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[[Image:IronBlood.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[Iron Blood]]'', a [[Iron Warriors]] Gloriana Class Battleship]]

The Gloriana Class Battleship was an ancient [[Terran]] design which alongside similar vessels like the [[Promethean Class Cruiser]] and [[Tiamat Class Destroyer]] were forgotten technological relics, even by the time of the [[Great Crusade]]. They far surpassed the contemporary Imperial designs in capability.{{Fn|1010b}}

Officially classified as a type of command [[Battle Barge]], the vessels were around 20 kilometers kilometres in length, though their size and appearance varied greatly.{{Fn|1}} These massive ships were frequently used as flagships for Imperial fleets and even [[Primarch]]s. The Gloriana Class vessels are the largest known Imperial warships after the ''[[Phalanx]] '' and [[Furious Abyss]]-class vessels.{{Fn|1}} Some of the largest known Gloriana-class vessels were the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'', ''[[Conqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]'', ''[[Hrafnkel]]'', and ''[[Iron Blood]]''.{{Fn|4}}

The [[Dark Angels]] had perhaps the greatest fleet of the Space Marine Legions during the time of the [[Horus Heresy]], including many advanced relic ships. These including multiple Gloriana Class vessels.{{Fn|10a10c}} Besides the ''[[Invincible Reason]]'', the Dark Angels fielded two more Gloriana class vessels at the [[Battle of Advex-Mors]], one of which was destroyed.{{Fn|10c10d}} Later two unnamed Dark Angels Gloriana Battleships were seen during the [[Thramas Crusade]].{{Fn|10b10a}}

As of [[M41]], the design appears to have fallen out of use. However, a few still serve as flagships. Such , such as the ''[[Invincible Reason]] '' (Dark Angels} ) and ''[[Macragge's Honour]] '' (Ultramarines). The latter of these currently serving serves as the [[Lord Regent]] [[Roboute Guilliman]]'s personal flagship.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|9}}{{Fn|11}}

|align="center"|Destroyed during the [[Battle of Advex-Mors]]{{Fn|10c10d}}

==Canon ConflictsTrivia=={{Trivia}}===Conflicting sources===[[The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel)]] states that only 20 Gloriana class ships were ever made.{{fnFn|13}} The list above disproves proves otherwise. 

*{{Endn|8}}: [[Ruinstorm (Novel)]]{{Cite this}}*{{Endn|9}}: [[Legacy of Russ(Novel)]] - Part 8 - ''Fate Unbound''*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine- Crusade]] pg.86:**{{Endn|10a}}: pg.111-11242**{{Endn|10b}}: pg.4286**{{Endn|10c}}: pgpgs. 111-112**{{Endn|10d}}: pgs.120-122

*{{Endn|12}}: [[Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia]], pgs. 34-43, — ''The Beginning of the End''