In starship classification, colony ships are starships designed to transport colonists and equipment to new worlds.

A typical colony ship is unarmed and may be dismantled at its destination, in order to provide an initial material base for the construction of further colony installations.

Colony ships by race Edit

• Earth colony ships
  • SS Conestoga
  • SS Mariposa
• Federation colony ships
  • SS Artemis
  • USS Constantinople
  • USS Denver
  • SS Santa Maria
• Sheliak colony ship