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

Types

Imperial

Imperial Navy

• Sword Class Frigate
• Firestorm Class Frigate
• Tempest Class Frigate^[1]
• Cobra Class Destroyer
  • Viper Class Destroyer
• Falchion Class Escort
• Turbulent Class Heavy Frigate^[5]
• Claymore Class Corvette^[5]

Other

• Fire Ship
• System Ship
• Defence Monitor

Space Marines

• Nova Frigate
• Gladius Frigate
• Hunter Destroyer
• Rapid Strike vessel^[2]

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