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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
noting that Navarra survived the attack on Perturabo
In the course of the Retribution Fleet's counterattacks, Captain Tyr discovered Perturabo's flagship, the ''[[Iron Blood]]'' at the center of the Iron Warriors formation. Upon reporting the discovery to Fleet Master Polux, he was ordered to assume command over a sub-fleet of 50 ships and execute the traitor primarch. Tyr and ''Halcyon'' led a group of a dozen other strike cruisers to strike at the group of forces defending the ''Iron Blood'' to draw it into the battle. Then, 15 additional Imperial Fists warships entered the engagement from below, targeting the primarch's escort vessels and launching 1,300 Astartes in a boarding action against ''Iron Blood.'' Captain Tyr led the boarding action.{{Fn|3c}}
Fighting aboard ''Iron Blood'' was fierce. A second wave of Imperial Fists was to reinforce the boarding action, but it never arrived. When Captain Tyr reached the inner sanctum of the ship where Perturabo resided, he had only 14 terminators and 30 Astartes in Mark III "Iron Armor" with him. All of the Imperial Fists, including Amandus Tyr, were killed in the final assault against the primarch, except for [[Navarra]] who was taken alive but severely wounded.{{Fn|3c}}
===Imperial Fists Withdrawal===
