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[[Image:Hunter-Destroyer.png|thumb|right|250px|Hunter Class]]
The '''Hunter-class destroyer''' is an [[Imperial]] ship design used by the [[Space Marines]] and [[Basilikon Astra]].{{Fn|2}}

==Overview==
The ''Hunter'' Class is designed to fulfil the same role in the [[Space Marine Fleet]] that the [[Cobra Class Destroyer]] does in the [[Imperial Navy]]. Although available to all Space Marine [[chapter]]s, the class is mainly used by the [[Dark Angels]], due to their distrust of other sections of the [[Imperial]] hierarchy. The Dark Angels maintain large flotillas of ''Hunter'' class ships within their [[battlefleet]]s.{{Fn|1}}

The ''Hunter'' class is armed similarly to the ''Cobra'', but is a little faster, allowing it to react quickly to openings the enemy provides. The vessel is equipped with [[torpedo tubes]] and a [[weapons battery]]. The same shield and turret array complement found on the ''Cobra'' class is fitted on a ''Hunter'' class. The ''Hunter'' is also more heavily armoured than a ''Cobra'', providing it with a little more survivability in a combat situation.{{Fn|1}}

A ''Hunter'' is one of the smallest vessels typically in service in a Chapter's fleet.{{Fn|4b}} Each ''Hunter'' is around 1km long and has a crew complement of around 10,000.{{Fn|4a}}

==Notable Hunter Class Destroyers==
*''[[Cthonian Scion]]'' - [[Sons of Horus]] (Heresy-era).{{Fn|3}}
*''[[Hera's Wrath]]'' - [[Ultramarines]].
*''[[Light of Iax]]'' - [[Ultramarines]].{{Fn|4a}}
*''[[Xenophon]]'' - [[Scythes of the Emperor]].

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)]], pg. 24
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007&section=&aId=4300022 Vessels of Mars: Ships of the Adeptus Mechanicus], by [[Nate Montes]], [[Robert Henderson]] and [[Ray Bell]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Sons of the Selenar (Novella)]], Chapter 4
*4: [[Of Honour and Iron (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter Six
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter Nine

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