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Known Vessels of the Blood Angels
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The following is a list of known spacecraft belonging to the Blood Angels.
List of Known Vessels
Name | Class | Pattern | Era | Notes | Source(s) |
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Amareo | Rapid Strike Vessel | Post-Heresy | Sent by Chapter Master Dante to Shenlong to investigate the claims that Arkio was the reincarnation of Sanguinius. Destroyed with all hands by the Battle Barge Bellus. | [1][2b][3a][3b] | |
Angelic Blade | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Took part in the Diamor Campaign. | [4a] | |
Angelus Redemptor | Frigate | Post-Heresy | Took part in the Diamor Campaign. | [4b][4c] | |
Baal's Fury | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | One of the two Battle Barges active in the Blood Angels fleet by the end of M41. | [5] | |
Bellus | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | Embarked on an expedition in late M41, under the command of Captain Ideon, into Ork space to search for the Spear of Telesto, at the suggestion of Inquisitor Ramius Stele. Returned to Imperial space bearing the Spear, with its crew swearing fealty to Arkio, after his emergence as Arkio the Blessed. Destroyed in orbit over Sabien during a three-way naval duel with the Battle Barge Europae and the Chaos battleship Misericorde. | [1][2a][3c] | |
Blade of Vengeance | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | One of the two Battle Barges active in the Blood Angels fleet by the end of M41. Took part in the Cryptus Campaign and was heavily damaged in the resulting Devastation of Baal. | [6][7] | |
Blood Crusader | Battle Barge | Era Indomitus | Saved the Forge World of Gorgonum from the Space Hulk Forsaken Doom. | [25] | |
Blood of Vengeance | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Transported Captain Erasmus Tycho and the 3rd Company to Armageddon during the Third War for Armageddon. | [8] | |
Blood's Son | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9f] | ||
Bloodcaller | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | Attacked by the Tzeentchian Daemon Prince Sethselameth. | [10] | |
Chalice | Heavy Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to purge the Signus Cluster of the Nephilim believed to be attacking it. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime, where it was destroyed. | [9b][9f][9g] | |
Covenant of Baal | Battleship | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to purge the Signus Cluster of the Nephilim believed to be attacking it. Later fought in the Battle of Signus Prime, in which it was named as the new lead ship of the battle after the Red Tear was seemingly brought down. | [9b][9f][9h] | |
Crimson Exhortation | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Transported the 4th Company during their mission in the Supplicium System. | [23] | |
Crimson Spectre | Battle Barge | Pre-Heresy/Heresy | Fought in the Battle of Signus Prime. | [18] | |
Deus Vitae | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Commanded by Captain Dracomedes, when he and his Company answered a distress call from the planet Hethgar Prime. | [19a][19b] | |
Eclipse of Hope | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | Lost in the 5th Black Crusade. | [23] | |
Eminence Sanguis | Post-Heresy | Serves as the personal transport for the Chapter's High Chaplains. | [11] | ||
Encarnadine | Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9e][9f] | |
Eternal Soul of Sanguinius | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Dispatched to destroy a Space Hulk, containing Genestealers, that was on a collision course with the planet Danus. | [12] | |
Europae | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | Under the personal command of Chief Librarian Mephiston, was sent to Sabien to parlay with Arkio. Suffered great damage during close range combat with her sister ship, the Bellus and the Chaos Desolator Battleship Misericorde. | [1] | |
Flame of Baal | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Attacked the Space Hulk Corruption's Heart to destroy the Genestealer Cult on board. Later took part in the Diamor Campaign, where it was destroyed over the planet Amethal. | [4a][4b][13] | |
Halo of Blood | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Took part in the Diamor Campaign. | [14] | |
Helios | Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to purge the Signus Cluster of the Nephilim believed to be attacking it. Sent to investigate the mysterious black veil that had surrounded the system and was destroyed in the process. | [9c][9d] | |
Hermia | Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9a] | |
Ignis | Battleship | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9a][9b] | |
Kayam IV | Post-Heresy | Planet-razer. Commanded by Captain Sabanc, the Blood Angels force on board was charged with ending a rebellion that had broken out on the planet Thaltor. | [22] | ||
Manakel | Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Took part in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector. | [21a] | |
Misericord | Battle Barge | Great Crusade | Took part in the War on Murder. | [24] | |
Nine Crusaders | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9f] | ||
Numitor | Frigate/Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime, where it was destroyed. | [9f] | |
Paleknight | Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Destroyed by the Daemon World Holst. | [9d] | |
Red Tear | Battleship | Gloriana | Pre-Heresy | Flagship of Sanguinius and the Blood Angels Legion during the Great Crusade. Head of the fleet gathered to purge the Signus Cluster of the Nephilim believed to be attacking it. During the battle it crashed on Signus Prime; however, it was salvaged and repaired following the battle. | [9h][9i] |
Remliel | Escort | Post-Heresy | Took part in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector. | [21b] | |
Requiem Axona | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9f] | ||
Sable | Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. | [9d] | |
Sanguine Tear | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Took part in the Imperial response to the 7th Black Crusade. Impaled by a Chaos Cruiser transporting a warband, led by Khârn, who slaughtered those on board. Destroyed once the Chaos force departed. In late M41, the Sanguine Tear was part of a Blood Angels strike force that took part in the Diamor Campaign, though whether this was the original vessel or a completely different ship is not known. |
[4a][15] | |
Sanguinem Ignis | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Active during the War of the Beast. | [16a][16b] | |
Scarlet Liberty | Pre-Heresy | Part of the fleet gathered to retake the Signus Cluster. Caught in the Chaos ambush over Signus Prime. | [9f] | ||
Sword of Baal | Strike Cruiser | ||||
Tycho's Revenge | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Originally named the Sons of Baal, renamed in honour of Erasmus Tycho. Took part in the Third War for Armageddon. | [20] | |
Victus | Battle Barge | Pre-Heresy/Post-Heresy | Battle Barge of the 5th Company of the Blood Angels Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Later flagship of the Flesh Tearers Chapter. | ||
Wings of Baal | Strike Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Took part in the Cryptus Campaign, where it served as the command vessel of Captain Donatos Aphael. | [17] |
See also
Sources
- 1: The Blood Angels Omnibus, Appendix Angelus
- 2: Deus Encarmine (Novel) - The Blood Angels Omnibus
- 3: Deus Sanguinius (Novel) - The Blood Angels Omnibus
- 4: Black Crusade: Angel's Blade
- 5: Codex: Blood Angels (8th Edition), pg. 15
- 6: Dante (Novel), Chapter Two
- 7: The Devastation of Baal (Novel), Chapter 30
- 8: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pg. 187
- 9: Fear to Tread (Novel)
- 10: Honours (Short Story)
- 11: Eminence Sanguis (Short Story)
- 12: The Citadel Journal 28, pg. 32
- 13: White Dwarf December 2017 - Space Hulk: Corruption's Heart
- 14: Black Crusade: Traitor's Hate, Chapter 2
- 15: Warlords of the Dark Millennium: Khârn the Betrayer — Blood for the Blood God
- 16: The Hunt for Vulkan (Novel)
- 17: Shield of Baal: Exterminatus - Xenostorm
- 18: Horus Heresy (game system): Daemon's Fire - The Crimson Spectre, card description
- 19: Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
- 20: White Dwarf 279 (UK), pg. 64 - Battlefleet Gothic: War on all Fronts
- 21: Dark Millennium (game system): Damnation's Gate (set)
- 22: Warhammer Siege, pg. 105
- 23: Eclipse of Hope (Short Story)
- 24: Horus Rising (Novel), Part Two, Chapter One
- 25: Space Hulk: Tactics, Blood Angels Campaign - Intro