Escorts are the smallest types of warships in use by the various starfaring navies of the Milky Way Galaxy's intelligent species. While individually weak when compared to larger capital ships, they can become quite potent in large numbers, and can use their speed to harass the heavier capital ships while protecting their own ships of the line from enemy escorts attempting to do the same.

Contents 1 Imperial Escorts 1.1 Imperial Navy 1.2 Space Marines 1.3 General 1.4 Merchant Fleet 2 Chaos Escorts 3 Dark Eldar Escorts 4 Eldar Escorts 5 Necron Escorts 6 Ork Escorts 7 Tau Empire Escorts 7.1 Tau 7.2 Tau Allies 8 Tyranid Escorts 9 General 10 See Also 11 Sources

Imperial Escorts

Imperial Navy

• Claymore-class Corvette
• Cobra-class Destroyer
• Falchion-class Frigate
• Firestorm-class Frigate
• Sword-class Frigate
• Tempest-class Strike Frigate
• Turbulent-class Heavy Frigate
• Viper-class Destroyer

Space Marines

• Gladius-class Frigate
• Hunter-class Destroyer
• Nova-class Frigate
• Rapid Strike Vessel
• Kill Ship

General

• Castellan-class Shield Ship
• Defence Monitor
• Fire Ship
• Stalwart-class Escort Ship
• System Ship

Merchant Fleet

• Carrack-class Hauler
• Cetaceus-class Freighter
• Tarask-class Merchantman
• Goliath-class Forge Tender
• Goliath-class Factory Ship
• Jericho-class Pilgrim Vessel
• Galaxy-class Armed Freighter
• Universe-class Mass Conveyor
• Vagabond-class Merchant Trader

Chaos Escorts

• Iconoclast-class Destroyer
• Idolator-class Raider
• Infidel-class Raider

Dark Eldar Escorts

• Corsair-class Escort

Eldar Escorts

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

Necron Escorts

• Dirge-class Raider
• Jackal-class Raider

Ork Escorts

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

Tau Empire Escorts

Tau

• Kass'l-class Gunship
• Kir'la-class Carrier Escort
• Kir'Qath-class Starship
• Kir'shasvre-class Escort
• Skether'Qan-class Starship

Tau Allies

• Nicassar Dhow

Tyranid Escorts

• Kraken
• Vanguard Drone Ship
• Escort Drone

General

These are Escort starship types that are used by many different starfaring races in one form or another:

• Escort Carrier
• Q-Ship
• Armed Freighter

See Also

• Cruiser
• Raider
• Attack craft

Sources

• Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook: Ships of the Gothic Sector
• Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Vessels of the Imperium
• Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Xenos Fleets
• Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Traitor Fleets
• Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Necron and Tyranid Fleets
• Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Tau Fleets
• Battlefleet Gothic: Doom of the Eldar
• Battlefleet Gothic Magazine #2, pg. 40
• Rogue Trader (Rulebook), pp. 194-195
• Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign
• White Dwarf 139 (UK), pp. 17-18
• Deathwatch Core Rulebook by Fantasy Flight Games, pp. 309-310

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