A flagship was the primary command ship in a commander's fleet of ships and the one that the commander was aboard.
Description[]
For the safety of the ranking officer and possibly for intimidation, the flagship was usually the most powerful ship available in the fleet, such as a Super Star Destroyer. However, it is interesting to note that this was not always the case, as Thrawn was known to have ships larger than an Imperial Star Destroyer in his fleet, yet made the Star Destroyer Chimaera his flagship. Similarly, Admiral Ackbar has never been recorded in commanding the Lusankya despite his position as commander of the New Republic Defense Force for many years, and Garm Bel Iblis commanded his old Dreadnaught Peregrine for years after joining the New Republic, despite its smaller size and firepower.
The flagship, such as Home One to the Alliance Fleet in 3 ABY, was considered the command ship of the entire fleet. Significantly, a flagship could easily be changed in the middle of a deployment or even a battle, as the primary definition of a flagship was the ship that had the highest ranking command officer onboard, making it the command ship for the fleet. However, starfighters and other smaller ships such as the Millennium Falcon, even when carrying the highest ranked member of the fleet, were not usually considered flagships.
While throughout galactic history, flagships have traditionally been powerful battleships capable of slagging any other ship in combat, the New Republic and the Ssi-ruuk developed different strategies in the use of starfighter carriers as flagships, such as the Endurance-class fleet carrier in the New Class. This was due to the more prevalent roles that starfighters played in the New Republic and Ssi-ruu navies respectively.
Famous flagships in chronological order[]
Sith Empire[]
- Corsair - Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow's flagship / Flagship of the Sith Empire
Brotherhood of the Sith[]
- Corsair - Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun's flagship / Flagship of the Brotherhood
Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War[]
- Darth Revan's flagship - Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan's flagship / Flagship of the Sith Empire
- Leviathan - Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Malak's flagship / Flagship of the Sith Empire
Sith Triumvirate[]
- Ravager - Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Nihilus's flagship / Flagship of the Sith Triumvirate
New Sith Empire / Brotherhood of Darkness[]
- Nightfall - Lord Skere Kaan's flagship / Flagship of the Brotherhood
Stark Commercial Combine[]
- Raptor - Captain Zur's flagship / Flagship of the Stark Commercial Combine
Chiss Ascendancy[]
- Springhawk - Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo's flagship / Flagship of Picket Force Two
- Fell Defender - Commander Jagged Fel's flagship
Galactic Republic[]
- Alliance I - Jedi Knight Nomi Sunrider's flagship / Flagship of the Republic fleet at the Second Battle of Onderon during the Freedon Nadd Uprising
- Reliance I - Captain Vanicus's flagship / Flagship of the Republic fleet at the Battle of Koros Major
- Sojourn - Admiral Carth Onasi's flagship
- Invincible - Senator Ranulph Tarkin's flagship / Flagship of the Republic Outland Regions Security Force
- Dreadnaught-One - Captain Pakmillu's flagship / Flagship of Outbound Flight
- Katana - Flagship of the Katana fleet
- Resolute - Jedi General Anakin Skywalker's flagship
- Negotiator - High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi's first flagship
- Integrity - High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi's second flagship / Flagship of the Open Circle Fleet
- Vigilance - High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi's third flagship
- Tranquility - Senior Jedi General Luminara Unduli's flagship
- Liberty - Jedi General Aayla Secura's first flagship
- Intrepid - Jedi General Aayla Secura's second flagship
- Endurance - Admiral Shoan Kilian's flagship
- Mersel Kebir - Captain Jace Dallin's flagship / Flagship of the Rendili Home Defense Fleet
- Impavid - High Jedi General Saesee Tiin's flagship
- Prosperous - High Jedi General Saesee Tiin's second flagship
- Admiral Korvin - Raith Sienar's flagship / Flagship of Republic Outland Regions Security Force task force to Zonama Sekot
- Rim Merchant Einem - Commander Wilhuff Tarkin's flagship c.29 BBY
House Pelagia[]
Confederacy of Independent Systems[]
- Cavik Toth's Sabaoth destroyer - Captain Cavik Toth's flagship / flagship of Sabaoth Squadron
- Invincible - Admiral Trench's flagship
- Malevolence - Supreme Commander Grievous's 1st flagship
- Invisible Hand - Supreme Commander Grievous's 2nd flagship / Flagship of the Confederate Navy
- Mersel Kebir - Flagship of the Rendili Home Defense Fleet
Trade Federation[]
- Saak'ak - Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray's flagship
- Darkvenge - Vicelord Siv Kav's flagship / Flagship of Special Task Force One
Centrality[]
- Wennis - Rokur Gepta's flagship / Flagship of the Centrality
Xim the Despot's Empire[]
Zann Consortium[]
- Merciless - Crime lord Tyber Zann's flagship / Flagship of the Consortium
Hapes Consortium[]
- Song of War - Prince Isolder's flagship / Flagship of the Hapan Royal Navy
- Dragon Queen - Tenel Ka's flagship / Flagship of the Hapan Royal Navy during Second Galactic Civil War
- Kendall - Dukat Aleson Gray's flagship / Ducha AlGray's flagship / Flagship of the Heritage Fleet
Galactic Empire / Imperial Remnant[]
- Executrix - Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's flagship
- Exactor - Supreme Commander Darth Vader's first flagship
- Devastator - Lord Tion's flagship /Supreme Commander Darth Vader's second flagship
- Executor - Supreme Commander Darth Vader's third flagship / Flagship of the Death Squadron / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Lusankya - Director Ysanne Isard's flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Majestic - Emperor Palpatine's flagship
- Eclipse - Emperor Palpatine's flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Eclipse II - Emperor Palpatine's last flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Stalwart - Vice Admiral Thrawn's first flagship
- Vanguard - Vice Admiral Thrawn's second flagship
- Sceltor - Admiral Thrawn's third flagship
- Grey Wolf - Admiral Thrawn's fourth flagship
- Admonitor - Grand Admiral Thrawn's fifth flagship/Flagship of the Empire of the Hand
- Chimaera - Grand Admiral Thrawn's last flagship / Gilad Pellaeon's first flagship / Flagship of Thrawn's fleet / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Iron Fist - Grand Admiral Zsinj's flagship / Flagship of Zsinj's Empire
- Reaper - Grand Moff Ardus Kaine's flagship / Flagship of Pentastar Alignment / Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Intimidator - Flagship of the Black Sword Command
- Terror - Admiral Sarn's flagship
- Vengeance - High Inquisitor Jerec's flagship
- Helmsman - Admiral Mils Giel's flagship
- Whelm - Flagship of the Azure Hammer Command in Sector Zero
- Guardian - Fleet Admiral Gaen Drommel's flagship
- Vengeance - Admiral Senn's flagship / Flagship of Task Force Vengeance
- Gorgon - Admiral Daala's first flagship / Flagship of the Maw fleet
- Knight Hammer - Admiral Daala's second flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Scylla - Admiral Daala's third flagship / Flagship of the Replacement warlords
- Firestorm - Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's flagship
- Right to Rule - Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Bloodfin - Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's final flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Relentless - Moff Disra's flagship / Grand Admiral Thrawn (impersonated by Flim's) flagship
- Reckoning - Admiral Delak Krennel's flagship / Flagship of the Ciutric Hegemony
- Doomgiver - Admiral Fyyar's flagship / Flagship of the Empire Reborn
- Emperor's Revenge - Emperor Carnor Jax's flagship / Flagship of the Imperial Navy
- Moffship - Central Committee of Grand Moffs' flagship / Flagship of Trioculus' Empire
- Shockwave - Lord High Admiral Harrsk's flagship / Flagship of the Zero Command
- 13X - High Admiral Teradoc's flagship / Flagship of the Crimson Command / Flagship of the Greater Maldrood
- Night Hammer - Superior General Delvardus's flagship / Flagship of the Eriadu Authority
Fel Empire / Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire / Empire-in-exile[]
- Imperious - Grand Admiral Morlish Veed's flagship / Flagship of the Fel Empire
- Relentless - Admiral Dru Valan's flagship / Flagship of the Outer Rim Third Fleet
- Jagged Fel - Emperor Roan Fel's flagship / Flagship of the Empire-in-exile
Alliance to Restore the Republic / Alliance of Free Planets / New Republic / Galactic Federation of Free Alliances[]
- Home One - Supreme Commander Ackbar's first flagship / Flagship of the Rebel Alliance Fleet and New Republic Defense Fleet
- Mon Remonda - General Han Solo's flagship / Flagship of the Solo Fleet
- Rebel Dream - Minister of State Leia Organa's flagship
- Defiance - Supreme Commander Ackbar's second flagship / Flagship of the New Republic Defense Fleet
- Galactic Voyager - Admiral Ackbar's last flagship / Flagship of the New Republic Defense Fleet
- Endurance - Admiral Areta Bell's flagship
- Intrepid - General Etahn A'baht's flagship / Flagship of the New Republic Fifth Battle Group
- Intruder - Admiral Hortel Ossilege's flagship / Flagship of the Bakuran Defense Fleet
- Peregrine - General Garm Bel Iblis's first flagship
- Lusankya - General Wedge Antilles's flagship
- Industrious Thoughts - General Lando Calrissian's temporary flagship / Flagship of the Diamala fleet
- Yald - Commodore Brand's flagship
- Champion - Brevet Admiral Glie'oleg Kru's flagship
- Poesy - Commodore Mabettye's flagship
- Elegos A'Kla - General Garm Bel Iblis's second flagship
- Mon Mothma - General Wedge Antilles's second flagship / Flagship of Fleet Group Three
- Bail Organa - General Garm Bel Iblis's third flagship / Flagship of Fleet Group Two
- Mon Adapyne - General Keyan Farlander's flagship
- Guardian - Chief of State Cal Omas's flagship / Flagship of the New Republic
- Harbinger - General Garm Bel Iblis's fourth flagship
- Right to Rule - Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's flagship
- Memory of Ithor - General Pash Cracken's flagship
- Ralroost - Admiral Traest Kre'fey's flagship / Flagship of Fleet Group One and the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet
- Mon Mothma - Commodore Gavin Darklighter's flagship
- Admiral Ackbar - Admiral Nek Bwua'tu's flagship / Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Fifth Fleet
- Megador - Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's flagship / Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet
- Dodonna - Admiral Matric Klauskin's flagship / Admiral Tarla Limpan's flagship / Flagship of Operation Roundabout
- Ocean - Admiral Cha Niathal's flagship / Flagship of the Blockade of Corellia
- Anakin Solo - Colonel Jacen Solo's flagship / Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Guard
- Blue Diver - Admiral Tarla Limpan's second flagship / Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Second Fleet
- Galactic Voyager - Admiral Cha Niathal's flagship / Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet
- Indomitable - Admiral Gar Stazi's flagship / Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet and the Galactic Alliance Remnant
- Alliance/Imperious - Admiral Gar Stazi's second flagship / Second Flagship of the Galactic Alliance Remnant
Ssi-ruuvi Imperium[]
- Shriwirr - Admiral Ivpikkis's flagship / Flagship of the Ssi-ruuvi invasion fleet in 4 ABY
- Firrinree - Flagship of the Ssi-ruuk's invasion fleet in 28 ABY
Hiromi Empire[]
Tof fleet[]
- Merriweather - Flagship of the Tof invasion fleet
Duskhan League[]
- Pride of Yevetha - Nil Spaar's flagship / Flagship of the Duskhan League
Yuuzhan Vong empire[]
- Da'Gara's worldship - Prefect Da'Gara's flagship / Flagship of the Praetorite Vong
- Legacy of Torment - Commander Shedao Shai's flagship / Flagship of the advance Yuuzhan Vong fleet
- Burning Pride - Deign Lian's flagship
- Crèche - Commander Chine-kal's flagship
- Yammka - Supreme Commander Nas Choka's flagship / Flagship of the advance Yuuzhan Vong fleet
- Exquisite Death - Commander Duman Yaght's flagship
- Sunulok - Warmaster Tsavong Lah's first flagship / Flagship of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet
- Kratak - Warmaster Tsavong Lah's second flagship / Flagship of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet
- Domain Hul worldship - Supreme Commander Czulkang Lah's flagship
- Domain Dal (worldship) - Warmaster Tsavong Lah's third flagship / Flagship of Yuuzhan'tar
- Blood Sacrifice - Warmaster Tsavong Lah's fourth flagship / Flagship of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet
- Kur-hashan - Commander B'shith Vorrik's flagship
- Sacred Pyre - Commander Bhu Fath's flagship
- Yammka's Mount - Warmaster Nas Choka's flagship / Flagship of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet
- Shimrra's Citadel - Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane's flagship / Flagship of the Yuuzhan Vong empire
The Colony (Under the influence of the Dark Nest)[]
- Bug One - Gorog Queen Lomi Plo's flagship / Flagship of the Dark Nest
- Admiral Ackbar - UnuThul's second flagship / Flagship of the Colony
Five Worlds[]
- Thrackan Sal-Solo - Flagship of the Five Worlds