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Known Vessels of the Death Guard
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The following is a list of known spacecraft belonging to the Death Guard.
List of Known Vessels
Name | Class | Pattern | Era | Notes | Source(s) |
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Argonaut | Fell victim to the Gellerpox virus and joined the Plague Fleet. | [11] | |||
Balefire | Cruiser | Heresy | . | [17] | |
Barbaros' Sting | Strike Cruiser | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Isstvan III. | [1a] | |
Cyst of Sorrow | Cruiser | In service with the Infested Brethren. | [15] | ||
Dawn of Desolation | Grand Cruiser | Heresy | Captured by the Space Wolves. | [16] | |
Eisenstein | Frigate | Heresy | Transported Loyalist Death Guard Astartes Legionaires, along with Iacton Qruze, away from Isstvan III in an attempt to warn The Emperor and Terra at the onset of the Horus Heresy. Destroyed towards the end of the voyage. | [2b][2c][2d] | |
Endurance | Battleship | Gloriana | Pre-Heresy | Legion Flagship | [2a] |
Fourth Horseman | Ramship | Ramship configured for orbital descent attacks | [3] | ||
Indomitable Will | Capital Ship | Heresy | [1b] | ||
Lord of Hyrus | Battleship | Heresy | Took part in the Second Battle of Prospero. | [13] | |
Mia Donna Mori | Battleship | Goliath | [3] | ||
Mother of Miseries | Space Hulk | Era Indomitus | [14] | ||
Necrotor | Light Cruiser | Gladius | Heresy | Commanded by Huruk. Destroyed by the Salamanders Battle Barge Charybdis. | [6a][6b][6c] |
Paralyzer | Battleship | Took part in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector | [5a] | ||
Pathos | Escort | Took part in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector | [5b] | ||
Pestilence | Battleship | Boarded and destroyed by the Crimson Fists | [7] | ||
Plagueclaw | Cruiser | Murder | Post-Heresy | Part of the Plague Fleet of Typhus. Active during the Gothic War and the 13th Black Crusade | [8a][8b] |
Reaper's Scythe | Battle Barge | Pre-Heresy, Post-Heresy | Often served as the Primarch Mortarion's flagship during the Great Crusade. Also served as the location for where much of the Death Guard Legion's rituals and rites were conducted. Later came under the command of Scabarulous the Virulent. | [3][4] | |
Reaper's Shroud | Grand Cruiser | Vengeance | Heresy | Commanded by Malig Laestygon. Destroyed by the Salamanders in the Battle of Nocturne. | [6c][6d] |
Rotbringer | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Commanded by the Lord of Contagion Felthius. Originally part of the Emperor's Spears' fleet, now serves as the flagship for Felthius' fleet and is currently taking part in the invasion of the Imperium world Korvon II. | [12] | |
Solace | Grand Cruiser | Repulsive | Post-Heresy | Base of operations of the Lords of Silence. | [9] |
Spectre of Death | Capital Ship | Pre-Heresy, Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Isstvan III. | [1c] | |
Stalwart | Battle Barge | Pre-Heresy, Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Isstvan III. | [1d] | |
Terminus Est | Capital Ship | Pre-Heresy, Post-Heresy | Flagship of Typhus, serving as the head of his Plague Fleet. | ||
Writhing God | Space Hulk | Originally a battle ground between Orks and Tyranid Genestealers. Claimed by the Death Guard. | [10] |
See also
Sources
- 1: Horus Heresy (game system): Core Set
- 1a: Barbaros' Sting, card description
- 1b: The Indomitable Will, card description
- 1c: The Spectre of Death, card description
- 1d: Sedition's Gate, card description
- 2: The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel):
- 3: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 137
- 4: Index Chaotica: Plague Marines (Background Book)[Needs Citation]
- 5: Dark Millennium (game system): Shadows of the Warp
- 6: Deathfire (Novel):
- 7: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising - Pestilent Spewer, wargear selection screen
- 8: Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition):
- 9: The Lords of Silence (Novel), Chapter 2
- 10: Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition), pg. 23
- 11: Codex: Gellerpox Infected, pg. 5 — Infection Rising
- 12: Conquest 19 — Death Guard: Lord Felthius
- 13: Scars (Novel), Chapter Twenty-Two
- 14: Conquest 09 — Outbreaks of War
- 15: Warhammer Community: No Respite – New Arrivals (Posted on 11/02/2020) (last accessed 25th January 2021)
- 16: White Dwarf 478, pg. 108
- 17: The Buried Dagger (Novel), Interval II