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Star Destroyers: Ship List

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There were at least several tens of thousands of star destroyers in the Imperial Starfleet. A complete listing is therefore impossible. I do not pretend that this list even approaches comprehensive status; there are far too many references for any writer to pursue. I will expand the list gradually after dealing with more substantial and quantitative topics.

This list should be read cautiously; the total number of star destroyers built exceeds the range of possible names for the ships. The Empire must have exercised a system for the use and reuse of names on more than one vessel. It is possible that what appear to be references to one ship are in fact coincidental descriptions of different destroyers sharing a single name. For instance, several ships of different classes have used the name Vengeance, and not all of them were Imperator-class destroyers. There has also been more than one Iron Fist. In these cases, successive commanders have kept the name when they moved to newer vessels upon promotion.

One possibility is that the ships are named uniquely by using the same conceptual name in different languages. In this way one Invincible might be named in an ethnic language of Kuat, while another Invincible is named in an ancient Taung language from Coruscant. Each of the millions of galactic languages could be used to name all ships uniquely, and yet in novels the names would appear the same because of the implicit translation into English (or other terrestrial languages).

It is possible that only the ships with the most distinguished records or influential commanders are honoured with a full name. Other vessels, such as the numerous Victory-class destroyers in Darksaber, may be labelled only by an alphanumeric registration code. It is possible that most common ships leave the construction yards with nothing more than a hull designation of class and number, and the most meritous vessels earn a proper name.

• Accuser
  Star destroyer in Lord Vader's squadron during the Battle of Hoth; Admiral Piett transferred flag here after the Bespin incident when Vader returned to Coruscant aboard Executor. This ship was also present at the Battle of Endor, captured by the Rebel Alliance and renamed Emancipator. Participated in first and second battles of Borleias under Admiral Ragab. Saw action under Generals Calrissian and Antilles at the Battle of Calamari six years after Endor, destroying the Imperial flagship Allegiance before being consumed by Silencer-7. Lacked notches in its brim trenches, perhaps as a modification following the heavy damage sustained at Endor. Possibly in a ISD-III subclass.
• Adamant
  Star destroyer belonging to the fleet of Grand Admiral Thrawn, five years after the Battle of Endor.
• Adarga
  participated in the defense of the TIE Defender research platform in the Parmel system against ex-Admiral Zaarin. [TIE Fighter, Battle 9, Missions 1 and 2]
• Admonitor
  Star destroyer which bore Admiral Thrawn on his first Imperial expedition into Unknown Regions on the fringe of the galaxy. Captain Dagon Niriz commanding.
• Adjucator
  Star destroyer present at the Battle of Endor, captured by the Rebel Alliance and renamed Liberator. Commanded by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker on a scouting mission to Coruscant during the last days of the Imperial Mutiny. The ship was irrecoverably damaged when it lost control in battle and crashed to the surface of the planet.
• Adjudicator
  Subjugated the remote planet of Yutusk. Commanded by Captain Krin, and transferred to role of sector flagship for Moff Renquet approximately two years before the Battle of Endor. Survived until at least two years after Battle of Endor.
• Agonizer
  Admiral Rogriss' flagship, used in the Battle of Adumar and the Battle of Vahaba. [X-wing: Solo Command, X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar].
• Allecto
  Rendez-voused with a shuttle carrying Grand Moff Tarkin, while simultaneously under Rebel attack [Balance of Power].
• Assassin
  [X-Wing Tour of Duty IV, Operation 2]
• Avarice
  Star destroyer defending Ysanne Isard's rule of Thyferra, under the command of Captain Sair Yonka. Eventually acquired by rogue forces and renamed Freedom. Participated in Battle of Bilbringi against Grand Admiral Thrawn, and the Battle of Linade III against Admiral Krennel's forces. Captained by Commander Sair Yonka.
• Avenger
  Failed in ambush against a shuttle of Twi'lek rebels shortly before A New Hope. [X-Wing Y-wing historical mission 3] Avenger was involved in more than 436 planetary suppressions since it was comissioned, and served under 8 different captains in a period of 2 years [STAR WARS Sourcebook, one year after ANH]. One captain was Ferdas [Imperial Sourcebook p.131]. Part of the Emperor's Death Squadron and commanded by Captain Needa during the events surrounding the Battle of Hoth. Avenger belongs to the ISD-II star destroyer subclass. A ship with the same name served as flagship for Executor Sedriss and his Dark Jedi in their abortive subjugation of Balmorra, six years after the Battle of Endor.
• Badi Dea
  [X-Wing Tour of Duty IV, Operations 10,13]
• Basilisk
  Commanded by Captain Mullinore, as part of Admiral Daala's force assigned to the defence of the secret facilities within the Maw Cluster. This ship of the ISD-I subclass was lost while preparing for a suicide attack on Coruscant. It was vaporised in a nearby supernova explosion induced by the stolen Sun Crusher device which was under the control of a young Sith initiate allied with the New Republic.
• Bellicose
  Destroyer under the commmand of Captain Aban during Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign of harassment against the New Republic. Led a battle at Tanaab under the coordination of Jedi Master Joruus C'baoth, who impelled the crew to destroy one New Republic ship beyond the scope of his orders, incurring Aban's anger.
• Chimaera
  Star destroyer present at the Battle of Endor. After the captain was killed in battle, another experienced officer took command and led the Imperial retreat. Captain Pellaeon continued to command this ship for many years. Flagship for Grand Admiral Thrawn when he returned from Unknown Regions five years after the Battle of Endor. Led many major battles from Sluis Van to Bilbringi. Ten years later, a cloak-capable ship of the same name was a flagship for Admiral Pellaeon as supreme commander of the remaining Imperial forces in the Deep Core.
• Colosses
  Passive star destroyer in TIE Fighter historical mission #2.
• Conqueror
  Successfully fought three rebel frigates: Modified Frigates Lion and Lance, and the Nebulon-B frigate Ornik [Balance of Power].
• Conquest
  Star destroyer involved in the extortion of agricultural secrets from Ithorian priest Momaw Nadon. Captain Alima subsequently demoted, supposedly through his own devices. Left to blockade Tatooine during the crisis concerning the rebel theft of Death Star plans. This was one of the ships pursuing the Millennium Falcon. Conquest is of the ISD-I subclass.
• Courageous
  "Captain" Kuuztin's flagship, operating as part of Grand Admiral Thrawn's task force in the hunt for Zaarin. The Courageous and her starfighter and transport forces captured a neutral convoy bearing supplies for former admiral Zaarin in the Semag system, and also destroyed a traitor Modified Nebulon-B Frigate, the Strident, sent to escort it. She was ambushed in an ill-conceived operation to attack a traitor supply depot and attack squadron in the Gwar system. Though the Courageous was destroyed, the destroyer's starfighters destroyed Zaarin's Interdictor Cruiser Bomb, her escorting Modified Frigate squadron Kuma, and a major supply depot under Zaarin's control. [TIE Fighter, Battle 11, Missions 1 and 2]
• Crynyd
  Named after Arvel Crynyd, the A-wing pilot who rammed himself into the Executor's bridge at the battle of Endor, this [New Republic] star destroyer took part in the campaign against Zsinj. It took partin the battles of Vahaba and Selaggis. At Vahaba, it was assigned to protect the Interdictor Stellar Web.
• Death's Head
  Commanded by Captain Harbid as part of Grand Admiral Thrawn's fleet during the events surrounding the Battle of Sluis Van, etc.
• Devastator
  Personal flagship of Lord Tion during his Battle of Ralltiir, and subsequently Lord Darth Vader's flagship prior to the construction of the first Executor-class command ship. It was that Devastator that intercepted and captured the blockade runner Tantive IV, precipitating the events leading up to the fateful Battle of Yavin. Included in Lord Vader's squadron and participated in the Battle of Hoth. Destroyed at the Battle of Endor [STAR WARS The Essential Chronology p.61.] Devastator was of the ISD-I subclass.
• Direption
  ISD-II, a ship in Warlord Admiral Krennel's fleet. It was captured in the battle for Linade III where it was outnumbered against the New Republic Destroyers Freedom, Moonshadow (both ISD-II) & Swift Liberty (Victory-II class). [X-wing: Isard's Revenge]
• Emancipator
  [See Accuser.]
• Emperor's Revenge
  Flagship of Imperial aspirant Carnor Jax during his rimward excursions in search of fellow Imperial Guardsman Kir Kanos, seven years after the Battle of Endor.
• Emperor's Will
  A destroyer in the Imperial faction accepting the authority of Ysanne Isard at the time of the fall of Coruscant. This ship has a formidable reputation, but was absent from the Battle of Coruscant.
• Engager
  Imperial star destroyer of unknown designation, under the scar-faced Captain Dalton at the time of Alderaan's destruction.
• Entor
  Star destroyer damaged during the subjugation and capture of a large space slug specimen for study by Imperial biologists, shortly after the Battle of Hoth. The slug is reported to have bitten and digested a noticeable portion of the ship. Depending on the number of star destroyers from outside Vader's taskforce joining the asteroid search, Entor could also be the one which had its bridge tower wrecked by an asteroid strike.
• Eviscerator
  ISD-II. [X-Wing: Rogue Squardon, p.286]
• Freedom
  [See Avarice.]
• Firestorm
  Star destroyer in the fleet of Supreme Warlord Harrsk approximately eight years after the Battle of Endor. Harrsk was one of the thirteen most powerful rogue warlords feuding in the Deep Core at that time. Under Admiral Daala, Firestorm led a retaliatory attack on High Admiral Teradoc after Teradoc's fleet destroyed Harrk's flagship Shockwave. Flagship of Vice-Admiral Pellaeon in a subsequent attack on Luke Skywalker's Jedi training compound on Yavin IV.
• Gauntlet
  Captain Lin Nunsk, escorts bacta convoys in Shapani Bypass [Lords of the Expance]
• Garrett
  Flagship of Lord Darth Vader immediately prior to the Battle of Endor; involved in operations in Bothan Space to deceive the rebels in relation to the status of the second Death Star. [TIE Fighter game]
• Glory
  Flagship of the traitor Admiral Zaarin.
• Gnisnal
  Belonging to the ISD-I subclass, this destroyer was believed to have exploded during Imperial evacuations of Narth and Ihopek. Its wreckage was found roughly ten years later, containing what seemed to be an intact and complete Imperial Order of Battle database. This discovery, made shortly before the cirsis in the Koornacht Cluster, suggests that the destroyer had been the flagship of a very important Imperial official. Gnisnal was catalogued with a registry number SD-489 by the New Republic.
• Gorgon
  Flagship of Admiral Daala's ISD-I-type star destroyer squadron at the weapons research facility in the black hole Maw Cluster. It remained at this isolated station with no external communication for twelve years starting a year before the Battle of Yavin. Upon receiving the astonishing and unwelcome news of the Empire's defeat by rebel forces, Daala engaged in a brief and costly terror campaign against the New Republic. The only surviving destroyer, Gorgon retreated to the enclaves of the Deep Core after recovering research and schematics from the Maw Installation.
• Grey Wolf
  Flagship of (then) Vice-Admiral Thrawn in his search for Grand Admiral Zaarin. [TIE Fighter game]
• Hammer
  Star destroyer operating in Mugaari space immediately after the Battle of Hoth. [TIE Fighter Battle 1, Mission 3]
• Hydra
  An ISD-I in a four-destroyer squadron defending Grand Moff Tarkin's secret Maw Installation weapons research facilities, in Admiral Daala's command. The original captain died in a turbolift accident and was replaced by the relatively young Captain Sten Thanas, native of Coruscant. Hydra was destroyed twelve years after the start of its mission. Escaped New Republic prisoners hijacked and rammed the Sun Crusher superweapon into the destroyer's command module and the warship drifted to oblivion in one of the neighbouring black holes.
• Inflexible
  Host of a TIE training school where Flight Leader T. Alvak was transfered and attended class [STAR WARS Sourcebook p.24].
• Intrepid
  A star destroyer scouting an area of space near the Cron Drift. Was destroyed by X- and Y-wings shortly before A New Hope [X-Wing Tour of Duty #2, Operations #1-10].
• Immortal
  This destroyer and its fighters ambushed the Tantive IV en route to Alderaan with the Death Star plans [X-Wing Tour of Duty #2, Operation #12]. It later led several attacks on Rebel freighters and cruisers just before the destruction of the Death Star [X-Wing Tour of Duty #3, Operations #1-11].
• Imperator
  The first ship of this class, constructed at the KDY shipyards at Gyndine. A ship with this name followed Admiral Zaarin in his coup attempt; defeated by Thrawn's forces. (Was this the original Imperator, or a ship with a recycled name?) Imperator was also one of the destroyers recognising the authority of Imperial Intelligence Director Ysanne Isard at the time of Coruscant's fall to the New Republic, though it was absent from the capital planet's defence. This venerable ship was a formidable reputation. Its loss to the New Republic would have great symbolic importance.
• Inexorable
  It isn't clear whether this should be an Imperator-class ship or another destroyer design. Inexorable was under the command of Grand Admiral Thrawn in the Unknown Regions about two and a half years after the Battle of Endor. Considering Thrawn's status, his original fleet may have included many cruisers and battlecruisers in addition to mere destroyers.
• Interrogator
  Flagship for High Inquisitor Tremayne, commanded by the ill-fated Captain Jovan Vharing at some time after the Battle of Hoth. Known to be a ship of ISD-II type.
• Invincible
  The destroyer which brought Dark Jedi Zasm Katth and Baddon Fass to Nar Shaddaa during the events when an unstable clone of Emperor Palpatine regained command of remnant naval and military forces, six and a half years after the Battle of Endor. Destroyed while in pursuit of the Millennium Falcon.
• Judicator
  Commanded by Captain Brandei, in Grand Admrial Thrawn's fleet during his campaign against the New Republic. Assaulted Lando Calrissian's operations in the Athega system. Fought New Republic star frigate Quenfis at the resting site of the Katana fleet.
• Kreiger
  Part of Admiral Gaen Drommel's renegade fleet two years after the Battle of Endor. Commanded by Captain Dor Reder. Bridge interior imagery suggests that this vessel is either ISD-II or newer.
• Leonides
  A destroyer (presumed to be Imperator-class) assigned to planet Achillea, controls routes in and out of Tapani Sector. [Lords of the Expanse]
• Majestic
  A destroyer serving as a private transport for Palpatine during Zaarin's attempted coup; boarded by Zaarin's troops in an abduction attempt.
• Malice
  [X-Wing A-wing historical mission 3] Attacked a rebel shuttle carrying high rebel officers as it underwent repairs, and was thwarted by its fighter escorts.
• Manticore
  Star destroyer of ISD-I subclass defending the isolated Maw Cluster weapons research facility. Commanded by Captain Brusc from the year preceding the Death Star's destruction until twelve years later with the ship's destruction in Daala's failed attack on the shipyards of Mon Calamari.
• Monarch
  One of two destroyers defending the galactic capital against the forces of Admiral Ackbar at the Battle of Coruscant. Little else outstanding regarding its reputation and crew. Surrendered to the New Republic by Captain Averen, after taking heavy damage.
• Moonshadow
  ISD-II for New Republic, under Admiral Kir Vantai. fought Admiral Krennel's forces at Battle of Linade III [X-Wing: Isard's Revenge].
• Nemesis
  Destroyer in the fleet of Grand Admiral Thrawn, which saw significant action towards the end of his campaign against the New Republic.
• Nihil
  Battled the Mon Calamari Cruiser Maximus shortly after the Battle of Yavin. [X-Wing Tour of Duty IV, Operation 3]
• Nitsa
  A destroyer (presumed to be Imperator-class) in the Tapani Sector starfleet, assigned to planet Procopia. [Lords of the Expanse]
• Peremptory
  Star destroyer with Grand Admiral Thrawn's fleet, destroyed in collision with a dreadnought of the Katana fleet in battle with New Republic and fringe starfighters at the deep space resting place of the Dark Force.
• Predator
  Intended to receive prisoners of war from Kessel, who were instead rescued by rebel fighters. [X-Wing Y-wing historical mission 4]
• Pulsar
  One of the destroyers stationed at Endor during the construction of the Death Star II. Surrendered to the rebels after Battle of Endor. A junior officer, Dor Render, led Imperial escapees and stole rebel astrogation data locating many secret Alliance bases, which were subsequently obliterated in surprise retaliatory Imperial raids.
• Punisher
  A destroyer involved in the capture of a rebel escort carrier. [TIE Fighter TIE Defender Mission 4]
• Rage
  [From Balance of Power.]
• Rebel Dream
  Princess Leia's flagship in The Courtship of Princess Leia. It may actually have been a larger class of warship, since the Millennium Falcon was apparently able to fit into one of its hangars, whereas a narrower Lambda-class shuttle is a snug fit for the Imperator's class of star destroyer.
• Reckoning
  A destroyer running missions for Ysanne Isard prior to her coup against Sate Pestage. [X-Wing Rogue Squadron #29] Presumed to be Imperator-class, but the rough illustrations seen to date could alternatively represent a different, smaller KDY design. There may be only one trench notch on each side of the ship.
• Red Gauntlet
  Captured at the Battle of Vahaba.
• Redoubtable
  Early Imperator-class destroyer believed to be with part of the Black Sword Fleet [Shield of Lies p.323].
• Relentless
  Under Captain Parlan when he commissioned a manhunt for Old Republic military hero Adar Talon shortly after the Battle of Yavin. Subsequently commanded by Captain Westen. Commanded by Captain Dorja as part of Grand Admiral Thrawn's fleet five years after Palpatine's fall; fought two of Garm Bel Iblis' dreadnoughts at New Cov.
• Reliance
  Stationed at the Walker Operations & Tactics training facility on Jardeen IV during the Battle of Endor. Left Jardeen IV after that event, and specialised in walker and bomber assaults against the New Republic for at least two years under Captain Iolan Gendarr.
• Render
  protected the TIE Avenger factory ZA-13 following its recapture from Zaarin. [TIE Fighter, Battle 8, Mission 3]
• Resolution
  Operated as part of Thrawn's task force assigned to destroy Zaarin, she operated (with Grey Wolf) in a failed attempt to trap Zaarin, using a convoy carrying Missile Boats as bait. Previous traitor attacks that delayed the Interdictor Whirlwind caused Thrawn's plans to miscarry, though the Missile Boats were saved and Zaarin driven off. [TIE Fighter, Battle 11, Mission 5]
• Retribution
  Operating with the Qeimet Fleet, in a strategic rimward sector near the Hook Nebula, this destroyer is home to the famous Scimitar Assault Wing, an elite and distinctive TIE bomber force.
• Reyna
  A destroyer (presumed to be Imperator-class) in the Tapani Sector starfleet, assigned to planet Mrlsst, controls routes in and out of Tapani sector. [Lords of the Expanse]
• Riesa
  A destroyer (presumed to be Imperator-class) in the Tapani Sector starfleet, assigned to planet Tallaan, defend Imperial shipyards. [Lords of the Expanse]
• Skyhook
  Saw the same action against Zsinj as Crynyd.
• Stalker
  Suppressed an uprising on Valera under the command of navy traditionalist and disciplinarian Captain Akal Zed. After unacceptable loss of support craft at Valera the destroyer was assigned to patrol Elrood Sector in the Outer Rim Territories until the Battle of Hoth. The probe droid which discovered the Hoth rebel base was one of Stalker's. Returned to Elrood sector to defend the stronghold system of Derilyn during the early years of the New Republic's growth. Sources conflict regarding Stalker's categorisation, but it seems most likely to be ISD-II.
• Steadfast
  Destroyer in the warlord forces of Carnor Jax, bombarded Phaeda and fought Rogue Squadron several months after the demise of the last mad Palpatine clone. Under the captainship of Commander Vivant.
• Stormhawk
  Destroyer in the fleet of Grand Admiral Thrawn, which saw significant action towards the end of his campaign against the New Republic. Presumed to be some kind of ISD; subclass unknown.
• Thunderflare
  Star destroyer on which Captain Khurgee served before his promotion and transfer to hangar operations aboard the first Death Star. Under the diplomatic but willful and devious Captain Tanda Pryl in the remote Elrood sector between the Battles of Yavin and Hoth. (Whether her aspirations to admiralty were ever fulfilled is unknown.) Thunderflare was in the same sector, rejoined by Stalker, during the period of contention between New Republic and the remnants of Palpatine's Empire. Thunderflare belongs to the ISD-I subclass. Mention of this ship in the SWCCG Second Anthology suggests that it was at either Tatooine or Endor.
• Thunderer
  She, along with ISD Imperator, comprised the traitor force under Admiral Zaarin that ambushed ISD Courageous in the Gwar system, though Thunderer herself was destroyed by rocket attacks and laser/turbolaser fire from Courageous and her starfighters. [TIE Fighter, Battle 11, Mission 2]
• Tiger
  Name of Predator according to X-Wing The Official Strategy Guide.
• Tormentor
  Successfully defended itself from Rebel fighter attack in Balance of Power.
• Triumph
  One of two destroyers defending the galactic capital against the forces of Admiral Ackbar at the Battle of Coruscant. Little else outstanding regarding its reputation and crew. Took severe damage, including to the bridge and a critical loss of power. Tractored into stable orbit for salvage and eventual repair.
• Tyrant
  Member of Emperor's Death Squadron and temporarily disabled by ion cannon barrage at the Battle of Hoth. Commanded by Captain Lennox. An ISD-I vessel, like the Devastator.
• Ultima
  One of three star destroyers stationed near the remains of Alderaan in the hope of capturing Princess Leia Organa during any pilgrimage made by the Princess to the ruins of her homeworld. Sub-class ISD-I.
• Vanguard
  A one-time escort of Majestic, commanded by (then) Vice-Admiral Thrawn. [TIE Fighter game.]
• Vendetta
  Destroyer of unknown class and sub-class (possibly an ISD) patrolling the Inner Rim. The ship's communications officer Lt Ander Rendrake is a spy for the Rebel Alliance.
• Vengeance
  Involved in attack on a rebel base at Datar, under Vice-Admiral Slenn. Slenn failed to acquire live rebel prisoners, and he himself seems to have perished in connection with that circumstance. Later launched a similar raid on a rebel hideout on the moon Nar Shadaa in Hutt Space, under the supervision of Lord Darth Vader, before the events surround the Battle of Yavin. Commanded by Captain Thrawn prior to Battle of Hoth [Galaxy of Fear]; after Hoth was the ship to which Maarek Stele's TIE squadron was assigned [The Stele Chronicles].
• Virulence
  Present at the Battle of Endor, under Captain Joak Drysso. Destroyer loyal to Imperial Intelligence Director Ysanne Isard in her seizure of Thyferra approximately three years after the Battle of Endor. Eventually renamed Errant Venture.
• Warrior
  Received freighter transfer of war materiel and Mon Calamari slaves at a secret rendezvous, but was thwarted by rebel fighters led by Halley Kadorto. [X-Wing X-wing historical mission 5]
• Whirlwind
  Star destroyer in the fleet of Supreme Warlord Harrsk. Harrsk was one of the thirteen most powerful rogue warlords feuding in the Deep Core eight years after the Battle of Endor. During a retaliatory attack upon High Admiral Teradoc's base, Whirlwind was incapacitated and held to ransom by Admiral Daala's Firestorm, as Daala demanded an end to the warlords' hostilities.
• Wolf's Claw
  Raided rebel bases using intelligence supplied by Dor Reder following the Battle of Endor. One of three ISDs in Admiral Drommel's fleet at the Battle of Tantive V. Captured in that conflict and incorporated into New Republic fleet; the other two star destroyers were destroyed and Drommel's great flagship, the Guardian, escaped.

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