List of Space Marine Chapters

After the Horus Heresy, the remaining Space Marine Legions were ordered to split into smaller Chapters of a thousand Space Marines, in order to prevent any one person from being able to control so many troops ever again. Over time, the number of chapters has grown, and is said to number a thousand.

This is a list of the chapters named by Games Workshop in official texts, and does not include any "home grown" chapters, though it does include The Dread Legions of the Chaos Space Marines and Renegade chapters.

A

• Absolvers⁸
• Adulators⁸
• Alpha Legion - Chaos Space Marines^2,5
• Angels Encarmine^1,2,4
• Angels of Absolution^1,2,4
• Angels of Damnation⁸
• Angels of Fire^4,6
• Angels of Iron²
• Angels of Penance⁸
• Angels of Redemption^1,2,4,6
• Angels of Repentance⁸
• Angels of Vengeance^1,2,4
• Angels of Vigilance^6,16
• Angels Penitent⁸
• Angels Porphyr^1,4,6
• Angels Redeemed⁸
• Angels Resplendent⁸
• Angels Revenant⁸
• Angels Sanguine^1,2,4
• Angels Vermillion^1,2,4
• Astral Claws¹⁸ - Renegade chapters
• Aurora Chapter (Aurora⁴)¹
• Avengers⁸
• Avenging Sons⁴

B

• Black Consuls^1,2,4
• Black Dragons^1,4,6,10
• Black Guard²
• Black Inculpators⁸
• Black Legion - Chaos Space Marines (Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus)^2,5
• Black Talons¹¹
• Black Templars^1,2,4,6
• Black Wings⁴
• Blood Angels^1,2,3,4,6
• Blood Drinkers^1,2,3,4
• Blood Ravens^1,2
• Blood Swords¹
• Brazen Claws^1,2,4
• Brazen Minotaurs¹
• Brazen Skulls¹⁸
• Brotherhood of a Thousand^1,4

C

• Celebrants⁶
• Celestial Lions⁶
• Children of Purgatos¹² - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
• Contenders⁸
• Crimson Fists^1,2,3,4
• Crimson Guard¹
• Crusaders⁸

D

• Damned Company of Lord Caustos, The - Renegade chapters¹²
• Dark Angels^1,2,3,4
• Dark Brotherhood¹³
• Dark Crusaders¹⁴
• Dark Eagles¹⁵
• Dark Hands^1,4
• Dark Hunters¹
• Dark Sons¹
• Death Eagles¹
• Death Guard - Chaos Space Marines^2,5
• Death Knights¹⁵
• Death Spectres^1,16
• Death Strike^1,4
• Deathwatch^1,4,9 (Space Marine organization, not chapter)
• Desert Lions³
• Destroyers²
• Dictators⁸
• Doom Eagles^1,2,4,16
• Doom Warriors^1,4

E

• Eagle Warriors^1,4
• Emperor's Children - Chaos Space Marines^2,5
• Emperor's Hands¹
• Emperor's Hawks⁴
• Emperor's Spears¹
• Emperor's Storm²
• Emperor's Warbringers⁴
• Espandors⁸
• Excoriators⁶
• Excubants⁸
• Execrators⁸
• Executioners^3,4
• Exemplars⁸
• Exorcists^1,3,4,6,16
• Extinction Angels¹² - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters

F

• Fire Angels³
• Fire Claws (Relictors)⁶
• Fire Hawks (Legion of the Damned)^3,4
• Fire Lords¹
• Flame Eagles¹
• Flame Falcons¹⁰ - Renegade chapters
• Flesh Eaters^3,4
• Flesh Tearers^1,2,4,6

G

• Genesis^1,2 (Genesis Chapter²)
• Golden Gryphons¹
• Grey Knights^1,4
• Grey Slayers¹⁷
• Grief Bringers¹⁷

H

• Harbingers^14,16
• Hawk Lords^1,2,4
• Heralds of Vengence²
• Heralds of Ultramar⁴
• Hounds of Demos⁸
• Howling Griffons^1,3,4

I

• Imperial Castellans⁴
• Imperial Dragons
• Imperial Fists^1,2
• Imperial Harbingers^1,4
• Imperial Paladins^1,4
• Imperial Stars¹⁵
• Imperial Talons^1,4
• Inceptors²
• Inculcators⁸
• Interceptors¹⁴
• Invaders^1,4
• Invictors¹⁴
• Inviolators⁸
• Iron Champions⁶
• Iron Fists^1,2
• Iron Hands^1,2,3,4
• Iron Hearts¹⁷
• Iron Knights¹
• Iron Lords¹
• Iron Snakes^1,4
• Iron Warriors - Chaos Space Marines^2,5

K

• Knights of Gryphonne^1,4
• Knights of the Raven¹

L

• Lamenters(Lamentors?)^1,3,4
• Legion of the Damned^1,4
• Libators²
• Liberators¹⁴
• Lion Warriors¹
• Luna Wolves (Sons of Horus, Black Legion) - Chaos Space Marines¹²

M

• Mantis Legion (Mantis Warriors^3,16)³
• Marauders^1,2,4
• Marines Errant^1,3,4,8,16
• Marines Errantor⁸
• Marines Exemplar¹
• Marines Immaculate
• Marines Malevolent⁶
• Masters of Protelus^1,4
• Mentor Legion (Mentors^1,2)^1,2,3,4
• Metamarines⁴
• Minotaurs^3,4
• Mortifactors^1,4,6

N

• Nemesis⁸
• Night Hawks²⁰
• Night Lords - Chaos Space Marines^2,5
• Night Watch¹⁶
• Novamarines^1,2,3,4,16

O

• Oblators⁸
• Omega Marines^1,6

P

• Panthers⁸
• Patriachs of Ulixis²
• Penitents⁸
• Praetors of Orpheus^1,2,4
• Purgators⁸
• Pyre, The¹² - Renegade chapters

Q

• Quaestors

R

• Rainbow Warriors⁴
• Rampagers^1,2,4
• Raptors^1,2,4,6
• Raptor Legion³
• Raven Guard^1,2,4
• Red Corsairs¹⁸ (Tiger Claws, Astral Claws) - Renegade chapters
• Red Hunters⁴
• Red Legion¹
• Red Scorpions^3,4,7
• Red Talons^1,2,4
• Red Templars^1,2
• Red Wolves¹
• Redeemed⁸
• Redemptors¹¹
• Relictors - Renegade chapters^1,4,6,16
• Retractors⁸
• Revilers^1,2,4
• Rhetors⁸

S

• Sable Swords¹
• Salamanders^1,2,3,4,6
• Scythes of the Emperor^1,4
• Silver Eagles⁸
• Silver Skulls^1,3,4,6
• Skull Bearers^1,4
• Sons of Anteus¹⁰
• Sons of Guilliman^1,4,6
• Sons of Horus¹² - Chaos Space Marines
• Sons of Malice^12,16 - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
• Sons of Medusa^1,3,4
• Sons of Orar¹
• Soul Drinkers¹⁷ - Renegade chapters
• Space Sharks^3,4
• Space Wolves^1,2,3,4,6,16
• Star Dragons¹
• Star Leopards¹⁸
• Star Phantoms⁸
• Star Scorpions¹⁸
• Steel Cobras¹² - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
• Steel Confessors¹⁸
• Stone Hearts¹⁹
• Storm Callers¹⁵
• Storm Giants^1,4,6
• Storm Hawks¹
• Storm Lords^1,2,4,6
• Storm Warriors^1,4
• Storm Wings¹
• Subjugators¹

T

• Tarantulas¹⁷
• Tauran¹
• Tempestors⁸
• Thousand Sons - Chaos Space Marines^2,5
• Thunder Barons¹⁷
• Tiger Claws^3,18 (Astral Claws, Red Corsairs) - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
• Tigers Argent¹
• Tormentors⁸
• Tributors⁸

U

• Ultramarines (Ultra Marines³)^1,2,3

V

• Valedictors⁸
• Venerators⁸ - Destroyed during the 5th Black Crusade
• Venerators of Osiron⁸
• Victors⁸
• Vindicators⁸
• Violators^12,16 - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters

W

• War Bearers^4,15
• Warhawks - Destroyed during the 5th Black Crusade
• Warmongers¹⁵
• Warp Ghosts^12,16 - Chaos Space Marines/Renegade chapters
• Warrior Adepts¹⁵
• Warriors Tempest⁸
• White Consuls^1,2,4
• White Minotaurs¹
• White Panthers^1,4
• White Scars^1,2,3,4,6
• White Templars¹
• Wolf Brothers²
• Word Bearers^2,5,12 - Chaos Space Marines
• World Eaters^2,5,12 - Chaos Space Marines

X, Y, Z

There are no known chapters starting with 'X', 'Y' or 'Z'.

Source

• ¹: How to Paint Space Marines
• ²: Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)
• ³: Warhammer 40,000: Compendium
• ⁴: Space Marine Chapter Gallery (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁵: GW UK - Chaos Space Marines Home Page (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁶: Codex: Armageddon, Armageddon Imperial Forces (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁷: Forgeworld - Red Scorpions (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁸: Chapter Approved 2001
• ⁹: Chapter Approved 2003
• ¹⁰: Chapter Approved 2004
• ¹¹: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
• ¹²: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)
• ¹³: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• ¹⁴: Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
• ¹⁵: Insignium Astartes
• ¹⁶: Codex: Eye of Terror
• ¹⁷: Various novels from the Black Library Publishing (see chapter listing for specifics)
• ¹⁸:Various White Dwarf magazine issues (see chapter listing for specifics)
• ¹⁹:Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican
• ²⁰: Epic Rulebook by Jervis Johnson
• ²¹: Liber Chaotica. See article for Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh or Tzeentch.
• ²²The Art of Warhammer 40,000 - page 70, ISBN 1-84416-284-2

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