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|Name= ''Hermes''-class
The '''''Hermes''-class''' was a class of [[Federation]] [[starship]] in operation during the [[23rd century]].
 
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|Type= [[Scout]]
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The '''''Hermes''-class''' was a type of [[23rd century]] [[Federation]] [[scout|scout-type]] [[starship]]s operated by [[Starfleet]].
   
The ''Hermes'' consisted of a [[saucer section]] and [[nacelle]], each similar in exterior design to that of a {{ShipClass|Constitution}} vessel of the [[2260s]]. Its configuration was significantly different, however, as it employed only a single [[nacelle]].
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The ''Hermes'' consisted of a [[saucer section]] and [[nacelle]], each similar in exterior design to that of a {{Class|Constitution}} vessel of the [[2260s]]. Its configuration was significantly different, however, as it employed only a single [[nacelle]]. ({{film|2}}, {{film|3}})
   
=== Ships of the Class ===
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=== Ships of the class ===
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;Unnamed:
*{{USS|Hermes|NCC-585}} (NCC-585)
 
*{{USS|Revere}} (NCC-595)
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* [[NCC-585]]
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*{{USS|Columbia}} (NCC-621)
 
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;Uncertain:
 
* {{USS|Revere}} (NCC-595)
 
* {{USS|Columbia}} (NCC-621)
   
 
== Appendices ==
 
== Appendices ==
 
=== Appearances ===
 
=== Appearances ===
* [[Star Trek films|''Star Trek'' films]]:
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* {{Star Trek films}}:
 
** {{film|2}}
 
** {{film|2}}
 
** {{film|3}}
 
** {{film|3}}
=== References ===
 
* {{film|1}}
 
   
=== Background ===
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=== Background information ===
The ''Hermes''-class starship was a design originally created by [[Franz Joseph]] in his ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]''. The production staff of {{film|2}} and {{film|3}} used some of the ships in the ''Technical Manual'' as background display images on monitor screens on the bridge.
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The ''Hermes''-class starship was a design originally created by [[Franz Joseph]] in his ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]''. The production staff of ''The Wrath of Khan'' and ''The Search for Spock'' used some of Joseph's ''Technical Manual'' images as plates for background displays on bridge monitor screens.
   
 
According to the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual'', the only distinctiveness between ''Hermes''-class scout and her sister class, the {{Class|Saladin}} [[destroyer]], were her armaments. Where the ''Saladin''-class housed three [[phaser]] banks and two [[photon torpedo]] launchers, the ''Hermes'' scout only housed one bank of two phasers.
Intended to be merely background decoration, freeze frames and close examination have shown it likely (but not conclusively) that the images used were taken from the Joseph book with little or no modification. This would be confirmed later by [[Rick Sternbach]] on a few occasions on www.trekbbs.com's forums. The Saladin, Hermes, and Federation classes appear as part of the loop.
 
   
 
Intended to be merely background decoration, freeze frames and close examination have inconclusively shown that the images used were taken from the Joseph book with little or no modification. This would be confirmed later by [[Rick Sternbach]] on a few occasions at TrekBBS.com.
The concept of a single-nacelle starship has been derided by some as contrary to Gene Roddenberry's design requirements for Starfleet ships, but there is nothing in canon that mandates a minimum number of nacelles for a ship. Indeed, single-nacelle vessels would appear in The Next Generation with the appearance of the Freedom-class, which it itself an homage to the ''Saladin'' and ''Hermes'' classes.
 
   
 
The ''Hermes''-class was also present in the ''[[Star Fleet Universe]]'' series of games.
According to the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual'', the ''Hermes''-class' only distinctiveness from her sister class, the ''[[Saladin class|Saladin]]'' [[destroyer]], were her armaments. Where the ''Saladin''-class housed three [[phaser]] banks and two [[photon torpedo]] launchers, the ''Hermes'' scout only housed one bank of two phasers.
 
   
 
=== External links ===
The class may have been named for {{w|Hermes}}, the Greek god of, among other things, boundaries and the travelers who cross them.
 
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* {{mbeta|Hermes class|''Hermes'' class}}
 
* [http://www.trekplace.com/article09.html Forgotten Starships] at [http://www.trekplace.com TrekPlace]
 
* {{eas|articles/sftm.htm|Spotting the Ships from the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual''|external}}
   
The information on the name of the class and its resemblance to ''Constitution'' components comes exclusively from the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual'', which, while not itself a Memory Alpha permitted [[Memory Alpha:Canon policy|resource]], appears to be the source for the artwork shown in the film.
 
 
=== Apocrypha ===
 
The ''Hermes''-class is also present in the [[Star Fleet Universe]] series of games.
 
 
=== External Links ===
 
* [http://www.trekplace.com/article09.html Forgotten Starships] at [http://www.trekplace.com TrekPlace] - an article from February 15, 2003 discussing the canon appearance of this class
 
* {{exastris|page=/articles/sftm.htm|title=Spotting the Ships from the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual''}} - an article from December 20, 2005
 
 
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Revision as of 15:06, 24 October 2015

The Hermes-class was a type of 23rd century Federation scout-type starships operated by Starfleet.

The Hermes consisted of a saucer section and nacelle, each similar in exterior design to that of a Constitution-class vessel of the 2260s. Its configuration was significantly different, however, as it employed only a single nacelle. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

Ships of the class

Unnamed
Uncertain

Appendices

Appearances

Background information

The Hermes-class starship was a design originally created by Franz Joseph in his Star Fleet Technical Manual. The production staff of The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock used some of Joseph's Technical Manual images as plates for background displays on bridge monitor screens.

According to the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the only distinctiveness between Hermes-class scout and her sister class, the Saladin-class destroyer, were her armaments. Where the Saladin-class housed three phaser banks and two photon torpedo launchers, the Hermes scout only housed one bank of two phasers.

Intended to be merely background decoration, freeze frames and close examination have inconclusively shown that the images used were taken from the Joseph book with little or no modification. This would be confirmed later by Rick Sternbach on a few occasions at TrekBBS.com.

The Hermes-class was also present in the Star Fleet Universe series of games.

External links