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The following is a basic guide to the actual known ship classes that have appeared on Star Trek over the last 30+ years. There are 49 so far, in addition, other hypothetical classes have been inserted to give a balanced impression of how the fleet may look and operate, going back a period of two centuries to the very beginnings of the Federation and Starfleet. In many ways there are too many classes here to seem sensible, it's just that somehow Starfleet have constructed 80,000 ships since its founding (due to the ship registries we know) and rather than have certain classes having thousands of ships, I was more comfortable with explaining this with a large number of classes...
Designation refers to the class' hardware type, eg, Cruiser, Destroyer, Surveyor etc. I submit that these old marine terms are used by the Federation, for they have had passing mentions. For instance, in the Dominion war Sisko referred to the Federation task forces in categories such as 'Cruiser Wings' and 'Destroyer Units'. Detailed info on Designation specifications are found on the Designations page.
The Dates column refers to the speculated dates when the prototype vessel of that class was first actively commissioned, and the very last ship of that class decommissioned/destroyed, etc..
Length and Ships Built is a conjectured figure. If the amounts of ships figure is in brackets, it indicates that further vessels in that class are planned, and the current number is only provisional, this obviously is only pertinent to 24th century classes still under construction.
Power is an approximate calculation of shield strength times offensive capability, ie, for Constitution Class the final value of 7.8 is reached.
Its (conjectured) Shield strength is 1.3, times Phaser arrays (4) and Photon launchers (2), or 1.3 x 6, totalling 7.8 -
| S x PP =Power |
Shield Strengths can be found listed on that class' particular page. For more info, see Definitions.
This basically gives an overall idea of how offensively powerful that particular class vessel is. For older ships (Daedalus Class) who possess the older style Laser Cannon and Fusion Missiles, a 50% power reduction calculation is considered. For middle aged classes of ship which have since been refitted, their original prototype values are noted. Quantum Torpedo and Phaser Cannon values are speculated as being twice that of Photon torpedoes, older ships since upgraded to Quantums aren't considered, only new original prototypes fitted with them are acknowledged. Phaser types are passingly acknowledged, for Excelsior Class phasers are obviously going to be considerably less powerful than Sovereign for instance (Phaser Types are detailed Here). Final power values given are a fair indication of that class' actual armour and hitpoints capability, and a ship whose power is 100, is there or thereabouts ten times as powerful as a ship that is rated at 10. The inserted Shield Strengths (listed for each class on its page) is considered to be increased and improved as time moves on and technology advances, and the system works on an exponential curve basis like the warp scale, meaning that a ship with a shield strength of 6, is not necessarily twice as strong as a ship with a shield value of 3.
Most of this data is speculative, and not to be taken as gospel. Only for those class ships that have been visually portrayed, and whose nature, designation, size and age etc. are reasonably established, are close. All class stat details can be found in the Fleet Guides...
Please take note, some may find it strange that in the 24th century classes section certain ship classes that are believed to be new are placed in an earlier time-frame, classes like Akira and Steamrunner for instance which are listed here to be from the 2360's. Construction dates are based on the given registries for ships we know, and these two classes seem to be contemporary to at least Galaxy Class, or perhaps even (incredulously) pre-date it. But, with a lack of actual canon dates for class constructions one has to make do with scant available fact, and speculation to fill in the (many) loopholes.
Starship Classes appear in regular text, shuttle types, tankers, transports and other such utility support vessels appear in italics.
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| Certain Class | -Canon class -go to its page (if page exists) |
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Certain Class |
-Conjectural class -go to its page |
Certain Class |
-Conjectural class no page (yet) |
| Certain Class | -Semi-Canon (I hate that term), such as Medusa Class, or elsewhere established (such as publications, fandom), which I've chosen to insert here, such as Franz Joseph's Saladin Class, or FASA's Loknar Class. |
| Guide to Coloured boxes | |
| Box colour | Era, and Controller/Registrant |
| Purple Box | 22nd Century Non-Starfleet Controllers (Private, UESPA, NASA, Civilian, etc) |
| Teal Box | 22nd Century - Starfleet (or later registered as Starfleet) |
| Green Box | 22nd Century - Federation Starfleet (plus Support/Utilities) |
| Red Box | 23rd Century - Federation Starfleet (plus Support/Utilities) |
| Blue Box | 24th Century - Federation Starfleet (plus Support/Utilities) |
-NOTE: If you are viewing this page from within the Utopia Planitia section, each class page will open within the main frame. If viewed alone within your browser, all class page links bypass fleet indices and go to only their relevant pages
= This signifies that I
have created a CGI design for this class. More are being developed for various
classes all the time. See Here for more.
Overview of classifications 21st to 22nd centuries
| CLASS NAME | DESIGNATION | DATES | LENGTH (metres) | Ships Built | Offensive Power |
| SSE-100 | Solar System Explorer | 2028 | 146 | 5 | 0.0 |
| DY-50 | Sleeper Ship | 2044 | 89 | 4 | 0.05 |
| DY-100 | Sleeper Ship | 2049 | 104 | 14 | 0.0 |
| SSE-200 | Solar System Explorer | 2053 | 200 | 7 | 0.0 |
| DY-200 | Sleeper Ship | 2060 | 112 | 3 | 0.05 |
| DY-245 | Sleeper Ship | 2060 | 145 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Conestoga-Type | Refitted SSE-100 | 2067-2067 | 216 | 1 | 0.0 |
| SSE-200 Warp Refit | Warp Explorer | 2071 | 118 | 2 | 0.0 |
| DY-300 | Surveyor | 2073 | 193 | 4 | 0.2 |
| DY-430 | Stellar Surveyor | 2076 | 215 | 8 | 0.2 |
| DY-440 | Warp Explorer | 2076 | 231 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Kalmar Nyckel Type | Exploration Ship | 2079-2136 | 209 | 1 | 0.2 |
| DY-500 | Warp Explorer | 2082 | 170 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Class I Freighter | Freighter | 2088-2116 | 140 | 12 | 0.0 |
| DY-500 Type B | Warp Explorer MII | 2092 | 173 | 10 | 0.25 |
| DY 500 Type C | Warp Explorer MIII | 2092 | 179 | 9 | 0.25 |
| DY-650 | Explorer | 2093 | 201 | 6 | 0.25 |
| LT Class | Science Probe Ship | 2093-2134 | 87 | 9 | 0.2 |
| AT Class | Exploration Ship | 2097-2140 | 147 | 11 | 0.0 |
| DY-700 | Science & Research | 2098 | 132 | 11 | 0.2 |
| DY-732 | Deep Explorer | 2098 | 151 | 5 | 0.2 |
| DY-750 | Deep Explorer | 2100 | 138 | 8 | 0.2 |
| DY-800 | Deep Explorer | 2101 | 150 | 6 | 0.3 |
| DY-845 | Science & Research | 2103 | 148 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Class II Freighter | Freighter | 2104-2129 | 156 | 14 | 0.0 |
| DY-850 | Deep Explorer | 2107 | 165 | 12 | 0.3 |
| DY-900 | Deep Explorer | 2114 | 170 | 9 | 0.3 |
| DY-900 Type B | Deep Explorer | 2116 | 169 | 2 | 0.3 |
| T Class | Scout | 2118-2160 | 101 | 14 | 0.4 |
| L Class | Cruiser | 2119-2171 | 126 | 11 | 0.5 |
| N Class (Neptune Class) | Cruiser | 2120-2169 | 118 | 10 | 0.5 |
| BB I Class | Cargo Ship | 2120-2161 | 160 | 4 | 0.0 |
| DY-950 | Deep Explorer | 2124 | 236 | 5 | 0.3 |
| P Class | Cruiser | 2128-2159 | 105 | 3 | 0.6 |
| DY-1000 | Deep Explorer | 2130 | 250 | 4 | 0.3 |
| X Class | Science Ship | 2131-2170 | 88 | 10 | 0.2 |
| BB II Class | Cargo Ship | 2131-2190 | 183 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Y Class | Freighter | 2132-2183 | 411 | 10 | 0.3 |
| J Class | Freighter | 2134-2160 | 202 | 20 | 0.2 |
| DY-1100 | Deep Explorer | 2135 | 255 | 5 | 0.4 |
| DY-1200 | Deep Explorer | 2140 | 264 | 5 | 0.4 |
| DY-2400 | Deep Explorer | 2144 | 286 | 5 | 0.5 |
| LX Class | Cruiser | 2148-2195 | 188 | 13 | 1.0 |
| NX Class | Cruiser | 2151-2210 | 225 | 7 | 1.0 |
| NY Class | Cruiser | 2155-2180 | 238 | 19 | 1.1 |
| San Francisco Class | Cruiser | 2155-2190 | 251 | 11 | 1.1 |
| Edwards Class | Medical Ship | 2155-2170 | 131 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Quebec Class | Colonial Transport | 2155-2177 | 265 | 16 | 0.3 |
| India Class | Supply Ship | 2156-2168 | 110 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Hood Class | Cruiser | 2156-2188 | 202 | 20 | 1.4 |
| Cochrane Class | Capital Cruiser | 2156-2173 | 299 | 28 | 1.6 |
| Frankfurt Class | Science Ship | 2156-2200 | 109 | 23 | 1.0 |
| Geneva Class | Battleship | 2156-2161 | 185 | 15 | 1.5 |
| Endeavour Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2156-2193 | 302 | 16 | 1.8 |
Many
of the inserts here, such as the DY series of ships were initially compelled by
this LCARS graphic from the TNG episode 'Up The Long Ladder'. The DY-100 and
DY-500 have definite canon status from the episodes TOS: 'Space Seed', TNG: 'Up
the Long Ladder', and VGR: 'Future's End'.
Overview of 22nd Century Starship classifications Of The United Federation of Planets
| CLASS NAME | DESIGNATION | DATES | LENGTH (metres) | Ships Built |
Offensive Power |
Prototype Registry |
| Dauntless Class | Cruiser | 2161-2181 | 185 | 18 | 1.4 | NX - 01 |
| Viking Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2161-2183 | 245 | 14 | 2.2 | NX - 31 |
| Gagarin Class | Surveyor | 2161-2202 | 112 | 16 | 1.6 | NX - 69 |
| Pioneer
Class |
Cruiser | 2161-2189 | 173 | 29 | 1.6 | NX -100 |
| Europa Class | Science | 2161-2200 | 95 | 16 | 1.2 | NX - 122 |
| Federation Class I | Heavy Cruiser | 2161-2189 | 262 | 20 | 2.4 | NX - 151 |
| Daedalus
Class |
Surveyor | 2161-2196 | 105 | 51 | 1.5 | NX - 170 |
| Vostok Class | Frigate | 2161-2233 | 221 | 10 | 2.0 | NX - 195 |
| Gallant Class | Medium Cruiser | 2163-2207 | 195 | 4 | 2.0 | NX - 212 |
| Florence Class | Scout | 2163-2199 | 143 | 13 | 2.0 | NX - 253 |
| Mach Class | Frigate | 2163-2215 | 229 | 16 | 1.8 | NX - 271 |
| Illustrious
Class |
Medium Cruiser | 2165-2213 | 188 | 25 | 2.4 | NX - 280 |
| Hamburg Class | Frigate | 2165-2215 | 236 | 9 | 2.0 | NX -293 |
| Merrimack Class | Destroyer | 2166-2224 | 281 | 11 | 2.8 | NX - 301 |
| Mercury Class | Surveyor | 2168-2235 | 185 | 16 | 1.8 | NX - 315 |
| Yucatan Class | Light Cruiser | 2168-2219 | 112 | 17 | 2.0 | NX - 329 |
| Foundation Class | Surveyor | 2170-2220 | 131 | 26 | 2.2 | NX - 327 |
| Institution Class | Frigate | 2170-2218 | 223 | 18 | 2.8 | NX - 336 |
| Triumph Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2171-2235 | 301 | 29 | 3.0 | NX - 362 |
| Aquarius Class | Medium Cruiser | 2174-2225 | 202 | 12 | 2.4 | NX - 414 |
| Agamemnon Class | Destroyer | 2178-2226 | 260 | 14 | 3.6 | NX - 429 |
| Newfoundland Class | Surveyor | 2178-2245 | 214 | 20 | 2.4 | NX - 439 |
| Titan Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2178-2233 | 323 | 9 | 3.8 | NX - 450 |
| Comet Class | Medium Cruiser | 2179-2224 | 281 | 25 | 3.2 | NX - 464 |
| Odysseus Class | Frigate | 2180-2231 | 246 | 31 | 3.4 | NX - 478 |
| Arizona Class | Light Cruiser | 2181-2239 | 170 | 27 | 2.8 | NX - 490 |
| Saladin
Class |
Destroyer | 2182-2286 | 242 | 36 | 4.0 | NX - 500 |
| Discovery Class | Science | 2183-2246 | 121 | 43 | 2.2 | NX - 515 |
| Hermes
Class
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Scout | 2184-2276 | 242 | 20 | 2.0 | NX - 585 |
| Comanche Class | Medium Cruiser | 2185-2209 | 246 | 24 | 4.0 | NX - 601 |
| Cygnus Class | Scout | 2186-2289 | 211 | 50 | 3.8 | NX - 617 |
| Oberth
Class |
Science | 2189- | 120 | 295* | 2.2 | NX - 620 |
| Phoenix Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2190-2246 | 314 | 20 | 4.2 | NX - 650 |
| Lincoln Class | Scout | 2192-2231 | 239 | 3 | 3.2 | NX - 703 |
| Cosmos Class | Heavy Destroyer | 2194-2240 | 386 | 9 | 4.8 | NX - 720 |
| Explorer
Class
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Surveyor | 2196-2244 | 271 | 31 | 4.4* | NX - 743 |
| Atlantis Class | Light Cruiser | 2197-2270 | 220 | 16 | 4.6 | NX - 779 |
| Persia Class | Medium Cruiser | 2198-2241 | 261 | 12 | 4.8 | NX - 807 |
| Ontario Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2200-2259 | 371 | 6 | 5.1 | NX - 834 |
*839 ships total, built in the 22nd century. (Oberth Class being the most successful and versatile ships endured for a long while coming in several batch variants. Only 21 of its 295 total ships of the class built in the 22nd century)
* Towards the end of the 23rd century, the term 'Science Vessel' was incorporated into the same bracket as Surveyor. And all became known as Surveyors from thereon.
22nd Century support ship classes (Unregistered - Not Starship Classes)
| Phobos Class | Transport | 2161-2201 | 190 | 12 | 0.6 |
| Conveyor Class | Tanker | 2161-2202 | 390 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Pacific Class | Supply Ship | 2161-2210 | 135 | 40 | 0.5 |
| Sirius Class | Freighter | 2161-2218 | 162 | 16 | 1.0 |
| Hope Class | Hospital | 2161-2211 | 202 | 15 | 1.2 |
| N.F.C. Class I | Neutronic Fuel Carrier | 2161-2211 | 193 | 10 | 0.6 |
| Minerva Class | Hospital | 2164-2239 | 156 | 18 | 1.2 |
| Coyote Class | Fighter | 2168-2239 | 22 | 598 | 2.6 |
| Dobson Class | Transport | 2174-2239 | 176 | 35 | 1.7 |
| Denver Class | Transport | 2175-2241 | 220 | 40 | 2.0 |
| Hector Class | Transport | 2185-2260 | 195 | 30 | 1.8 |
| Antonov Class | Tanker | 2186-2293 | 414 | 19 | 0.4 |
| Aesculapius Class | Hospital | 2188-2262 | 216 | 17 | 2.2 |
| Dubois Class | Transport | 2195-2241 | 220 | 40 | 2.0 |
| Dorchester Class | Supply Ship | 2199-2253 | 191 | 51 | 0.6 |
Overview of 23rd Century Starship classifications
| Calibre Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2201-2241 | 342 | 14 | 5.3 | NX - 863 |
| Valencia Class | Light Cruiser | 2203-2247 | 173 | 17 | 4.5 | NX - 889 |
| Pyrrhus Class | Frigate | 2205-2249 | 206 | 18 | 5.2 | NX - 909 |
| Paladin
Class |
Scout | 2206-2274 | 224 | 12 | 4.0 | NX - 936 |
| Atlas
Class |
Destroyer | 2209-2261 | 246 | 11 | 5.0 | NX - 953 |
| Achilles Class | Destroyer | 2210-2275 | 290 | 20 | 5.0 | NX - 1001 |
| Ptolemy
Class * |
Light Cruiser | 2212-2293 | 222 | 25 | 4.0 | NX - 1079 |
| Trident Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2214-2260 | 316 | 20 | 5.8 | NX - 1110 |
| Everest Class | Medium Cruiser | 2215-2274 | 221 | 13 | 5.9 | NX - 1143 |
| San Antonio Class | Destroyer | 2216-2279 | 262 | 24 | 7.0* | NX - 1178 |
| Zeus Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2218-2230 | 300 | 4 | 7.2 | NX - 1205 |
| Roma Class | Frigate | 2220-2286 | 242 | 16 | 5.9 | NX - 1249 |
| Valiant
Class |
Heavy Cruiser | 2222-2287 | 303 | 6 | 7.2 | NX - 1288 |
| Puma Class | Surveyor | 2226-2279 | 212 | 18 | 5.0 | NX - 1353 |
| Ranger Class | Medium Cruiser | 2228-2266 | 280 | 15 | 6.6 | NX - 1416 |
| Icarus Class | Surveyor | 2231-2275 | 211 | 23 | 6.2 | NX - 1459 |
| Tornado Class | Frigate | 2232-2273 | 240 | 21 | 7.0 | NX - 1496 |
| Compton Class | Destroyer | 2233-2259 | 295 | 6 | 7.4 | NX - 1520 |
| Concord Class | Scout | 2235-2269 | 230 | 11 | 6.8 | NX - 1545 |
| Courageous Class | Destroyer | 2238-2280 | 293 | 24 | 7.2 | NX - 1576 |
| Viper Class | Destroyer | 2240-2285 | 300 | 14 | 7.4 | NX - 1612 |
| Polyphemus Class | Heavy Cruiser | 2242-2284 | 271 | 23 | 7.8 | NX - 1665 |
| Constitution
Class |
Heavy Cruiser | 2244-2308 | 289 | 47 | 7.8 | NX - 1700 |
| Iluyushin Class | Surveyor | 2246-2291 | 211 | 15 | 5.6 | NX - 1744 |
| Olympia Class | Medium Cruiser | 2249-2289 | 261 |