Dreadnought (type)
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A dreadnought is a type of heavily armed starship. The USS Entente is an example of this class of vessel. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
[edit] Background
The only known on-screen reference to a dreadnought comes from the radio chatter in the first Epsilon IX scene in TMP. The dreadnought was named Entente, which came from the Star Fleet Technical Manual.
In references, only the Federation-class has been called a dreadnought, in Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual.
The term "dreadnought," denoting a class of warship larger and more heavily-armed than a cruiser, was taken from the HMS Dreadnought, a Royal Navy ship-of-the-line of the early 20th century which was regarded as the first such vessel.
[edit] See also
- Starship classification
- Dreadnought at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
