Nautilus class

The Nautilus-class was a type of Federation starship, a class of colony ship in service in the 24th century. They were typically equipped for the automated construction of a self-sustaining farming and mining community on a class M planet.

In 2366, Romulan Commander Tarl contacted the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) with the offer of a stolen Borg artifact in exchange for a ship and supplies for her and her crew. Captain Jean-Luc Picard, after accepting her terms, agreed to provide her with a Nautilus-class ship upon their reaching Starbase 718. 

In the 26th century, Nautilus-class starships were temporal science vessels.