Colony ships (also known as colonial transports) are starships that carry a mix of passengers and cargo that are intended to found or expand a new colony. As such they are designed to be rugged, self-sufficient, and have long endurance, since they frequently operate for long periods in areas with minimal or no port facilities.

Typically, colony ships are unnarmed and some designs are constructed in such a way that they can be dismantled once they reach their destination and used to form the initial constructions of a colony. (TNG video games: Armada II, Birth of the Federation, FASA RPG)

Types of colony shipsEdit

• Cardassian colony ship
  • *Ranol-class
• Federation colony ships
  • modified Aerie-class surveyors
  • Edward-class
  • Cochrane-class
  • USS Yermakov
• Klingon colony ship
• Romulan colony ship

Starship classification
By type	argosy • assault ship • attack cruiser • attack fighter • battle cruiser • battle frigate • battleship • bird-of-prey • bomber • cargo transport • carrier • colony ship • combat support tender • construction ship • corsair • corvette • courier • cruiser • cutter • destroyer • dreadnought • escort • explorer • fast attack ship • fast cruiser • flagship • freighter • frigate • fuel transport • gunboat • heavy cruiser • heavy destroyer • heavy escort • hospital ship • liaison cutter • light cruiser • light frigate • medical frigate • medium cruiser • mining freighter • missile cruiser • monitor • passenger liner • patrol cruiser • personnel carrier • prison barge • repair tender • research vessel • research cruiser • runabout • scout • sleeper ship • star battleship • star cruiser • strike cruiser • super carrier • support frigate • surveyor • tanker • tender • timeship • transport • troop transport • tug • warbird • warpshuttle
Alphanumeric	I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI

External linkEdit

• Colony ship article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.