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[[File:EmperorBattleshipIllustration.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An illustration of the Emperor Battleship]]
The '''Emperor Class Battleship''' is a large vessel used by the [[Imperial Navy]] and [[Basilikon Astra]].{{Fn|6}} It is a command ship and a carrier combined together. It is one of the oldest designs still in use, due to the discovery of ''[[Divine Right]]'' fused into a [[Space Hulk]] for some ten thousand years.{{Fn|1}}
==Notable Emperor Class Battleships==
*''[[Divine Right]]'' - — seen during the [[Gothic War]].{{Fn|1}}*''[[Dominus Astra]]'' - — played a pivotal role in defeating [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] and ending the [[Battle for Macragge]] when it entered the heart of the [[Tyranid]] fleet and detonated its [[Warp Drive]]s, dragging the entire Tyranid fleet along with itself into the [[Warp]].{{Fn|4}}
*''[[Indomitable Wrath]]''{{Fn|2}}
*''[[Legatus Stygies]]''{{Fn|1}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Vessels of Mars: Ships of the Adeptus Mechanicus], by [[Nate Montes]], [[Robert Henderson]] and [[Ray Bell]]
===Uncited===
*[[Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)]]
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