Federation Civilian Ships Database - S.S. Merchantman

STARSHIP NAME	REGISTRY NUMBER
S.S. Merchantman

	Length	approx. 150m
	From Ex Astris Scientia - Bernd Schneiders Star Trek Website

	History:
	Small merchant cargo ship. The Merchantman was chartered by Klingon operative Valkris in 2285 in order to transport stolen data from the Federation's Project Genesis to the Klingon government. The merchantman, along with its crew and Valkris, was destroyed after delivery of the information. The Merchantman was never reffered to by name during the film. The name is from the script only. The Merchantman model, designed by Nilo Rodis and built at ILM for Star Trek III, was re-used several times as various "guest" spaceships in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock ; Star Trek Encyclopedia II Decipher give the ship the class name "Monarch Class".