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The Hermes Class schematic
Evidence of Saladin/Hermes and Ptolemy canonicity from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (see bottom)
My 3D model of the Hermes- More here
Hermes Class: 2182 - 2286
| OVERVIEW (Spec Info) | |
| Designation | Scout (Ship Designations) |
| Commissioned | 2182 |
| 1st Construction Batch | 2182-2185 |
| 2nd Batch Period | none |
| Final Ship to be Commissioned | USS Gibson - 2185 Construction now ended |
| Last Ship to be Decommissioned | USS Portland - 2286 |
| Crew | 195 |
| Ships Built/Remain in service | 36 / 0 |
| TACTICAL | |
| Weapons | 2 Phaser Emitters |
| Shield Strength | 1.0 |
| Offensive Power | 2.0 |
| OTHER STATS | |
| Maximum Cruising Speed | Warp 6.0 (old scale) |
| Mass | 94,500 metric tonnes |
| Length | 242.5M |
| Decks | 14 |
The Hermes Class was a Saladin variant, and is virtually identical in many ways. Using the Saladin design the Hermes' were deployed on Scouting missions, and not being designed for any serious combat, were built with inferior arms. Designated as a Scout Ship, twenty were built sporadically over a period of fourteen years. During its life most of the class remained on ever vigilant patrols along the Romulan Neutral Zone, and the last of the class, the Portland, was the last by some way, managing to stay in service until 2286.
| NAME OF VESSEL | REGISTRY | STATUS |
INFORMATION |
| USS Hermes | NX- 585 | Sc | |
| USS Tsunami | NCC 587 | Sc | |
| USS Minsk | NCC 603 | D | |
| USS Revere | NCC 595 | Sc | |
| USS Bell | NCC 598 | D | |
| USS Portland | NCC 599 | D | |
| USS Gibson | NCC 640 | Sc | |
| USS Regula | NCC 631 | Sc | |
| USS Antede | NCC 639 | Sc |
Footnote:
-The reality of this class of ship existing in some shape or form in the Star Trek universe cannot really be questioned due to the appearance of the Saladin/Hermes Classes and the Ptolemy appearing on computer screen readouts in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I've split the picture (towards the top of the page) into three separate captures. Two show the Saladin from two angles, the third is the Ptolemy at the bottom.
-The Hermes was designed by Franz Joseph and features in the Starfleet Technical Manual.
-The USS Revere, highlighted above was mentioned in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and had the registry number NCC-595. This is why it's placed here because it's probably, from what we guess, a Hermes Class ship and is well within the Hermes range of registries. Also, it's a reason why I've speculated a reasonably long life for this class, all the way up to 2276. TMP was set in around the year 2271, as much as 90 years after ships of the NCC-5** region were supposedly, by my guess, commissioned.
-The 'virtually' already accepted and known registry of one of these ships, as seen in the schematic, is NCC-585. We don't know for sure whether this is the actual prototype, which would most likely be called the USS Hermes, but I have made that assumption here. I've put in a late 22nd time frame, simply because of the antiquity of the known registry.
KEY
| O= Operational |
| OR= Operational after Refit or Repairs |
| DD= In Drydock for repairs or refit * |
| T= Training Vessel |
| U= Under construction prior to preliminary trials |
| D= Destroyed |
| Sc= Scrapped or Decommissioned |
| PD= Presumed Destroyed |
| M= Missing |
*A ship would visit drydock for many reasons, including refits, repairs, servicing upgrades, preliminary trials and testing of new components, and spacedock for similar reasons, as well as crew rotation, reassignment, prep period before redeployment, and so forth.
The listed specifications for ship classes are partly hypothetical, but some data such as ship lengths, weapon stats and crew complements are in some cases canon. For an explanation on the specs, and what the Ship designations mean, see Spec Definitions.
