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[[file:pirates0.jpg|thumb|'''Freighter''' under attack.]]
'''Freighters''', or '''cargo ships''', are designations given to [[starship]]s and vehicles that are assigned to ferry goods, [[materials and substances]] from one location to another. ({{g|TNG|Armada|Armada II}}; et al.) 

Freighters carry cargo inside their own hulls, in designated spaces called [[cargo hold]]s or [[cargo bay]]s. 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. [[Transport]]s and [[starliner]]s are more specifically designed to transport people.

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

==Appendices==
*'''''See also''''': [[Tanker]] • [[Transport]] • [[Tug]]
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===External link===
*{{memoryalpha}}
[[Category:Starship classifications]]