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Each battlefleet is divided down into a number of '''Battlegroups'''. The majority of battlegroups are not permanent but are assembled to perform particular functions along the lines of task forces, convey escorts or patrol flotillas.{{Fn|1}}
 
Each battlefleet is divided down into a number of '''Battlegroups'''. The majority of battlegroups are not permanent but are assembled to perform particular functions along the lines of task forces, convey escorts or patrol flotillas.{{Fn|1}}
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"Battlefleet" is also sometimes used as a generic terms to include naval forces from any of the five Imperial [[Segmentum]]s. These are '''Battlefleet Solar'''{{Fn|2}}, '''Battlefleet Obscurus'''{{Fn|3}}, ''''Battlefleet Ultima'''{{Fn|4}}, '''Battlefleet Tempestus'''{{Fn|5}}, and '''Battlefleet Pacificus'''.
  
 
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==Source==
 
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], pg. 86
 
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook]], pg. 86
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Gathering Storm: Rise of the Primarch]] Part 3
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]], pg.118-119
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*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]] pg.216
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*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two]] pg.88
  
 
[[Category:Imperial Navy]]
 
[[Category:Imperial Navy]]

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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.[1]

A battlefleet is made up of destroyers, frigates, cruisers, and battleships, as well as countless small vessels such as transports, shuttles, messenger craft and long-range patrol craft. In addition there will also be numerous non-warp travel ships such as system patrol ships and defense monitors. These are all backed up by stationary defenses such as space stations, orbital defense platforms, orbital mines, and ground-based defense lasers and missile silos.[1]

A battlefleet's roles include routine patrols, protecting merchant shipping from pirates and alien attack, transporting and escorting Imperial Guard, giving orbital support for planetary armies and providing vessels for exploration fleets.[1]

Each battlefleet is divided down into a number of Battlegroups. The majority of battlegroups are not permanent but are assembled to perform particular functions along the lines of task forces, convey escorts or patrol flotillas.[1]

"Battlefleet" is also sometimes used as a generic terms to include naval forces from any of the five Imperial Segmentums. These are Battlefleet Solar[2], Battlefleet Obscurus[3], 'Battlefleet Ultima[4], Battlefleet Tempestus[5], and Battlefleet Pacificus.

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