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The '''''Red Tear''''' was a [[Gloriana Class Battleship]]{{Cite thisFn|8}} used as the personal flagship of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Primarch]] [[Sanguinius]] during the [[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|1}} and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|3}}
==Overview==
The ''Red Tear'' crashed on [[Signus Prime]] after its commanding officer [[Athene DuCade]], driven mad by the [[Chaos]] presence, killed her bridge crew and destroyed the controls. Most of the line crew died from Chaos-induced madness, during the descent, or on impact. Sanguinius then declared ''[[Covenant of Baal]]'' the new flagship and had the ''Red Tear'' salvaged and converted to a groundside fortress.{{Fn|2b}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]], Chapter 18
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] - Chapter 5
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Echoes of Eternity (Novel)]] - Chapter 17
[[Category:Battleships]]