A starship class is the basic design of a starship. In most science fiction universes, a ship's class will generally be named after its first ship, known as the class leader or pathfinder.

Classes of starships, like their terrestrial counterpart, are used to save effort and money - it's considerably easier and cheaper to build multiple units to the same set of plans than to develop a new unique plan for every individual starship.

Andromeda

High Guard ships

• XMC Glorious Heritage

Magog

• Magog World ship

Babylon 5

Centauri Republic starship classes

• Primus Class Battlecruiser
• Vorchan Class Warcruiser
• Sentri Class Fighter

Unclassified vessel types:

• Centauri Shuttle
• Centauri Atmospheric Shuttle
• Centauri Personal Liner
• Centauri Transport

Earth Alliance starship classes

• Explorer class starship
• Hyperion class heavy cruiser
• Nova class dreadnought
• Olympus class corvette
• Omega class destroyer
• Warlock class destroyer

Interstellar Alliance starship classes

• Victory class destroyer
• Whitestar class starship

Minbari Federation starship classes

• Sharlin class warcruiser

Narn Regime starship classes

• G'Quan class starcruiser
• T'Loth class heavy cruiser

Other races' and organizations' starship classes

• Brakiri cruiser
• Drakh mothership
• Drakh cruiser
• Drakh raider
• Drazi sunhawk
• Ipsha battleglobe
• Ithnaan warglobe
• Lumati transport
• Markab transport
• Moradi cruiser
• Raider jumpship
• Sab'a homeship
• Soulhunter transport
• Streib cruiser
• Technomage transport
• Thirdspace capital ship
• Vree Xill class cruiser
• Vree Xorr class cruiser

Shadow starship classes

• Battlecrab
• Planetkiller
• Scout

Vorlon Empire starship classes

• Cruiser
• Mothership
• Planetkiller
• Transport

Gundam

Universal Century

• Alexandria class cruiser (Zeta Gundam and V Gundam)
• Argama class cruiser (Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam)
• Birmingham class battleship (Gundam 0083, although the Dogos Gear in Zeta Gundam may be a improved variant)
• Chivvay class cruiser (Mobile Suit Gundam)
• Musai-class mobile suit carrier (Various Gundam series)
• Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier (includes Pegasus, White Base, Thoroughbred, and improved variants include the Albion.) (Various Gundam series)
• Salamis class cruiser (Various Gundam series)
• Magellan class battleship (Various Gundam series)
• Irish class battleship (Various Gundam series)
• Tivvay class cruiser (Gundam 0080)

Cosmic Era

• Archangel class mobile assault ship (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
• Laurasia-class mobile frigate (FFM) (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
• Nazca-class high speed mobile destroyer (DDMH) (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)

Honor Harrington

People's Republic of Haven starship classes

• Cimeterres-class LAC
• Bastogne-class destroyer
• City-class destroyer
• Frigate-class light cruiser
• Conqueror-class light cruiser
• Mars-class heavy cruiser
• Scimitar-class heavy cruiser
• Warlord-class battlecruiser
• Sultan-class battlecruiser
• Triumphant-class battleship
• New Boston-class dreadnought
• Rousseau-class dreadnought
• DuQuesne-class superdreadnought

Star Kingdom of Manticore starship classes

• Shrikes-class LAC
• Osprey-class frigate
• Hawkwing-class destroyer
• Minstrel-class destroyer
• Courageous-class light cruiser
• Apollo-class light cruiser
• Star Knight-class heavy cruiser
• Homer-class battlecruiser
• Reliant-class battlecruiser
• Bellerophon-class dreadnought
• Gryphon-class superdreadnought
• Invictus-class superdreadnought
• Medusan-class (aka Harrington class) superdreadnought (pods)

Macross

UN Spacy starship classes

Space War I era

• Macross class duper dimension fortress
• Megaroad class colonization ship

Colonization era

• New Macross class colonization ship
• Bolognese class stealth frigate
• Uraga-class Carrier (CV)
• Neo Nupetiet-Vergnitzs bis class fleet command battleship

Zentraedi starship classes

• 42101 (IV II X I) Fulbtzs-Berrentzs class mothership
• 5631 (V VI III I) Nupetiet-Vergnitzs class medium-scale fleet command battleship
• 10107 (X X VII) Queadol-Magdomilla class command battleship
• Gun destroyer
• Picket ship
• Quiltra-Queleual class amphibious assault ship
• Thuverl-Salan class standard battleship

Stargate SG-1

Earth vessels

• X-301
• X-302/F-302
• X-303/BC-303

Goa'uld

• Ha'Tak-class Mothership
• Al'Kesh-class Bomber
• Tel'Tac-class Transport
• Deathglider

Asgard

• Beliskner-class Cruiser
• O'Neill-class Battleship

Star Trek

Borg starship classes

• Cube
• Probe
• Queen's ship
• Scout
• Sphere
• Tactical cube

Cardassian starship classes

• Galor
• Hideki
• Keldon

Ferengi starship classes

• D'Kora

Jem'Hadar starship classes

• Attack ship
• Battlecruiser

Klingon starship classes

• Bird-of-Prey
• B'rel
• K't'inga
• K'Vort
• Negh'Var
• Vor'cha

Romulan starship classes

• D5
• D7
• D'deridex
• Raptor
• Valdore

Starfleet starship classes

• Akira
• Ambassador
• Andromeda
• Antares
• Apollo†
• Bradbury
• Challenger
• Cheyenne†
• Chimera
• Constellation
• Constitution
• Daedalus
• Danube
• Defiant
• Deneva†
• Erewon
• Excelsior
• Freedom†
• Galaxy
• Hokule'a†
• Istanbul†
• Intrepid
• Korolev†
• Mediterranean
• Merced†
• Miranda
• Nebula
• New Orleans†
• Niagara†
• Norway
• Nova
• NX
• Oberth
• Olympic
• Prometheus
• Renaissance†
• Rigel†
• Saber
• Sequoia
• Sovereign
• Soyuz
• Springfield
• Steamrunner
• Surak
• Sydney
• Wambundu†
• Wells
• Whorfin†
• Yellowstone
• Yorkshire†
• Zodiac

† indicates a class name mentioned only in reference material.

Star Wars

Galactic Empire starship classes

• CEC-90 class Star Corvette
• Nebulon-class Star Frigate
• Dreadnaught-class Star Frigate
• Immobiliser-class Star Frigate
• Acclamator-class Assault Transport
• Victory-class Star Destroyer
• Venator-class Star Destroyer
• Imperator-class Star Destroyer
• Dominator-class Star Destroyer
• Tector-class Star Destroyer
• Allegiance-class Star Destroyer
• Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser
• Quaestor-class Star Battlecruiser
• Procurator-class Star Battlecruiser
• Mandator-class Star Dreadnought
• Sovereign-class Star Dreadnought
• Eclipse-class Star Dreadnought
• Executor-class Star Dreadnought

Rebel Alliance starship classes

• CEC-90 class Star Corvette
• Nebulon-class Star Frigate
• Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (multiple designs)

Naboo starship classes

• Naboo Yacht
• Naboo Royal Starship

See Also

• Interstellar travel
• List of fictional spaceships
• List of vehicles in Star Wars
• Spacecraft
• Starship
• Unidentified flying object

External links

• CineSpaceships - Database on spaceships in movie
• The Nefarious List - A list of every class of starship seen in the Honor Harrington novels
• Hyperspace - A list of starships seen in Babylon 5
• Starship Dimensions - A graphic comparison of fictional spaceship sizes.
• Ex Astris Scientia - A list of starships seen in Star Trek
• Star Wars Technical Commentaries
• The Stargate Technology Center