Space Wolves - Chapter Fleet: The Space Wolves maintain one of the largest fleets amongst all Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, with 2 Ramilies-class Starforts, 8 Battle Barges, thirty-plus Strike Cruisers, 20-plus Hunter-class Destroyer Squadrons and 20-plus Gladius and Nova-class Frigate Squadrons. Fifteen of the largest and most powerful of these vessels are known as the Great Ships, one for each Great Company with 3 in reserve. Each of the 15 warships is unique unto itself, the fleet including many different classes and configurations of vessels. Two of these Chapter ships are massive warships akin to Imperial Navy capital ships. The Iron Wolf is the ship of Wolf Lord Egil Ironwolf which he claimed in combat when his Great Company's own flagship was badly damaged. It is slightly larger than the Pride of Fenris, which is the flagship of the Chapter fleet and personal vessel of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar.While the total numbers of the Chapter fleet are impressive, in reality many of the Chapter's ships lack the distinctive hammerhead prow of purpose-built Adeptus Astartes vessels. Rather, many of the Space Wolves' ships are vessels of all makes and sizes, captured and re-purposed over the long millennia of the Chapter's service. From Frigates to Heavy Cruisers the Chapter's Strike Cruisers contain a myriad of classes of vessel all refit and rearmed by the Chapter's Iron Priests to serve as Strike Cruisers. On the smaller end of these re-purposed ships would be the Heimdall, the personal transport of Njal Stormcaller and originally a Gladius-class Frigate. The Heimdall was refitted with five hangar bays and a dorsal mounted Bombardment Cannon transforming the light fleet Escort into a ship-of-the-line roughly comparable in speed and firepower to an Astartes Strike Cruiser. On the larger end of what might constitute a Strike Cruiser in the Chapter fleet would be the Fist of Russ, an Imperial Navy Heavy Cruiser taken by the Space Wolves from Renegades and re-purposed into the Great Ship of the Thunderfist Great Company.Sheer size is not the only thing that makes the Space Wolves Chapter fleet stand out amongst the battle fleets of the Adeptus Astartes. Just as the Space Wolves themselves favor combat up-close and personal on the ground so do the Chapter's Wolf Lords and Shipmasters prefer to slug it out at extremely close range in the void, closing to practically point-blank range to strafe an enemy with devastating broadsides or launch and receive brutal boarding attacks. While the Chapter and its Kaerls are extremely proficient at such close-range void combat it certainly does see the Chapter's vessels receive a notably greater level of damage than the norm, even for an Astartes fleet. The Space Wolves give little thought to such considerations however, for if a ship is crippled or lost in such aggressive combat the Wolves will simply take another, preferably the enemy's. Perhaps most impressive is the speed that the Space Wolf fleet can manage. Helmed by the Chapter's Rune Priests the Space Wolves fleet has on occasion shown the ability to bludgeon a path through the Warp far faster than would normally be possible. This allowed the Scramaseax and its attendant fleet to journey a shocking distance in a matter of solar hours to arrive in orbit over Fenris mere moments after the Inquisition and Red Hunters Chapter fleet launched their orbital assault on The Fang at the conclusion of the Months of Shame. Even more daring is the Chapter's willingness to break the veil between realspace and the Warp dangerously close to planetary bodies and gravitational fields, a move that most fleet commanders would deem insanely reckless. Such bravado has at times led to the disastrous loss of vessels, but just as often sees the Space Wolves drive straight into the heart of a stunned foe utterly unprepared for the sudden and devastating arrival of an enemy in their midst.Like many Chapters the Space Wolves use Thunderhawk gunships and Thunderhawk Transporters as their primary gunships, dropships and Attack Craft. Some Stormbirds likely remain in the Space Wolves arsenal and variant craft known as Dropfalcons and Stormcrows saw service during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy but it is unknown whether any remain in service to this day. Caestus Assault Rams, Storm Eagle and Fire Raptor gunships are also seen in varied numbers within the Chapter fleet along with a variety of other transports, gunships and Attack Craft captured or acquired by the Space Wolves.Unique to the Chapter are the Stormwolf and Stormfang gunships. Developed from existing STC fragments, and bearing a resemblance to the design of the Caestus Assault Ram, the Stormwolf and Stormfang gunships use a unique hull design featuring twin jet thrusters mounted on either side of a stern situated cockpit, omni-directional maneuvering thrusters and rows of gravitic repulsor plates situated beneath the transport compartment. The Stormwolf features rear-mounted twin-linked Helfrost Canons and has a transport capacity similar to a Land Raider Crusader while the Stormfang sacrifices transport capacity for a forward mounted Helfrost Destructor, a massive directed energy weapon capable of carving apart the heaviest of armour or flash-freezing whole squads of enemy troops.The Space Wolves are also known to utilise a variant of the Imperial Navy Cobra-class Destroyer known as Hlaupa-class Escorts. The Hlaupa-class is heavily armed and capable of docking with the upper peak of The Fang. In addition to the Chapter gunships The Fang itself is defended by Skarr gunships, small, four-man Attack Craft crewed by Kaerls and armed with twin-linked Heavy Bolters mounted beneath the wings.Unlike other Chapters, the Space Wolves have no Space Marine Captain in overall charge of the Chapter's fleet of warships as the Master of the Fleet. Instead, each Great Company maintains its own flagship, which is manned by Chapter Serfs. The Chapter Serf who bears the rank of Helmsmaster serves as the Captain of the Great Company's flagship, and is trusted by the Space Wolves to deliver them safely to their objective, often in the midst of the enemy.The following list includes any starship that is known to have served as a part of the Space Wolves' Legion fleet during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy or the Chapter fleet after the Second Founding. It is not to be considered a full list of the Chapter's current fleet complement in the late 41st Millennium:Hrafnkel (Gloriana-class Battleship) (Destroyed) - A massive vessel that served as the flagship of the VIth Legion and Primarch Leman Russ during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. This mighty warship was lost the Space Wolves many millennia ago.Fenrysavar (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) - Survivor of the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula during the Horus Heresy.Holmgang (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) - Starship of an unknown class that served as the flagship of the Thunderfist Great Company during the Charys Campaign and is currently the flagship of the Blackmanes Great Company.Kerberaus (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) - Great Ship of the Space Wolves Chapter during the battle over Fenris that followed the Months of Shame.Nidhoggur (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) - The Nidhoggur was a mighty vessel that had served the Space Wolves since the Great Crusade. Traditionally, it has always been the ship of Tra -- the 3rd Great Company -- and was commanded by the great Ogvai Helmschrot during the Horus Heresy. The Nidhoggur was a survivor of the great space Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula. The vessel finally met its fate at the later Battle of Trisolian during the Heresy, when the Space Wolves Legion was nearly destroyed by the Sons of Horus Legion as they began their final drive on Terra.Ragnarok (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - A mighty vessel that served as the flagship of Gunnar Gunnhilt, Jarl of Onn during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. The Ragnarok was perhaps the most powerful vessel in the Space Wolves fleet after the Hrafnkel itself and was rightly feared as a terrible adversary in naval battles. The Ragnarok met its fate in the Alaxxes Nebula. While being hunted by the XX Legion, the Ragnarok alone veered off course and confronted the approaching fleet. Intent on delaying the Alpha Legion's fleet to save its own, the Ragnarok expended her munitions on its enemies, destroying several Escorts before sacrificing itself in a glorious last charge, ramming one of the Alpha Legion's capital ships -- the Delta -- and plunging it into the Nebula itself, where the corrosive gases did the work of destruction as surely as any broadside.Retribution (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) - Unknown class of starship in the Space Wolves' Chapter fleet.Sky's Hammer (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) - Great Ship of the Space Wolves Chapter during the battle over Fenris that followed the Months of Shame.Vengeance (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - One of the Chapter's starships of an unknown class lost above the world of Jytor.Voidfang (Capital Ship, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - Warship of an unknown class under the command of Osric Three-Fists, destroyed in the Battle of the Maelstrom's Maw in 781.M41.Iron Wolf (Battleship, Unknown Class) - The Iron Wolf is currently the second largest starship of the Chapter fleet and a former Battleship of the Imperial Navy, under the command of Egil Ironwolf.Pride of Fenris (Retribution-class Battleship) - The Pride of Fenris is the flagship of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar and the largest warship of the Space Wolves' Chapter fleet in the late 41st Millennium.Allfather's Honour (Battle Barge) - Personal vessel of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar, and current flagship of the Space Wolves Chapter.Defender of Russ (Battle Barge) - Battle-Barge that is currently serving the Chapter during the 13th Black Crusade.Ironwolf (Battle Barge) (Destroyed) - Vessel in service to the 13th Great Company and flagship of the 954th Expeditionary Fleet during the latter days of the Great Crusade. Likely destroyed by Dark Eldar over the world of Antimon in the Lammas Sub-sector.Iron Wolf (Battle Barge) - This vessel is the second largest ship of the Chapter fleet and former battleship of the Navis Imperilis, under the command of Egil Ironwolf. Captured from Heretic forces, the Imperial Navy has repeatedly requested the vessel's return and repeatedly been refused, causing tension between the Chapter and the Imperial Navy.Fenrysavar (Battle Barge) - One of the larger VI Legion vessels present at the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula. The Fenrysavar escaped into the nebula with the majority of the fleet but suffered grievous damage in the process.Gylfarheim (Battle Barge) - The Gylfarheim played an instrumental role when it  arrived to reinforce the Chapter's fleet at Armageddon following their victory and subsequent betrayal by the duplicitous Inquisition during the First War for Armageddon. They helped in forcing the Inquisition vessels to call off their attack of Imperial troop transports, which the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar saw as a gross betrayal of their faithful service, despite having witnessed the horrors of Chaos.Herald of Morkai (Battle Barge)Russvangum (Battle Barge) - This mighty vessel dates back to before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy and was built using designs and technology now long-lost to the Imperium. Only the Hrafnkel was larger and boasted more firepower. Even other Strike Cruisers were dwarfed in sheer size by this massive warship. The Russvangum was present at the beginning of the Space Wolves Legion and served its Legion faithfully throughout the entire Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. It was in the thick of the fighting during the infamous space Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula and would survive the Horus Heresy where other ships failed to do so. After the departure of Leman Russ, it served as the Chapter's flagship during the 32nd Millennium under the command of the Great Wolf Harek Ironhelm.Scramaseax (Battle Barge) (Destroyed) - This mighty vessel served as the flagship of Logan Grimnar during the First War for Armageddon. The Scramaseax suffered significant damage at the hands of the treacherous Inquisition multiple times in the solar months after the defeat of the Daemon Primarch Angron. Dating back to the Great Crusade era, the Scramaseax was a mighty relic of the Imperium lost to the Chapter sometime after the First War for Armageddon.Spear of Russ (Battle Barge)Wolf Spirit (Battle Barge) - This vessel saw service with the 13th Great Company during the Horus Heresy.Fist of Russ (Mars-class Battlecruiser) (Destroyed) - This retrofitted Mars-class Battlecruiser was captured from Renegades and re-purposed to serve the Chapter as a Strike Cruiser. The Fist of Russ served as the Great Ship of the Thunderfist Great Company for some time before it sustained heavy damage which forced it to remain behind at The Fang while the Great Companies went to war. Necessity drove the Fist of Russ back into service before it was fully repaired and eventually saw the ship destroyed during the Charys Campaign.Claw of Russ (Strike Cruiser) - This vessel was the first Space Wolf ship to encounter the oncoming fleets of the Apostate Cardinal Bucharis during the Plague of Unbelief in the 35th Millennium. The Claw of Russ was destroyed by an Imperial Navy Cruiser and bulk transport before escaping conflict and bringing word of the impending attack to The Fang and the Great Wolf Harald Stormwolf.Gotthammar (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel under the command of Wolf Lord Arvek Hren Kjarlskar, Jarl of the 4th Great Company in the 32nd Millennium. This vessel was on a long patrol in pursuit of the elusive Thousand Sons' Primarch Magnus the Red. The Gotthammar caught nothing but shadows until it encountered the Thousand Sons in the Gangava System.Holmgang (Strike Cruiser) - Ship that served the Thunderfist Great Company during the Charys Campaign.Hunter of Fiends (Strike Cruiser) - Strike Cruiser that currently serves the Blackmanes Great Company.Ironpelt (Strike Cruiser) - The great ship of Wolf Lord Krom Dragongaze during the Sanctus Reach Campaign.Kraken (Strike Cruiser) (Destroyed) - This vessel served as part of the Space Wolves fleet during the Battle of Alaric Prime. The Kraken was destroyed during the fighting but managed to hold on long enough to empty its decks of fighting forces, deploying every last Drop Pod and gunship to the planet's surface.Magnir's Revenge (Strike Cruiser) (Destroyed) - The Magnir's Revenge was attacked and crippled by the Ork Freebooterz of Kaptin Badrukl shortly before the Battle of Alaric Prime. Badrukk had been attacking the Chapter's holdings for solar months seeking to rile the Space Wolves up and lure them to Alaric Prime. The Magnir's Revenge was struck with traktor mines that dragged the ship's Escorts into the Strike Cruiser, mangling and warping the vessels, causing extensive damage, and crippling the fleet in a single fell strike.Nidhoggur (Strike Cruiser) - Strike Cruiser in service to the Space Wolves Legion during the Great Crusade.Seawolf (Strike Cruiser)Shadow of Fenris (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel that served as the flagship of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar during the Scouring of Gnosis Secundus.Skraemar (Strike Cruiser) (Destroyed) - Vessel saw service to the 12th Great Company in the 32nd Millennium. It was the only Great Ship left behind to defend The Fang with less than a dozen Escort craft when the left of the Chapter Fleet departed for the Gangava System. The Skraemar was an old and seasoned vessel that had fought through the Great Scouring in the days following the Horus Heresy and had earned a hundred and more great honours since. The vessel broke the blockade of Pielos V, outfoxed a squadron of Chaos warships for two solar weeks in the Aemnon Belt and destroyed the Eldar Corsair flagship the Or-Iladril. The Strike Cruiser fought its last battle in orbit above Fenris against the invading fleet of the Thousand Sons during the First Battle of The Fang, reaping a heavy tally of Traitor warships before at last falling apart under the fire of the Traitor Legion's flagship the Herumon.Stormblade (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel saw service to the 13th Great Company during the latter days of the Great Crusade.Stormwolf (Strike Cruiser) - Vessel that is currently in service to Ragnar Blackmane's Great Company.Void Wolf (Strike Cruiser) - Flagship of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar during the Battle of Midgardia.Wolf of Fenris (Strike Cruiser) - This ship was captured in the Parenxes System by the infamous Huron Blackheart and his Red Corsairs Renegade Space Marines in the Parenxes System some time after the Badab War.Wolfborn (Strike Cruiser)Blood Eagle (Frigate, Unknown Class) - Rapid strike Frigate of the Space Wolves that was responsible for inserting the Space Wolves' Scout Teams onto the Forge World of Cambion.Helrider (Frigate, Unknown Class) - This vessel fought in the VI Legion fleet and participated in the Scouring of Prospero and the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula against the Alpha Legion fleet.Icebitten (Frigate, Unknown Class) - The Icebitten was a Fast Attack Frigate of Tra Company which participated in the great space Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula. Bjorn One-Handed and his squad launched from the Icebitten towards the Alpha Legion vessel identified as the Iota Malephelos which they would subsequently conquer.Ogmar (Frigate, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - Frigate in service to the Space Wolves during the Thousand Sons invasion in the 32nd Millennium during the First Battle of The Fang. Destroyed by the invading Chaos fleet.Sleikre (Frigate, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - Frigate in service to the Space Wolves during the Thousand Sons invasion in 32nd Millennium during the First Battle of The Fang. Destroyed by the invading Chaos fleet.Runefyre (Gladius-class Frigate) - Vessel which was boarded and presumably destroyed by Daemons.Undrider (Blackwing-class Frigate) (Destroyed) - The Undrider was a Blackwing-class Frigate, likely named after the legendary Wolf Scout Haakon Gylfasson Blackwing, and the design was influenced by his legendary voidship the Nauro. The Blackwing-class was small for a frigate, with larger engines and smaller guns, with a bridge that sat lower than usual for an Imperial design. The Undrider was assigned to transport Grey Hunter Pack Járnhamar to Ras Shakeh and was destroyed in combat with a Nurgleite plagueship.Frostborn (Hunter-class Destroyer) (Destroyed) - An Escort vessel belonging to the Space Wolves, despatched to bring warning of the invasion of Armageddon to the Grey Knights. Overrun by the Forces of Chaos in the Warp and found drifting in the Valdasca Caul. It was bound for the Jopal and Ruis Systems where Inquisitor Annika departed service with the Wolves, two regions bordering the Tisra System in which the world of Armageddon resides. More than twenty Space Wolves were aboard the vessel including Rune Priest Angriff Blightbreaker. Only one survived to deliver the ship's warning.Veregelt (Hunter-class Destroyer) (Destroyed) - A Hunter-class Destroyer belonging to the Space Wolves, the Veregelt was also despatched to bring warning of Armageddon's invasion to the Grey Knights alongside the Frostborn. Though both warships were overrun by the Forces of Chaos, the Veregelt succeeded in emerging from the Warp in the void above Titan, broadcasting its warning on a repeated Vox loop before crashing into the surface of Titan. None of the crew survived, either dying to the enemy, the crash or having become corrupted and then slain by the Sons of Titan.Svart-Sól (Destroyer, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - A veteran vessel from the opening days of the Great Crusade, the Svart-Sól was lost in during the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula, caught up in a tongue of corrosive gases vomited by the Nebula, which caused its Plasma Drive's reactor to go critical.Dmarchus (Zeta-class Courier) - The Dmarchus was a Courier vessel assigned to the Pack called Howl of the Hearthworldwhile it was deployed to Terra to serve as a Watch Pack to the Imperial Fists Primarch Rogal Dorn during the latter years of the Great Crusade.Waning Crescent (Zeta-class Courier) - The Waning Crescent was a Zeta-class Courier vessel assigned to the Watch Pack of Faffnr Bludbroder during the latter years of the Great Crusade.Hlaupnir (Ryza-class System-Runner) - Laid down on Ryza the System-Runner is a small voidship, ninety metres long with a crew complement of just a few score. What the System-Runner sacrifices in size and firepower it makes up for in sheer speed. Nothing can match the System-Runner for sheer velocity, even void-capable gunships and interceptors are outpaced by these ships. Rare in the extreme very few Ryza-class System-Runners remain, making the Hlaupnir a prized possession of the Space Wolves Chapter fleet.Yvekk (Ryza-class System-Runner) - An old but functional System-Runner in service to the Chapter. Captained by a kaerl named Rurik the Yvekk, he was assigned to transport Grey Hunter Gyrfalkon on the last leg of his journey back to Fenris.Frostaxe (Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - This vessel of the Space Wolves Chapter fleet was lost to the Warp with all hands some nine thousand standard years ago. Unknown to the Chapter, the ghost ship became the heart of a Space Hulk, slowly accruing hundreds of other ghost ships compacted against its hull along with vast quantities of rock, ice and mutated flesh. The resulting Space Hulk became known as the Festerax, a debased form of the name of the vessel at the hulk's heart. Shortly before the 13th Black Crusade struck the Cadian Gate, the Festerax was run down and destroyed by a force of Space Wolves led by Njal Stormcaller.Gate of Garm (Unknown Class) - Space Wolves vessel that participated in the fleet battle over Fenris at the conclusion of the Months of Shame.Heimdl (Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - Vessel of the VI Legion fleet destroyed during the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula.Jarnkel (Unknown Class) - Vessel of the VI Legion fleet destroyed during the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula.Longwarp (Unknown Class) - Starship of an unknown class that served in the VI Legion fleet during the Horus Heresy.Nauro (Unknown Class) - Scout ship that was in service to the 12th Great Company in the 32nd Millennium, under the command of Wolf Scout Haakon Blackwing. The Nauro was a vessel of indeterminate classification, too small to be a frigate, but far too large to be a landing craft or gunship. A third of the vessel's length was taken up by Plasma Drives and its build was sleek and dark, making it a fast, agile and stealthy warship much favored by the Chapter's Wolf Scouts. The Nauro operated with a small crew of five hundred Chapter Serfs.Starfort Gormenjarl (Ramilies-class Starfort) - One of two Ramilies-class Starforts serving as part of the Fenris system defence fleet.Starfort Mjalnar (Ramilies-class Starfort) - One of two Ramilies-class Starforts serving as part of the Fenris system defense fleet.Defence Platform Rieke Og (Orbital Defence Platform, Unknown Class) (Destroyed) - Orbital defence platform protecting Fenris during the Thousands Sons assault in the 32nd Millennium during the First Battle of The Fang. Destroyed in action while fighting against the Traitor Legion.