2168 – Juggernaut

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The Juggernaut uniquely represents one of the major intelligence triumphs of the Romulan War, and one of the major engineering failures of the post war era.

Snatched from it’s Romulan builders prior to completion by operation ‘Golden Pheasant’ in 2157, the ship was docked safely at Andor. It was stripped of its equipment by Intelligence and Engineering personnel in a bid to learn as much as possible about Romulan Technology. The ship was to be refitted with Earth and Andorian technology and turned loose against it’s former owners.

In the event, the war ended before the ship was completed, and work was slowed to such an extent that the ship was not completed until 2168. After competitive trials against the USS Goliath (a Federation prototype battle cruiser) she was quietly decommissioned as an expensive failure (as was the Goliath, as the new technology used was not yet mature enough to allow these ships to operate efficiently). Later she was moved to Memory Alpha as a museum ship, were she remained for almost a century until Orion pirates hijacked her.

Juggernaut was recovered, but not before the Orions had carried out considerable work in upgrading the shipboard systems and weapons to 23rd century standards. As a result Starfleet Corps of Engineers completed the work began by the Orions, and the ship was finally commissioned, over a century after being commenced, to act as a Training ship attached to the Academy at Andor. In 2295, the ship was again decommissioned, and rededicated as a memorial to lives lost on both sides in the Romulan War.

  • Class: XIV
  • Year: 2168
  • Ship Source: FASA
  • Ship Datasheet: Coming Soon

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2168 – Goliath

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“During the darkness of the Romulan War, when the prospect of prolonged hostility seemed only too real, Star Fleet Command ordered this battle cruiser prototype built and feasibility tested, However the ship proved tremendously unwieldy and never entered active service. Its failure to perform to specification was a major reason why both the Horizon and Marshall classes enjoyed such an extended commissioned life.”

The 2168 Battle Cruiser program was intended to produce a new generation ship to replace the aging Romulan war era vessels. Although the design was in principle excellent experience in testing showed that the ship was chronically underpowered. Additionally the cost of the ship was deemed to be prohibitive and the design was cancelled.

  • Class:XIV
  • Year:2168
  • Ship Source:Space Flight Chronology
  • Ship Datasheet: Download PDF

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2159 – Conqueror

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The Conqueror Class battle cruisers were the final Bison class based ships to be built during the Romulan war

These cruisers, introduced in 2159, were basically improved Tannhauser class ships with the new more powerful EFTL-9 Warp drive with nacelles mounted outboard above the centerline, and an upgraded sensor suite.

New weapons included a forehead-mounted, high-velocity “missile rifle” with a rotary feed system for the ET-4 missile, and a ship-to-ship version of the ELC-2 Electron laser cannon first used in the Farragut class.

These immense cruisers gave invaluable service during the last year of the war, particularly at the battle of Cheron, where their steady missile barrages helped batter the Romulan fleet into submission. UES Charger was the flagship of Task Force 41, which led the final drive towards the Romulan Homeworlds.

However, when peace came in 2160 the class proved prohibitively expensive to maintain and crew, and accordingly all were retired by 2163.

The Conqueror class battlecruiser UES Charger is now on display at the Starfleet Museum.

 

Class: XVII Year: 2159
Ship Source: The Starfleet Museum Ship Datasheet: Download PDF

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  • UES Conqueror CHM-69
  • UES Dominator CHM-70
  • UES Devastator CHM-71
  • UES Charger CHM-72
  • UES Liberator CHM-73 **
  • UES Avenger CHM-74
  • UES Damocles CHM-75
  • UES Leviathan CHM-76
  • UES Excalibur CHM-77
  • UES Victory CHM-78 (NCC-82)
  • UES Hercules CHM-79 (NCC-83)
  • UES Executor CHM-80
  • UES Champion CHM-81
  • UES Protector CHM-82 (NCC-84)
  • UES Vindicator CHM-83** denotes lost or missing ships.
Mindbender

2260 – Mindbender

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The Mindbender class was an experiment using the same components as the conventional Federation Class Dreadnought, but creating a more compact craft to reduce target cross section. Just one prototype was built and was used in competitive trials against the Federation class. The Mindbender was more manoeuvrable. but top speed suffered as the design was less warp dynamic, it also suffered from restricted firing arcs for the primary hull lower phasers.

After the trials were complete Mindbender was retained as a trials and training ship.

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Federaton

2259 – Modified Federation

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The Federation Class Dreadnought was initially conceived prior to the Four Years as a variant of the Heston class heavy cruiser (which was itself a Military role variant of the Constitution). The design was shelved as the new dilithium energised engines were not yet available to power such a large vessel. After the war the design was modified to take account of the lessons of the War and put into production using the new FWF-1 engine.

The final three of the class were built to a modified design (shown above), substituting a large navigational deflector for the hanger bays of the standard version, the three ships built to this standard (NCC 2110 USS Directorate, NCC 2111 USS Organisation and NCC 2112 USS Star Union) were used for exploration roles along the Klingon Frontier. This modified design provided the basis for the later refit of the remainder of the class.

The three modified ships received a minor refit in 2275, but unlike their sister ships were not modified with the new linear warp drives. The 3 ships of this design were all placed in reserve by 2290, and decommissioned from 2300.

Class: XIV Year: 2257
Ship Source: Starfleet Technical Manual/The Starfleet Museum Ship Datasheet: Download PDF

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Federation

2257 – Federation

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The Federation Class Dreadnought was initially conceived prior to the Four Years as a variant of the Heston class Battle Cruiser (which was itself a Military role variant of the Constitution). The design was shelved as the new dilithium energised engines were not yet available to power such a large vessel. After the war the design was modified to take account of the lessons of the War and put into production using the new FWF-1 engine. The class was refitted in 2274, and was the most powerful Starfleet vessel until the introduction of the Excelsior class some twenty years later.

Class: XIV Year: 2257
Ship Source: Starfleet Technical Manual Ship Datasheet: Download PDF

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2157 – Tannhauser

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When the first mass produced M/AM starship reactors were finally certified in March 2157, several existing classes of fusion-powered ships had already been redesigned and adapted to make use of the new technology. The smaller Krechet class was the first class to enter service, in April 2157. The Krechet was developed from the fusion powered Amarillo class.

Derivatives of Bison type hulls soon followed. The Tannhauser class battlecruiser (CHM-55) was the first of these. The first ship of the class, UES Tannhauser, entered service only 1 month after the UES Krechet.

The Tannhauser class cruiser were essentially lengthened Pioneer class ships. The design was further modified to use the new EFTL-4 warp dirve system, which had been designed for ships with displacements greater than 300,000 tons.

As with the Krechet class, the smaller amount of deuterium that needed to be carried for the far more efficient M/AM reactor system allowed a larger payload, including both weaponry and more powerful sensors and deflectors.

One notable feature of the class was the extreme forward placement of the nacelles in a “hammerhead” arrangement, which was done in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to increase maneuverability at warp speeds.

The first three ships of the class, UES Tannhauser, UES Vicksburg and UES Marathon, commissioned into the fleet in May 2157, and all three participated in the Battle of Hell’s Gate in October 2157.

The 14 Tannhuaser class ships built continued to serve effectively throughout the war but were relegated to secondary roles when UESN became the basis of Starfleet in 2161.

The Tannhauser class heavy cruiser UES Hastings (CHM-58) is now on display at the Starfleet Museum.

  • Class: XVII
  • Year: 2157
  • Ship Source: The Starfleet Museum Ship
  • Datasheet: Download PDF

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Commissioned Ships

  • UES Tannhäuser CHM-55
  • UES Waterloo CHM-56
  • UES Vicksburg CHM-57 **
  • UES Hastings CHM-58
  • UES Agincourt CHM-59
  • UES Marathon CHM-60
  • UES Trafalgar CHM-61
  • Teutoburger Wald CHM-62 **
  • UES San Jacinto CHM-63 **
  • UES Little Bighorn CHM-64
  • UES Thermopylae CHM-65
  • UES Gettysburg CHM-66 **
  • UES Badr CHM-67
  • UES Shiloh CHM-68

** denotes lost or missing ships.

2154 – Pioneer

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The Pioneer Class was adapted from the Bison class cargo vessel, and at the Outbreak of the Romulan war was the Earth’s premier combat vessel. Despite her extreme size, caused by the massive fuel tanks, like all fusion powered ships she lacked range and relied on refuelling when on any long duration missions. The class performed valiantly during the early stages of the war.

  • Class: XVII
  • Year: 2154
  • Ship Source: The Starfleet Museum Ship
  • Datasheet: Download PDF

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Iron Duke

2256 – Iron Duke

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The Iron Duke class battleship demonstrates the speed at which a design could become obsolete.

Conceived in 2245, construction began in 2250, but the Iron Duke did not finally commission until 2256. The delays were initially caused by the lack of a suitable warp drive, and then the impulse engine created further problems, serious thought was given to commissioning the class using ancient FNSP-X impulse drives taken from obsolete vessels in the surplus yards.

When commissioned the Iron Duke was by far the biggest ship in Starfleet, but in terms of combat efficiency it was less effective than the far smaller and cheaper Heston class Battle cruiser. The ship was still working up when the four years war ended, and it was realized that a major refit with phasers and photon torpedoes was necessary to ensure that the ship remained a viable combat unit.

The refit to Mark 2 added a second M4 computer core, and substituted phasers and photon torpedoes for the earlier lasers and accelerator cannons. The ship recommissioned in 2258, but was put into reserve in 2260. The Iron Duke finally saw action during the Organian crisis when she was recommission to act as a Flagship. The taskgroup she led was one of the few to actually engage enemy vessels. At the end of the crisis though she again returned to reserve.

Iron Duke remained in reserve until 2283, all suggested refit proposals were rejected as impractical on cost grounds. In 2283 she was recalled to service to test some systems for the proposed Excelsior class Battleship, and also to act as a trainer to familiarise the crew with serving on such a large vessel. Iron Duke was returned to reserve in 2289, and was finally scrapped in 2295.

Class: XIV Year: 2256
Ship Source: Inspired by Paramount Excelsior Study Model Ship Datasheet: Download PDF

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Siegfried (II)

2242 – Siegfried Refit

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The Siegfried class was the first true dreadnought to enter service. As originally completed the class mounted the extremely powerful FLM-1 Cannon, this weapon was limited in terms of arcs of fire and recharge time, but used well was an extremely effective weapon. In 2242 some of the class were refitted to a more standard configuration due to delays in the Constitution class program, and were refitted with the new Unary shielding systems. In this revised configuration these ships gave valuable service for a number of years, although later on only in supporting roles

Class: XII Year: 2242
Ship Source: The Starfleet Museum Ship Datasheet: Download PDF

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