Freighter

Freighter under attack.

Freighters, or cargo ships, are designations given to starships and vehicles that are assigned to ferry goods, materials and substances from one location to another. (TNG video games: Armada, Armada II; et al.)

Freighters carry cargo inside their own hulls, in designated spaces called cargo holds or cargo bays. Larger vessels of these classifications are more likely to carry cargo in the form of bulk goods and sealed, standardized containers. In many designs, cargo containers can be docked externally to the main hull, to be undocked and exchanged at each port.

A tanker is specifically design to carry bulk matter in gas or liquid state.

Cargo ships sometimes have some capacity for carrying passengers, although the quality of accomodations can vary widely. Transports and starliners are more specifically designed to transport people.

Freighter classes

• Cardassian:
  • Groumall-class
• Earth and Federation
  • Freighters: Aakenn-class • Altair-class • Antares-class • Argon-class • Federation mining freighter (24th century) • Laweya-class • Liberty-class • Monarch-class • Overfield-class
  • Cargo carriers: Fiji-class • Midway-class • Rakota-class • J class • Y class • Federation freighter (2280s-90s)
  • Cargo transports: Chariot-class • MoKal-class
  • Federation cargo ship (24th century)
• Ferengi:
  • Ferengi cargo ship
• Gorn:
  • Gorn freighter
• Hydran:
  • Hydran freighter
• ISC:
  • ISC freighter
• Klingon freighters:
  • Freighters: Baka Re'-class • Plen Zha-class • Klingon freighter (2280s-90s)
  • Cargo transports: Besz Ra'te'-class
• Lyran:
  • Lyran freighter
• Mirak:
  • Mirak freighter
• Orion:
  • Cargo ships: Slaver-class
  • Commando transports: Viking-class
• Romulan freighters:
  • Graffler-class • Vespin-class • Romulan freighter (2280s-90s)

Appendices

• See also: Tanker • Transport • Tug

External link

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