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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

NCC-585

Uncertain

USS Revere (NCC-595)
USS Columbia (NCC-621)

Appendices

Appearances

Star Trek films:
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Background

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

Template:NCwiki
Forgotten Starships at TrekPlace
Spotting the Ships from the Star Fleet Technical Manual at Ex Astris Scientia

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+{{Sidebar starship class|
-The '''''Hermes''-class''' [[scout]] was a class of [[Federation]] [[starship]] in operation during the [[23rd century]].
+|Name=        	''Hermes''-class
+| image=         Hermes class.jpg
+|imagecap=      Schematics
+|owner={{Federation}}
+|operator=[[Starfleet]]
+|Type=		[[Scout]]
+|Active=	[[23rd century]]
+}}
+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 [[Constitution class|''Constitution''-class]] vessel of the [[2260s]]. Its configuration was signficantly different, however, as it employed only a single [[nacelle]].
+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===
+=== Ships of the class ===
+;Unnamed:
-*[[USS Revere|USS ''Revere'']] (NCC-595)
+* [[NCC-585]]
-*[[USS Columbia|USS ''Columbia'']] (NCC-621)
+;Uncertain:
-==Appendices==
+* {{USS|Revere}} (NCC-595)
-===Appearances===
+* {{USS|Columbia}} (NCC-621)
-* [[Star Trek Movies]]:
-** ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''
-** ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''
-===References===
-* ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
-===Background===
+== Appendices ==
+=== Appearances ===
-The ''Hermes''-class starship was a design originally created by [[Franz Joseph]] in his ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]''.  The production staff of ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' and ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' used some of the ships in the ''Technical Manual'' as background display images on monitor screens on the bridge.  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.  Through the presence of small blurred lines of apparent text one can infer that one such image was of the ''Hermes'' (versus the ''Saladin'', another single-nacelle Joseph design).
+* {{Star Trek films}}:
+** {{film|2}}
+** {{film|3}}
+=== Background ===
-The concept of a single-nacelle starship has been derided by some as contrary to "established" design requirements for Starfleet ships, but there is nothing in [[canon]] that mandates a minimum number of nacelles for a ship.
+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 ''Hermes''-class' only distinctiveness from her sister class, the ''[[Saladin class|Saladin]]'' [[destroyer]], were her armaments. Where the ''Saladin''-class housed 3 [[phaser]] banks and 2 [[photon torpedo]] launchers, the ''Hermes'' scout only housed 1 bank of two phasers.
+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 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 class may have been named for [[Wikipedia:Hermes|Hermes]], the Greek god of, among other things, boundaries and the travelers who cross them.
+The ''Hermes''-class was also present in the ''[[Star Fleet Universe]]'' series of games.
-The information on the name of the class and its resemblence 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.
-===External Links===
+=== External links ===
+* {{NCwiki|Hermes class|''Hermes'' class}}
-* [http://www.trekplace.com/article09.html Forgotten Starships at Trekplace], a comprehensive article discussing the canonization of this 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}}
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+[[ja:ヘルメス級]]
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+[[Category:Federation starship classes]]