Enterprise (brig)

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In 2371, a holographic representation of a typical 19th century brig named Enterprise was recreated on the holodeck of USS Enterprise-D, as a setting for Worf's promotion ceremony to lieutenant commander. (Star Trek Generations)

[edit] Background

This Enterprise was portrayed in Generations by the Lady Washington. She also played the role of the "HMS Interceptor" in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl and was used as a model for the "RLS Legacy" in the movie Treasure Planet.

At 178-tons, the Lady Washington is much too small to be any of the HMS Enterprise sailing ships. Only two of the US Navy's Enterprise sailing ships are close in size; the third (commissioned 1799), and the fourth (commissioned 1832). Of those two, only the former was ever rigged as a brig (having been re-rigged as such in 1812), and it had a much more notable service record. Based on this evidence, the ship in Generations– if it was meant to be a specific ship – was probably the 1799 Enterprise. Regardless, there is no canon evidence to indicate that this vessel was intended by the writers to represent any particular ship in the established "real-life" Enterprise lineage.

According to Ronald D. Moore, the sailing ship scene was an homage to Patrick O'Brian and his books, and to C.S. Forester, who wrote the Hornblower books. [1]