Cruiser
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Cruisers are medium-size warships smaller than Battleships but larger than Escorts. They are the workhorses of any fleet.
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Overview
Combining manoeuvrability, firepower, and endurance, they are used for anything from long patrols, blockades, to raids deep into enemy territory. In fleet actions, they support Escorts in screening the advance of the fleet, then form the gun line once the fighting begins. Cruisers are divided into many sub-types. From the mighty Grand Cruisers that can nearly stand up to a Battleship to the speedy Light Cruisers with the quickness to drive off attacking Escorts, each one fills its role in a fleet.[Needs Citation]
Types
Grand Cruisers
Grand Cruisers, also known as "Pocket Battleships"[11], are the heaviest Cruiser class of ship. These are older vessels designed around the concept of cruiser-class vessels wielding Battleship-class firepower. Grand Cruisers were frequently used as raiders, operating on their own as opposed to a larger fleet.[1] They have since largely been replaced in Imperial service by Battlecruisers.[10]
- Avenger Grand Cruiser[2]
- Exorcist Grand Cruiser[2]
- Furious Grand Cruiser
- Inflexible Class Grand Cruiser[11]
- Vengeance Grand Cruiser[2]
Battle Cruisers
Battlecruisers are faster warships, designed to deliver the firepower of a Battleship with the size and manoeuvrability of a Cruiser-class vessel. They replaced the older Grand Cruiser-class vessel.[10]
- Armageddon Class Battlecruiser[2]
- Mars Class Battlecruiser[1]
- Overlord Class Battlecruiser[1]
- Chalice Class Battlecruiser[9]
- Dominion Class Battlecruiser
- Mercury Class Battlecruiser
- Long Serpent Class Battlecruiser
- Visigoth Class Battlecruiser
- Jovian Class Battlecrusier[14]
Cruisers
Cruisers are the standard class of Cruiser-class vessel, designed for fleet support, long patrols, raiding, and blockades.[10] Imperial Cruisers are typically 4km to 6km in length.[11]
- Lunar Cruiser[1]
- Tyrant Cruiser[1]
- Dominator Cruiser[1]
- Gothic Cruiser[1]
- Dictator Cruiser[1]
- Cardinal Class Heavy Cruiser
- Aggressor-Class Cruiser[12]
Light Cruiser
Light Cruisers are the smallest class of Imperial Cruiser, designed for patrols and raids.[10]
- Dauntless Light Cruiser[1]
- Endeavour Light Cruiser[2]
- Endurance Light Cruiser[2]
- Defiant Light Cruiser[2]
- Defender Class Cruiser
- Enforcer Class Cruiser
- Siluria Class Light Cruiser
- Styges Class Light Cruiser
Space Marines
- Charibdys Class Grand Cruiser
- Dominus Class Grand Cruiser[17]
- Strike Cruiser[2]
- Promethean Class Cruiser
- Vanguard Class Light Cruiser
Adeptus Mechanicus
Adepta Sororitas
Adeptus Arbites
Inquisition
Chaos
Grand Cruisers
Heavy Cruisers
- Styx Heavy Cruiser[1]
- Hades Heavy Cruiser[1]
- Acheron Heavy Cruiser[1]
- Hellfire Heavy Cruiser
- Hecate Class Heavy Cruiser
Cruisers
- Devastation Cruiser[1]
- Murder Cruiser[1]
- Carnage Cruiser[1]
- Slaughter Cruiser[1]
- Inferno Cruiser
- Emasculator Class Cruiser
Light Cruisers
Eldar
Battlecruisers
Cruisers
Light Cruisers
Dark Eldar
- Torture Cruiser[3]
- Bleak Soul Class Cruiser
- Bloodied Claw Class Cruiser
- Fiend Ascendant Class Cruiser
- Flayed Skull Class Cruiser
- Baleful Gaze Class Light Cruiser
- Bladed Lotus Class Light Cruiser
- Burning Scale Class Light Cruiser
- Dark Mirror Class Light Cruiser
Orks
Necrons
- Scourge Class Grand Cruiser[15]
- Scythe Harvest Ship[5]
- Shroud Light Cruiser[5]
- Khopesh Class Light Cruiser
- Cartouche Class Light Cruiser
- Sekhem Class Light Cruiser[13]
Tyranids
Battlecruisers
Cruisers
Light Cruisers
Tau
Leagues of Votann
Other Notable Cruisers
Imperial
- Admiral Dammann
- The Emperor's Mercy
- His Scrutiny
- In His Glorious Name We Serve
- In His Manifest Constancy
- Mighty Endeavour
- Psychomanrium
- Strength
Grand Cruisers
Battle Cruisers
Light Cruisers
Chaos
Chaos Cult Cruisers
Chaos Light Cruisers
Sources
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- 3: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Fleets (accessed 2010.11.18)
- 4: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Traitor Fleets (accessed 2010.11.18)
- 5: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Necron and Tyranid Fleets (accessed 2010.11.18)
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- 9: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus, pg. 22
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- 14: Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint (Novel), Part 1 Hunting Snakes, pg. 46
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- 17: Wolf King (Novella) Part 1
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