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Warships of the Empire: Visual Identification

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Provisional labels for classes of vessels not yet properly named in the official literature are designated with brackets. In cases where one or more individual ships' names are known, but the true class name remains unknown, the first example ship is used as the basis of a provisional class name. By universal naval convention, the true name of a warships class is given by the first ship built according to the design.

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	Eclipse-class star dreadnought type: superlaser, battleship, dreadnought name: Eclipse nickname: builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 17.5km volume: engines: single bank, numerous weaponry: superlaser; numerous smaller guns internal docking: minor fighters: unknown reference: Dark Empire, Empire's End
	Executor-class star dreadnought type: battleship, dreadnought name: Executor nickname: Super builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 17.6km volume: engines: three banks: 3 (2); 2 (2); 3 = 13 total weaponry: numerous small and large guns internal docking: huge fighters: at least two wings (2 wings = 12 squadrons = 144 fighters) reference: The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi
	Sovereign-class star dreadnought type: superlaser, battleship, dreadnought name: Sovereign nickname: builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 15.0km volume: engines: unknown, single bank? weaponry: superlaser; numerous smaller guns internal docking: uncertain: large? fighters: 40 squadrons (35 TIE/I + 5 TIE/B) reference: Dark Empire Sourcebook
	[anonymous star battleship/carrier #3] type: carrier, battleship? name: nickname: builder: ? length: 12km approx volume: engines: many cylinders/nozzles weaponry: internal docking: enormous fighters: unknown reference: The Art of STAR WARS
	[anonymous star battleship #2] type: battleship name: nickname: builder: ? length: > 8.8km volume: engines: > 16 nozzles, single bank weaponry: internal docking: minor fighters: unknown reference: The Art of STAR WARS, TESB Arcade Game
	[anonymous star battleship #1] type: battleship name: nickname: Admiral Giel's flagship builder: Corellian Engineering Corporation ? length: > 6.9km (<13.4km) volume: engines: 3 major, 2 minor, possibly others weaponry: numerous brim guns, probably heavier weapons too internal docking: minor fighters: at least one squadron reference: Marvel STAR WARS
	[anonymous star carrier #1] type: heavy fleet carrier name: nickname: builder: Corellian Engineering Corporation ? length: 5 - 12km ? volume: engines: unknown; single bank weaponry: internal docking: enormous fighters: probably many wings reference: Marvel STAR WARS
	[Vengeance-class star battlecruiser] type: battlecruiser? name: Vengeance nickname: builder: ? length: > 10.1km volume: engines: 3 major, 2 medium, 6 minor weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
	[Arc Hammer-class] type: armed research vessel name: Arc Hammer nickname: builder: ? length: > 6.4km volume: engines: approx 2 weaponry: internal docking: medium fighters: unknown reference: Dark Forces
	["communications ship"] type: cruiser, communications name: nickname: communications ship builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: several miles ? volume: engines: ? weaponry: internal docking: small cargo bay near power tree fighters: unknown reference: Return of the Jedi
	[anonymous star cruiser #5] type: cruiser name: nickname: cruiser #5 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 6.2km volume: engines: 2 banks: 3 major + 2 minor(?); 2 minor(?) weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Dark Empire
	[anonymous star cruiser #4] type: cruiser name: nickname: cruiser #4 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: > 5.1km volume: engines: ? weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Dark Empire
	[anonymous star cruiser #3] type: cruiser name: nickname: cruiser #3 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 3.9km volume: engines: ? weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Dark Empire
	[anonymous star cruiser #2] type: cruiser name: nickname: cruiser #2 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 4.6km volume: engines: ? weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Dark Empire
	[anonymous star cruiser #1] type: cruiser name: nickname: cruiser #1 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 3.1km volume: engines: ? weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Dark Empire
	[Allegiance-class star destroyer] type: destroyer name: Allegiance? nickname: builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 2.2km volume: engines: 3 major, 4 minor weaponry: internal docking: minor or none fighters: few or none reference: Dark Empire, Dark Empire II
	[anonymous star destroyer #7] type: destroyer? cruiser? name: nickname: destroyer #7 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: > over 1.6km ? volume: engines: 5 major ? weaponry: internal docking: medium fighters: unknown reference: Jedi Academy: Leviathan
	[anonymous star destroyer #6] type: destroyer name: nickname: destroyer #6 builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 1.0 - 1.6km approx. volume: engines: 1 major, 2 submajor, 4 minor? weaponry: internal docking: unknown fighters: unknown reference: Jedi Academy: Leviathan
	[anonymous star destroyer #3] type: destroyer ? name: nickname: destroyer #3 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 2.14km volume: engines: possibly 2 banks weaponry: internal docking: fighters: reference: Dark Empire
	[anonymous star destroyer #5] type: destroyer name: nickname: destroyer #5 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 1.6km approx. volume: engines: ? weaponry: internal docking: none fighters: none reference: Return of the Jedi
	[Dominator-class star destroyer] type: destroyer, interdictor name: Dominator ? nickname: dreadnaught, interdictor builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 1.6km approx. volume: engines: 3 major, 4 minor weaponry: 4 gravity well generators, smaller guns internal docking: minor fighters: at least 4 squadrons reference: X-Wing: The Phantom Affair, X-Wing: Mandatory Retirement, STAR WARS Encyclopedia
	Imperator-class star destroyer type: destroyer name: Imperator nickname: Imperial, Impstar builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 1.6km volume: engines: 3 major, 4 minor weaponry: 8 heavy turrets, numerous smaller guns internal docking: medium fighters: one wing = 6 squadrons = 72 fighters reference: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes back, Return of the Jedi
	[anonymous star destroyer #4] type: destroyer, light carrier name: nickname: destroyer #4 builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 1.6km approx. volume: engines: 1 major, 2 submajor, 4 minor weaponry: internal docking: major fighters: probably several wings reference: Marvel STAR WARS
	[anonymous star destroyer #2] type: destroyer name: nickname: destroyer #2 builder: Kuat Drive Yards length: 1.2km volume: engines: 3 weaponry: internal docking: none fighters: none reference: Dark Empire
	["star hauler"] type: modular transport, destroyer name: nickname: star hauler builder: Tagge Industries Shipyards Ltd. length: 1.15km volume: engines: 3 weaponry: internal docking: none fighters: none reference: Dark Empire, Dark Empire II
	[Harrow-class star destroyer] type: destroyer name: Harrow? nickname: destroyer #8 builder: Kuat Drive Yards (?) length: > 0.9km approx. volume: engines: 2 major; 2 minor weaponry: internal docking: medium fighters: ? reference: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground Tatooine
	[anonymous star destroyer #1] type: destroyer name: nickname: destroyer #1 builder: Rendili StarDrive length: 0.9km approx. volume: engines: weaponry: internal docking: none fighters: none reference: Dark Empire II
	Victory-class star destroyer type: destroyer name: Victory nickname: builder: Rendili StarDrive length: 0.9km volume: engines: 2 or 3? weaponry: internal docking: medium fighters: reference: Han Solo's Revenge, STAR WARS Sketchbook, Starfall, Imperial Sourcebook, X-Wing, TIE Fighter
	[Demolisher-class star frigate] type: frigate or light destroyer name: nickname: Demolisher builder: Sienar Fleet Systems ? length: 0.495 - 0.580 km volume: engines:2 weaponry: internal docking: major fighters: several squadrons reference: Droids cartoon
[Immobiliser-418 without bulbs.]	Enforcer-class type: frigate, picket ship name: Enforcer nickname: builder: Sienar Fleet Systems length: 0.6km volume: engines: weaponry: internal docking: fighters: one squadron? reference: STAR WARS Adventure Journal
	Immobiliser-418 class type: frigate, interdictor, picket ship name: Immobiliser-418 nickname: interdictor builder: Sienar Fleet Systems length: 0.6km volume: engines: weaponry: internal docking: little fighters: one squadron reference: Imperial Sourcebook, TIE Fighter, Heir to the Empire
	[anonymous star frigate #1] type: frigate name: nickname: frigate #1 builder: Kuat Drive Yards ? length: 0.49 - 0.50 km volume: engines: 2 weaponry: internal docking: small or none? fighters: none? reference: Marvel STAR WARS
	[anonymous star corvette #2] type: corvette name: nickname: corvette #2 builder: length: < 0.4km volume: engines: weaponry: internal docking: none fighters: none reference: Classic STAR WARS
	[anonymous star corvette #1] type: corvette name: nickname: corvette #1 builder: length: ~ 0.2km approx. volume: engines: 4 weaponry: ? internal docking: none? fighters: none? reference: STAR WARS Galaxy Magazine
	[anonymous star monitor] type: monitor name: nickname: builder: length: < 0.3km volume: engines: 2 weaponry: 2 heavy guns nearly as long as ship internal docking: none fighters: none reference: Marvel STAR WARS

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