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A '''Battlefleet''' comprises the vessels responsible for protecting a [[sector]] of the [[Imperium]]. A battlefleet is commanded by a [[Lord Admiral]] and is the largest operational naval organisation, usually consisting of between 50 and 75 ships of varying size. Depending on the importance or enemy threat level of a sector this number may be more or less.{{Fn|1}} For example, [[Battlefleet Solar]] is home to thousands of ancient, planet-killing [[battleship]]s by itself.{{Fn|7}} There are thousands of sector battlefleets in the Imperium.{{Fn|8}}
==Organisation==
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two]], pg. 88
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Magazine Issue 2]], pgs. 31-41
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Imperial Knight Companion]], pg. 8480*{{Endn|8}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pg. 214
[[Category:Imperial Navy]]
