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Taldrenites => General Starfleet Command Forum => Topic started by: 3dot14 on March 07, 2004, 11:26:03 pm

Title: How big are ships?
Post by: 3dot14 on March 07, 2004, 11:26:03 pm

Here is a question I have never thought of before...

How "BIG" (in meters or other length units) are the ships in SFC (SFB) are there any records from ADB or in game?

Title: Re: How big are ships?
Post by: Strafer on March 07, 2004, 11:44:36 pm

Not as big as they appear in SFC, that's for sure.

Title: Re: How big are ships?
Post by: Corbomite on March 08, 2004, 12:33:16 am

The only one I know is the TOS Enterprise. It was 947 feet long. I have a picture somewhere overlaying it on the aircraft carrier Enterprise which was a bit over 1000 feet long.

Title: Re: How big are ships?
Post by: Corbomite on March 08, 2004, 01:12:56 am

OK I dug up my blueprints from 1973 -

U.S.S. Enterprise

Length Overall = 288.646 m

Width Overall = 127.102 m

Height Overall = 72.6 m

Gross Dead Weight = 190,000 metric tons

Primary Hull Maximum Diameter = 127.102 m

Primary Hull Maximum Depth = 32.5 m

Secondary Hull Length Overall = 103.632 m

Secondary Hull Maximum Diameter = 34.138 m

Distance Between Main Propulsion Units (nacelles) = 93.659 m

Main Propulsion Unit Length Overall = 153.619 m

Main Propulsion Unit Maximum Diameter = 17.3 m

Title: Re: How big are ships?
Post by: Atrahasis on March 08, 2004, 07:15:57 am

Yep, and the Connie Refit is 304.8 meters long ~

However, in terms of the SFB miniatures that were produced and SFB illustrations, the Klingon Cruiser (D6 / D7) was often, I felt, over-represented in size. It is actually a much smaller ship than the Connie if you compare the actual models and stated lengths (official length is 210 - 218 meters, almost 100 m less than the refit Connie.)

Title: Re: How big are ships?
Post by: digi on March 08, 2004, 11:04:09 am

Check out this excellent site:
Starship Comparisons

You can move all the ship images around the page.

Soveriegn Class (Ent E) = 685m
Galaxy Class (Ent D) = 643m
Ambassador Class (Ent C) = 526m
Excelsior Class (Ent B) = 467m
Connie Refit (Ent A) = 305m
Connie (Ent Orignal) = 289m

Title: Re: How big are ships?
Post by: Primus2003 on March 09, 2004, 07:52:09 am

Thanks for the Stats info site, quite informative.

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Check out this excellent site:
Starship Comparisons

You can move all the ship images around the page.

Soveriegn Class (Ent E) = 685m
Galaxy Class (Ent D) = 643m
Ambassador Class (Ent C) = 526m
Excelsior Class (Ent B) = 467m
Connie Refit (Ent A) = 305m
Connie (Ent Orignal) = 289m