|2}}

They are believed to be the ships encountered before the [[Yuctan Incident]] and the first known Necron harvest. In 692.[[M41]] a layer of impenetrable metal was encountered under the ground of [[Angelis]] which turned out to be a ship that rose out of the sands and left rapidly. It was likely that the ''Angelis Boat'' was the first Dirge Class Raider.{{Cite ThisFn|1}} ==Images==[[Image:DirgeRaider.jpg|thumb|center|220px|Dirge Class{{Fn|1}}]]