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Escorts are the smallest craft in use but come in the largest numbers, providing support in defence of larger ships.

Imperial

Imperial Navy

• Sword Class Frigate
• Firestorm Class Frigate
• Tempest Class Frigate¹
• Cobra Class Destroyer
• Falchion Class Escort
• Turbulent Class Heavy Frigate⁵
• Claymore Class Corvette⁵

Other

• Fire Ship
• System Ship
• Defence Monitor

Space Marines

• Nova Frigate
• Gladius Frigate
• Hunter Destroyer
• Rapid Strike vessel²

Chaos

• Idolator Raider
• Infidel Raider
• Iconoclast Destroyer

Eldar

• Hellebore Frigate
• Aconite Frigate
• Nightshade Destroyer
• Hemlock Destroyer
• Shadowhunter Escort

Dark Eldar

• Corsair Escort

Orks

• Onslaught Attack Ship
• Savage Gunship
• Ravager Attack Ship
• Brute Ram Ship

Necrons

• Jackal Raider
• Dirge Raider

Tyranids

• Kraken Ship
• Vanguard Drone Ship
• Escort Drone

Tau

• Kir'Qath Escort
• Skether'Qan Escort
• Kass'l Escort
• Kir'la Carrier Escort^3a
• Kir'shasvre^3b

Allies

• Nicassar Dhow

General

These are ships that are used by many races in one form or another

• Escort Carrier^4a
• Q-Ship^4b
• Armed Freighter^4b

Sources

• ¹: Rogue Trader Rulebook, p. 195
• ²: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets (accessed 2010.11.20)
• ³: Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign
  • ^a: p. 213
  • ^b: p. 214
• ⁴: Battlefleet Gothic Armada
  • ^a: p. 159
  • ^b: p. 160
• ⁵: Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus p. 27