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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 which had been granted to them by the Emperor, among these were a fleet of Gloriana Class vessels.{{Fn|10c}} These vessels, or other first-rate warships, formed the core of many of the Dark Angels Support flotillas.{{Fn|10c}} During the [[Rangdan Xenocides|First Rangdan Xenocide]] at the [[Battle of Advex-Mors]] the leading squadron of the Dark Angels fleet fielded no less than three Gloriana class vessels, the ''[[Invincible Reason]]'', the Legion’s flagship, ''[[Truth's Razor]]'' and the ''[[Paradigm of Hate]]'', which would later sacrifice itself to destroy a [[xenos]] war-moon.{{Fn|10e}} Later two unnamed Dark Angels Gloriana Battleships were seen during the [[Thramas Crusade]],{{Fn|10a}} and another unnamed First Legion Gloriana battleship was present during the [[Sealing of the Black Gate]].{{Fn|10d}}
The [[Word Bearers]] Legion at the start of the [[Shadow Crusade]] had 9 Glorianna Class Battleships among their fleet, several of which had once borne the colours of other Legions, indicating that some of these vessels might have been captured during the [[Dropsite Massacre]].{{Fn|14}}
As of [[M41]], the design appears to have fallen out of use. However, a few still serve as flagships, such as the ''[[Invincible Reason]]'' (in service with the Dark Angels) and ''[[Macragge's Honour]]'' (belonging to the [[Ultramarines]]). The latter of these currently serves as the [[Lord Regent]] [[Roboute Guilliman]]'s personal flagship.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|9}}{{Fn|11}}
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia]], pgs. 34-43 — ''The Beginning of the End''
*{{Endn|13}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel)]], Chapter I
*{{Endn|14}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]], pg. 18
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