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Cruisers are the workhorses of any fleet. Combining manuverability, 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.

Imperial Navy

Grand Cruisers

• Vengeance Class Grand Cruiser²
• Avenger Class Grand Cruiser²
• Exorcist Class Grand Cruiser²

Battle Cruisers

• Armageddon Class Battlecruiser²
• Mars Class Battlecruiser¹
• Overlord Class Battlecruiser¹
• Chalice Class Battlecruiser⁹

Cruisers

• Lunar Class Cruiser¹
• Tyrant Class Cruiser¹
• Dominator Class Cruiser¹
• Gothic Class Cruiser¹
• Dictator Class Cruiser¹

Light Cruiser

• Dauntless Class Light Cruiser¹
• Endeavor Class Light Cruiser²
• Endurance Class Light Cruiser²
• Defiant Class Light Cruiser²

Space Marines

• Strike Cruiser²

Chaos

Grand Cruisers

• Retaliator Grand Cruiser⁴
• Repulsive Grand Cruiser¹
• Executor Grand Cruiser⁴

Heavy Cruisers

• Styx Heavy Cruiser¹
• Hades Heavy Cruiser¹
• Acheron Heavy Cruiser¹

Cruisers

• Devastation Cruiser¹
• Murder Cruiser¹
• Carnage Cruiser¹
• Slaughter Cruiser¹

Eldar

Cruisers

• Dragonship⁷
• Eclipse Cruiser¹
• Shadow Cruiser¹
• Wraithship⁷

Light Cruisers

• Aurora Light Cruiser³
• Solaris Light Cruiser³

Dark Eldar

• Torture Cruiser³

Orks

• Hammer Battlekroozer³
• Kill Kroozer¹
• Terror Ship¹

Necrons

• Scythe Harvest Ship⁵
• Shroud Light Cruiser⁵

Tyranids

• Tyranid Cruiser⁵

Tau

• Il'fannor Cruiser⁶
• Lar'shi Cruiser⁶
• Il'Porrui Cruiser⁸
• Lar'shi'vre Cruiser⁸

Allies

• Bastion Commerce Vessel⁶

Other Notable Cruisers

Imperial Battle Cruisers

• Radiant Way
• Defiance

Sources

• ¹:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector (accessed 2010.11.18)
• ²:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets (accessed 2010.11.18)
• 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)
• ⁶:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Tau Fleets (accessed 2010.11.18)
• ⁷:Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Doom of the Eldar (accessed 2010.11.18)
• ⁸:Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign
• ⁹:Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus