Battle Barge

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A Space Marine Battle Barge

The Battle Barge is the largest Space Marine warship and is configured for close support of planetary landings, carrying numerous bombardment turrets, lances, and torpedo tubes. Most chapters control two or three Battle Barges designed to deploy a fighting force to planets in a rapid fashion.^[1] Large amounts of space are designed to hold launch bays for inter-system craft and drop pods allowing up to three companies to deploy simultaneously.^[1] The vessel is extremely heavily armored and well-shielded for breaching planetary defenses while also protecting its cargo. It is also a dangerous enemy, especially with boarding actions but also contains enough firepower to destroy all but the most powerful of warships. Battle Barges are some of the most powerful ships the Imperium has at its disposal, due to both the power of the ships and their contents.

Famous Battle Barges

Chapter/Legion	Vessel	Noteworthy Actions	Current Status
Alpha Legion	Alpha[15]	Unknown	Unknown
	Beta[15]	Attack on Deliverance city of Ravendelve.	Unknown
Angels of Absolution	Liberatorii Delictum	Unknown	Unknown
Astral Knights	Tempestus	Destroyed in a collision with the World Engine.	Wrecked hull converted into an Imperial Shrine to the Astral Knights on Safehold.
Black Templars	Eternal Crusader[5]	Unknown	Unknown
Blood Angels	Bellus	Led the expedition into Ork space to recover the Spear of Telesto; subsequently commandeered as the flagship of Arkio and Inquisitor Ramius Stele.	Destroyed over Sabien in combat with its sister ship Europae and the Desolator Battleship Misericorde.
	Europae	Served as Mephiston's flagship in the punitive expedition against Arkio and his rebel faction.	Unknown
Blood Ravens	Litany of Fury[18]	Unknown	Unknown
	Omnis Arcanum[18]	Unknown	Unknown
Dark Angels	Angel of Retribution	Vraks Campaign [12]	Unknown
	Ultimate Vengeance	Unknown	Unknown
	Undying Faith	Unknown	Unknown
	Unrelenting Fury	Unknown	Unknown
	Vinco Redemptor	Unknown	Unknown
Death Guard	Reaper's Scythe	Unknown	Unknown
	Stalwart	Unknown	Unknown
Emperor	Bucephelus	Great Crusade, Battle of Gyros-Thravian	Unknown
Emperor's Children	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Unknown	Unknown
	Callidora[15]	Unknown	Unknown
Exorcists	Punisher[1]	Unknown	Unknown
	Redeemer[1]	Unknown	Unknown
Flesh Tearers	Victus[9]	Unknown	Unknown
Grey Knights	Bright Sword[6]	Unknown	Unknown
Imperial Hawks	Carmine Talon[14]	Unknown	Unknown
Iron Hands	Armourum Ferrus	Unknown	Unknown
	Ferrum	Unknown	Unknown
	Fist of Iron	Unknown	Unknown
	Metallus	Unknown	Destroyed by the Diasporex.
Iron Snakes	Temerity	Unknown	Unknown
Iron Warriors	Contrador	Battle at the Phall system	Unknown
Legion of the Damned	Raptorus Rex	Unknown	Unknown
Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus/Black Legion	Breakspear	Unknown	Unknown
	Vengeful Spirit	Battle of Terra, 13th Black Crusade	Unknown
Mantis Warriors	Endless Redemption	Unknown	Unknown
Novamarines	Inexorable Fury	Unknown	Destroyed by Eldar
Raptors	War Talon[11]	Unknown	Unknown
Raven Guard	Shadow of the Emperor[2]	Dropsite Massacre	Destroyed at Isstvan by the Terminus Est
Salamanders	Hammer of Nocturne[10]	Unknown	Unknown
	Vulkan's Wrath[8]	Assault on Commorragh	Unknown
Soul Drinkers	Carnivore	Unknown	Unknown
Space Wolves	Holmgang	Unknown	Unknown
	Gylfarheim[19]	First War for Armageddon	Unknown
Ultramarines	Macragge's Honour[17]	Battle of Calth	Flagship of the Ultramarine Navy. Suffered heavy damage at the Battle of Calth
	Caesar	Unknown	Reports conflict: either destroyed by Hive Fleet Behemoth during the Battle for Macragge (745.M41)[7]; or crashed in the seas of Talassar in 854999.M41[16];
	Octavius	Unknown	Unknown
	Rath's Honour[3]	Rescued the Raptors chapter from the death-world of Jemdal.	Unknown
	Severian[4]	Unknown	Unknown
White Consuls	Sword of Truth[1]	Unknown	Unknown
Word Bearers	Destiny's Hand	Unknown	Unknown
	Infidus Imperator	Battle of Calth	Unknown
	Misericorde	Unknown	Unknown
World Eaters	The Conqueror	Unknown	Unknown

Miniatures

A model of a Space Marine Battle Barge

Sources

• 1: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets p22 (accessed 2010.11.28)
• 2: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Powers of Chaos, p10 (accessed 2011.10.24)
• 3Third War For Armageddon Website - Details of the Third War for Armageddon Worldwide Campaign
• 4: Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
• 5: Codex: Black Templars
• 6: Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)
• 7: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pg.14
• 8: Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition), pg.14
• 9: Index Astartes I
• 10: White Dwarf 356 (AU)
• 11: Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign - p.54
• 12: Imperial Armour Volume Five: The Siege of Vraks, Pg.54
• 13: Wolf's Honour (Novel) by Lee Lightner: ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 14: Xenocide (Short Story) by Simon Jowett – Bringers of Death (Anthology): p. 210
• 15: Legion (Novel) by Dan Abnett: ^{[Needs Citation]} p.333, ^{[Needs Citation]} p.406
• 16: The Chapter's Due (Novel) by Graham McNeill, Chapter Nine, pg. 124
• 17: Know No Fear (Novel) by Dan Abnett
• 18: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
• 19: The Emperor's Gift (Novel) Chapter 20, pg.250
• 20: Crimson Fist (Novella) by John French - Shadows of Treachery (Anthology), "The day of the Battle of Phall", pg. 91