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A Space Marine Battle Barge

A model of 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 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 intrasystem 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	Alpha11	Unknown	Unknown
	Beta11	Unknown	Unknown
Angels of Absolution	Liberatorii Delictum	Unknown	Unknown
Black Templars	Eternal Crusader5	Unknown	Unknown
Blood Angels	Bellus	Unknown	Unknown
	Europae	Unknown	Unknown
Blood Ravens	Litany of Fury4	Unknown	Unknown
	Omnis Arcanum4	Unknown	Unknown
Dark Angels	Angel of Retribution	Vraks Campaign 15	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's Children	The Agony and the Ecstasy	Unknown	Unknown
	Callidora11	Unknown	Unknown
Exorcists	Punisher1	Unknown	Unknown
	Redeemer1	Unknown	Unknown
Flesh Tearers	Victus3	Unknown	Unknown
Grey Knights	Bright Sword18	Unknown	Unknown
Imperial Hawks	Carmine Talon7	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
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
Raptors	War Talon12	Unknown	Unknown
Raven Guard	Shadow of the Emperor16	Unknown	Destroyed at Isstvan by the Terminus Est
Salamanders	Hammer of Nocturne10	Unknown	Unknown
	Vulkan's Wrath17	Assault on Commorragh	Unknown
Soul Drinkers	Carnivore	Unknown	Unknown
Space Wolves	Holmgang	Unknown	Unknown
Ultramarines	Macragge's Honour20	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)19; or crashed in the seas of Talassar in 854999.M4114;
	Octavius	Unknown	Unknown
	Rath's Honour13	Unknown	Unknown
	Severian2	Unknown	Unknown
White Consuls	Sword of Truth1	Unknown	Unknown
Word Bearers	Destiny's Hand	Unknown	Unknown
	Infidus Imperator	Unknown	Unknown
	Misericorde	Unknown	Unknown
World Eaters	The Conqueror	Unknown	Unknown

Sources

• ¹:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets p22 (accessed 2010.11.28)
• ²:Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
• ³:Index Astartes I
• ⁴:Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
• ⁵:Codex: Black Templars
• ⁶:Wolf's Honour
• ⁷:Xenocide (Short Story) by Simon Jowett p.210
• ⁸:Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks - Part One
• ⁹:Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition)
• ¹⁰:White Dwarf Issue 356 (aus)
• ¹¹:Legion by Dan Abnett - p.333, p.406
• ¹²:Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign - p.54
• ¹³Third War For Armageddon Website - Details of the Third War for Armageddon Worldwide Campaign
• ¹⁴Chapter's Due (Novel) by Graham McNeill, Ch. 9, p. 124.
• ¹⁵: Imperial Armour Volume Five: The Siege of Vraks, Pg.54
• ¹⁶:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Powers of Chaos, p10 (accessed 2011.10.24)
• ¹⁷:Codex: Dark Eldar
• ¹⁸:Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)
• ¹⁹:Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), p. 14
• ²⁰:Know No Fear

Vessels of the Space Marine Fleet

Type	Design	Class
Capital Ships	Battleships	Battle Barge
	Cruisers	Strike Cruiser
Escorts		Gladius • Nova • Hunter • Rapid Strike vessel
Attack Craft		Thunderhawk • Stormraven • Caestus Assault Ram