Dreadnought

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The dreadnought type is used to describe a heavily-armed starship. The dreadnought is usually built specifically for combat, and has the best weapons and the strongest defenses.

Usually a dreadnought is larger and more heavily armed than a battle cruiser but also is generally slower and less maneuverable due to its size, some powers operate smaller vessels fitted out with dreadnought weapons in order to circumvent this limitation, one such Pocket Battleship is the Defiant-class.(Star Trek: New Order: Excalibur)

Hydrans designated dreadnoughts as second only to battleships in size and armament. (RIS Bouteina: "Humans, Romulans and Space-Beasts")

[edit] Types of dreadnought

• Federation-class
• Hutet-class
• Imperial-class
• Jem'Hadar dreadnought
• Praetorian-class
• Paladin-class
• PumwI'-class
• Vereleus-class
• Vendoth dreadnaught

starship classification

armed courier • armed scout • assault cruiser • assault gunship • assault ship • attack cruiser • attack fighter • attack frigate • auxiliary craft • battle cruiser • battleship • bird-of-prey • border cutter • cargo transport • carrier • clipper • colony ship • combat support tender • command cruiser • construction ship • corsair • corvette • courier • cruiser • cutter • destroyer • destroyer escort • dreadnought • dropship • escort • exploratory cruiser • explorer • far courier • far scout • far starbird • fast attack ship • fast cruiser • fast frigate • freighter • frigate • fuel transport • generation ship • gunboat • gunship • heavy courier • heavy cruiser • heavy destroyer • heavy escort • heavy explorer • heavy frigate • heavy gunship • heavy scout • heavy starbird • heavy warbird • heavy warship • hospital ship • incursion frigate • incursion cruiser • interceptor • light cruiser • light escort • light explorer • light frigate • light starbird • light warbird • long range tactical cruiser • medium cruiser • monitor • passenger liner • patrol ship • perimeter action ship • personnel carrier • picket ship • probe • raider • repair tender • research vessel • research cruiser • runabout • science vessel • scout • shuttlecraft • shuttlepod • sleeper ship • space control ship • starbird • starliner • starship • strategic frigate • strategic heavy cruiser • strike frigate • strike cruiser • strike warbird • strike warship • sublight gunship • super carrier • superscout • surveyor • swift bird-of-prey • swift courier • swift cruiser • swift frigate • swift warbird • tactical cruiser • tactical frigate • tanker • tender • timeship • transport • tug • warbird • warship

[edit] External links

• Dreadnought (type) article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Dreadnought article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.