Battleship
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Battleship is a general term to describe the largest combat ships fielded in galactic warfare (Space Stations, Space Hulks and Craftworlds do not classify as ships).
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Overview
Battleships are the largest fighting vessels in space, gigantic ships capable of absorbing a huge amount of damage, and with vast amounts of firepower, capable of laying waste to entire continents.[10a] They also contain landing bays for Attack craft and are commonly used as the capital ships in fleets due to the greater protection offered by their defences. They are usually accompanied by Cruisers and Escorts, as they are so large and slow that they prove ponderous to maneuver.[10b]
Imperium
Imperialis Armada
The Imperialis Armada was the predecessor to the Imperial Navy during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.[11]
- Annihilator Class Battleship
- Dictatus Class Battleship[21]
- Emperor Class Battleship
- Gloriana Class Battleship
- Goliath Class Battleship[15]
- Infernus Class Battleship
- Invincible Class Fast Battleship
- Ironclad Battleship
- Legatus Class Battleship[15]
- Mortis Rex Class Battleship
- Retribution Class Battleship
- Tiamat Class Battleship
- Victorem Class Battleship[24]
- Victory Class Battleship
- Warspite Class Battleship
Imperial Battleships are generally between 8km and 12km long.[11]
- Adjudicator Class Battleship
- Annihilator Class Battleship
- Apocalypse Class Battleship[1]
- Ascension-class Battleship[27]
- Emperor Class Battleship[2]
- Falchion Class Battleship[12]
- Gothic Battleship
- Graia Class Battleship[13]
- Incarnate-Class Battleship[23]
- Invincible Class Fast Battleship
- Judgement Class Battleship[25]
- Jupiter-class Battleship[32]
- Majestic-class Super-Carrier[26]
- Nemesis Class Fleet Carrier
- Oberon Class Battleship[1]
- Retribution Class Battleship[2]
- Tiamat Class Battleship[28]
- Torrent-class Battleship[27]
- Vanquisher Class Battleship
- Victory Class Battleship
Space Marines
- Battle Barge[1]
- Dictatus Class Battleship[21]
- Gloriana Class Battleship[9]
- Infernus Class Battleship
- Lunar Class Battleship
- Retribution Class Battleship
Adeptus Mechanicus
- Ark Mechanicus[8]
- Emperor Class Battleship
- Retribution Class Battleship
- Oberon Class Battleship
- Explorator Class Battleship[30]
Inquisition
Chaos
- Abyss Class Battleship
- Carrion-class Battleship[29]
- Despoiler Class Battleship[2]
- Desolator Class Battleship[2]
- Eradicus[18]
- Juggernaut Battleship[21]
- Planet Killer[4]
- Stygian Beast[19]
- Carrion-class Battleship
Orks
No design of Ork Battleship exists, but several Ork vessels have reached a size and power comparable to Imperial battleships.[3]
Eldar
Dark Eldar
Necrons
Tyranids
Tau
Leagues of Votann
Fra'al
Despite their name, Fra'al Battlecruisers are also designated as Battleships.[14]
Sources
- 1: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets (accessed 2009.04.01)
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector (accessed 2009.04.01)
- 3: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Feets (accessed 2010.11.14)
- 4: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Traitor Fleets (accessed 2009.04.01)
- 5: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Necron and Tyranid Fleets (accessed 2009.04.01)
- 6: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Tau Fleets (accessed 2009.04.01)
- 7: Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign p213
- 8: Fanatic Online #92 - Vessels of Mars: Ships of the Adeptus Mechanicus, by Nate Montes, Robert Henderson, and Ray Bell.
- 9: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 96
- 10: Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook
- 11: The Horus Heresy Book Three, pg. 15
- 12: Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition), pg. 21
- 13: White Dwarf February 2020, pg. 59
- 14: Planet Killer (Magazine), pg. 21
- 15: The Horus Heresy Book Four, pg. 47
- 16: The Pyres of Armageddon (Novel) — Yarrick: The Omnibus, Chapter 2, Section 1
- 17: Dark Millennium (game system): Hope's Twilight — Redeemer, card description
- 18: First and Only (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus), Part Four, Chapter Two
- 19: Black Crusade: Angel's Blade, ch. 1
- 20: White Dwarf 282 (UK), pg. 47 — Battlefleet Gothic: To Murder, to Maim, to Enslave
- 21: Eye of Terror (Novel), Chapter 16
- 22: The Path of Heaven (Novel), Chapter 1
- 23: Interceptor City (Novel), Day 87 — East Block, Hymnal Field, 01:45
- 24: Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook, pg. 25
- 25: Warp Storm (rulebook), pg. 70 — De’Aynes Fighting Ships of the Gothic Sector
- 26: Shadow Point (Novel), Chapter Nine
- 27: The Emperor Expects (Novel), Chapter Thirteen
- 28: Echoes of the Long War (Novel), Chapter Two
- 29: Vox Dominus (Short Story), Part One
- 30: Black Crusade: Traitor's Hate, pg. 103
- 31: Kill Team: Salvation Manual, pg. 10
- 32: Arks of Omen: Farsight, pg. 80
