Wambundu class starship - Definition and Overview

A Wambundu class starship relates to a Federation ship from the sci-fi series Star Trek.

Wambundu class starships:

• U.S.S. Drake - Registry number NCC-20381
  • Ship disappeared in the Lorenze Cluster. The Drake had been under the command of Captain Paul Rice when it was destroyed, apparently by an ancient weapons system still operational at planet Minos in 2364, William Riker had been offered the command of the Drake, but he turned it down to serve aboard the Enterprise-D.
  • The ship was named after the English admiral Sir Francis Drake, who commanded the first British ship to circumnavigate planet Earth.

• U.S.S. Fleming - Registry number NCC-20316
  • Medical Transport ship. The Fleming disappeared in the Hekaras Corridor in 2370. At the time of her disappearing, the Fleming was carrying a rare and valuable biomimetic gel. It was initially feared that the Fleming might have been hijacked for his cargo, but the ship was discovered within the Corridor, disabled by a Hekaran verteron mine. Unfortunately, alomost immediately following its discovery, a subspace rift formed within the Corridor, and the Fleming was trapped within the rift. The crew of the Enterprise-D was able to beam the Fleming personnel onto the Enterprise-D, but the ship itself was lost.
  • The Fleming was named for Sir Alexander Fleming, the British bacteriologist who rediscovered penicillin.