Starships/List

Main article: Starships

This article provides a list of all identified starships in the Mass Effect universe.

List of Starships

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Name	Class	Affiliation	Notes	Source
Alarei	Lab Ship	Migrant Fleet	A ship used by Admiral Rael'Zorah to carry out his studies on geth countermeasures. Overtaken by reactivated geth units in 2185, cleared by Commander Shepard.	Mass Effect 2
AML Demeter	Freighter	Independent (asari)	An asari freighter used by Morinth to covertly escape Illium.	Mass Effect 2
Arcturian Jade	Passenger Liner	Independent (human)	A luxury passenger liner attacked by batarian terrorists. Commanded by Captain Reginald Tudge.	Mass Effect Galaxy
Azedes	Cruiser	Asari Republics	An asari cruiser that made first contact with the raloi of Turvess in 2184.	Cerberus Daily News
Borealis	Freighter	Independent	Kowloon Class freighter. Crashed in the Zhu's Hope colony on Feros in 2183.	Mass Effect
Collector Cruiser	Cruiser	Collector	A Collector starship used in the abduction of human colonies in the Terminus Systems in 2185.	Mass Effect 2
Cybaen	Cruiser	Asari Republics	An asari cruiser that was accidentally fitted with an overly large drive core, allowing it to generate dreadnought-scale kinetic barriers.	Mass Effect 3
Cyniad	Scout Ship	Migrant Fleet	A quarian scout ship employed by the Idenna. Captured by Cerberus and used in an attack on the Idenna, but reclaimed by the Migrant Fleet. Later crashed on Gei Hinnom in 2185.	Mass Effect: Ascension
Defrahnz	N/A	Migrant Fleet	A ship in the quarian Migrant Fleet mentioned by Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib.	Mass Effect 2
Derelict Reaper	Capital Ship	Reaper	A Reaper in orbit above Mnemosyne that was disabled 37 million years ago. In 2185, Commander Shepard retrieves the Reaper's IFF.	Mass Effect 2
Destiny Ascension	Dreadnought	Asari Republics	The most powerful warship built by the asari and flagship of the Citadel Fleet in 2183. Either destroyed or spared during the Battle of the Citadel. Commanded by Matriarch Lidanya.	Mass Effect
Elbrus	Cruiser	Cerberus	Flagship of a Cerberus fleet sent to Omega in 2186. Commanded by Oleg Petrovsky.	Mass Effect: Invasion
Excelsior	N/A	Sonax Industries	The command ship of Sonax Industries forces during the corporatist invasion of Garvug in 2185. Destroyed by a bomb smuggled aboard by rebel forces.	Cerberus Daily News
Fusion	N/A	Independent	The flagship of the Omega Raiding Fleet.	Mass Effect 3: Omega
Galduu	Freighter	Independent	A freighter, the schematics of which were displayed on a console in Dr. Garret Bryson's lab.	Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
Geth Dreadnought	Dreadnought	Geth	A geth dreadnought that attacked the Migrant Fleet in 2186. Destroyed by Commander Shepard.	Mass Effect 3
Ghrigult	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Commanded by Captain Nav'Teel vas Ghrigult, a cousin of Dorn'Hazt.	Mass Effect 3
Glory of Khar'shan	Slave Ship	Independent (batarian)	A batarian slave ship that attacked the Idenna in 2186 and was in turn captured by the quarians.	Mass Effect: Deception
Grande Mar	Passenger Liner	Independent	A luxury liner forced to dock at Omega while a gang war raged there in 2185.	Cerberus Daily News
Harbinger	Capital Ship	Reaper	Believed to be the oldest and largest Reaper. Instigated the Collector attacks on human colonies in 2185, and participated in the Reaper invasion of Earth in 2186.	Mass Effect 2
Helash	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Zel'Aenik nar Helash's birth ship.	Lair of the Shadow Broker
Honorata	N/A	Migrant Fleet	A quarian ship chartered by Tali'Zorah nar Rayya to take her to Illium for her Pilgrimage. After being pursued by mercenaries led by Jacobus, the ship is abandoned. Crewed by Keenah'Breizh.	Mass Effect: Homeworlds
Ibn Battuta	Surveyor	Systems Alliance	An Alliance surveyor that charted the Erebus system.	Mass Effect
Idenna	Cruiser	Migrant Fleet	A decommissioned batarian Hensa-class cruiser. After a Cerberus attack, the Idenna was refitted for an extended mission to search for a new quarian homeworld. Commanded by Captain Ysin'Mal vas Idenna.	Mass Effect: Ascension
Iktomi	N/A	Migrant Fleet	A ship in the quarian Migrant Fleet mentioned by Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib.	Mass Effect 2
Indomitable	Dreadnought	Turian Hierarchy	One of four turian dreadnoughts that participated in the Miracle at Palaven in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
Kalanhai	Surveyor	Salarian Union	A salarian survey ship that was lost in 2185.	Mass Effect 2
Kara	N/A	Independent (turian)	A ship known as "the turian Titanic". As of 2185, Donovan Hock kept a statue of the ship in his vault on Bekenstein.	Kasumi - Stolen Memory
Konesh	N/A	Migrant Fleet	A Migrant Fleet ship that participated in the battle for Rannoch in 2186. Commander Shepard can save the Konesh from a geth fighter attack by alerting Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay to the ship's distress call, allowing her to dispatch quarian interceptors.	Mass Effect 3
Kupe	Surveyor	Systems Alliance	An Alliance surveyor that charted the Fortuna system.	Mass Effect
Kwunu	Dreadnought	Vol Protectorate	The Vol Protectorate's sole dreadnought, named for the volus who negotiated client-race status with the turians. Its construction was funded by the Elkoss Combine.	Mass Effect 3
Leviathan of Dis	Capital Ship	Reaper	A billion-year-old Reaper corpse discovered on the planet Jartar in 2163. Smuggled to Khar'shan by a batarian dreadnought, then studied by leading batarian scientists. During the Reaper invasion in 2186, batarian leaders indoctrinated by the Leviathan of Dis disabled Hegemony defenses, allowing the Reapers an easy victory.	Mass Effect
Moreh	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Admiral Daro'Xen vas Moreh's crew ship.	Mass Effect 2
MSV Adams	Freighter	Independent	Part of a convoy stationed at Intai'sei in 2183.	Pinnacle Station
MSV Anixara	N/A	Independent	Sabotaged by Cerberus in 2182 to assassinate a Turian Hierachy official who was on board.	Lair of the Shadow Broker
MSV Atlanta	N/A	Independent (human)	Crew arrested by turian authorities on Taetrus in 2185 and accused of attempting to photograph dead turians.	Cerberus Daily News
MSV Broken Arrow	Freighter	Independent	Athabasca-class freighter. Hijacked by geth forces in 2185 who planned to crash the ship into Fargone, Jonus' largest human colony. Commanded by Captain Thomas Jonner.	Mass Effect 2
MSV Collins	Freighter	Independent	Part of a convoy stationed at Intai'sei in 2183.	Pinnacle Station
MSV Cornucopia	Freighter	Independent	Kowloon-class freighter. Crew discovered an alien artifact near the Perseus Veil, then plotted a course directly into geth space. Ship was found adrift in the Caspian system with its crew converted into husks in 2183.	Mass Effect
MSV Corsica	Freighter	Independent	A freighter transporting a shipment of faulty LOKI and YMIR mechs in 2185. After the mechs began to automatically activate and self-destruct, the ship was damaged and crashed on the planet Neith. Commanded by Captain Kratt.	Mass Effect 2
MSV Estevanico	Freighter	Independent (human)	A freighter attacked by Blood Pack mercenaries in 2184 and forced to crash land on Zanethu.	Mass Effect 2
MSV Fedele	Freighter	Independent	Kowloon-class freighter. Privately owned by Dr. Saleon under the alias Dr. R Heart and used for illegal medical experimentation.	Mass Effect
MSV Hugo Gernsback	Frigate	Independent	A privately-owned ship sent to 2175 Aeia in 2175 to investigate the planet's prospects for colonization. On approach, the ship was struck by an unknown object and crash landed on the planet's surface, damaging it beyond repair and killing much of the crew. The ship is found in 2185. Commanded by Captain Harris Fairchild.	Mass Effect 2
MSV Icarus	Freighter	Independent	A freighter chartered by the Project Scarab team of Task Force Aurora, headed by Dr. Ann Bryson. The Icarus was designed for long-range FTL travel.	Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
MSV Kent	Cruiser	Independent (human)	A cruiser that rescued the only known surviving member of a race that inhabited the destroyed planet DC1938.	Cerberus Daily News
MSV Kirkwall	Freighter	Independent	A freighter chartered by the Project Basilisk team of Task Force Aurora, headed by Dr. Alex Garneau.	Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
MSV Majesty	Freighter	Independent	Kowloon-class freighter. Raided by privateers based on Xawin in 2183. Commanded by Captain Willem.	Mass Effect
MSV Monarch	Freighter	Independent	A Ballard-class freighter with a complement of Triton ADS mechs that crash-landed on 2181 Despoina. Commanded by Captain Abel Pratt.	Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
MSV Ontario	Freighter	Independent	Kowloon-class freighter. Commandeered by biotic terrorists holding a Systems Alliance official hostage in 2183.	Mass Effect
MSV Rosalie	Surveyor	Independent	A survey ship with Cerberus connections that was transporting an M-44 Hammerhead for field-testing along with two scientists seeking Prothean artifacts. Contact with the ship was lost near Zeona.	Firewalker Pack
MSV Sevrum	Cruiser	Independent (turian)	A commercial cruiser that was hijacked by turian terrorists and crashed on the colony world Taetrus. The hijacking was linked to the turian separatist group Facinus following the Vallum Blast, a terrorist attack that rammed a starship at near-FTL speeds into Taetrus' capital of Vallum and devastated the city.	Cerberus Daily News
MSV Stanislaw	Cruiser	Eldfell-Ashland Energy	Flagship of an EAE mining fleet deployed in the Nubian Expanse in 2185. Destroyed by an unknown attacker.	Cerberus Daily News
MSV Strontium Mule	Freighter	Independent	Athabasca-class freighter. Boarded by Blue Suns forces in 2185 who executed the ship's crew. Commanded by Jarett Barnes.	Mass Effect 2
MSV Wallace	Freighter	Independent	Part of a convoy stationed at Intai'sei in 2183.	Pinnacle Station
MSV Worthington	Freighter	Independent	Kowloon-class freighter. A member of the crew becomes unstable and takes over the ship in 2183 after her boyfriend is fatally injured. Commanded by Captain Smith.	Mass Effect
Nalotir	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Commanded by Captain Ahlis'Laspar vas Nalotir.	Cerberus Daily News
Neema	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema's crew ship. Also served on by Tali'Zorah after her Pilgrimage.	Mass Effect 2
Nefrane	Cruiser	Asari Republics	An asari cruiser that fought in the Battle of the Citadel in 2183.	Mass Effect 3
Niqunus	N/A	Migrant Fleet	A quarian ship, the schematics of which were displayed on a console in Dr. Garret Bryson's lab.	Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
Normandy SR-2	Frigate	Cerberus (2185); Systems Alliance (2186)	A Cerberus frigate based on the Normandy SR-1. Claimed and refitted by the Alliance in 2186. Commanded by Commander Shepard.	Mass Effect 2
Ostral	N/A	Migrant Fleet	A quarian ship that was downed by the geth during the evacuation of Rannoch in 1896. A recording of a quarian captain noting the Ostral's loss was stored within the geth consensus.	Mass Effect 3
Penumbra Apex	Dreadnought	Prothean	The flagship of the Prothean Empire's navy.	Mass Effect 3: From Ashes
PFS Havincaw	Frigate	Turian Hierarchy	A turian frigate that was damaged in combat in 2186. Commander Shepard and Steve Cortez watch the ship dock at the Citadel.	Mass Effect 3
Prometheus Station	N/A	Geth	A large crashed geth vessel discovered by Cerberus on Aite and used in Project Overlord.	Overlord
Purgatory	Prison Ship	Blue Suns	A former ark ship captured by the Blue Suns and converted to hold prisoners. Destroyed by Jack in 2185. Commanded by Warden Kuril.	Mass Effect 2
Quarian Envoy Ship	Frigate	Migrant Fleet	A quarian diplomatic frigate of advanced design sent to meet Commander Shepard in the Dholen system in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
Qwib-Qwib	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib's crew ship.	Mass Effect 2
Rayya	Liveship	Migrant Fleet	One of the Migrant Fleet's three liveships. The birth ship of Tali'Zorah. Commanded by Captain Kar'Danna vas Rayya.	Mass Effect 2
Resolute	Carrier	Turian Hierarchy	A turian carrier that defended Palaven from Reaper attack in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
Selani	N/A	Migrant Fleet	The crew ship of Anora'Vanya vas Selani, a quarian found guilty by the Admiralty Board of treason.	Mass Effect 2
Shellen	Liveship	Migrant Fleet	One of the Migrant Fleet's three liveships. It gets hulled during the final stages of the geth-quarian war if Admiral Koris is not rescued.	Mass Effect 3
Shadow Broker Base	N/A	Shadow Broker	Headquarters of the Shadow Broker's intel network for decades. Destroyed in 2186 during a Cerberus attack; the Base is remotely crashed into a Cerberus cruiser by Liara T'Soni.	Lair of the Shadow Broker
Sovereign	Capital Ship	Reaper	A Reaper discovered by Saren Arterius. Attempted to open the Citadel relay to the waiting Reaper fleet in dark space during the Battle of the Citadel, but was destroyed.	Mass Effect
SSV Aconcagua	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Kilimanjaro-class dreadnought. Constructed between 2183 and 2185.	Mass Effect
SSV Agincourt	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Protected Elysium from Terminus Systems ships during the Skyllian Blitz of 2176. Former posting of Charles Pressly.	Mass Effect
SSV Ain Jalut	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Normandy-class frigate. Attacked a batarian colony world in 2185.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Benjamin Davis	Carrier	Systems Alliance	Greg Adams' sister serves on this ship as a navigator in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Budapest	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Confronted batarian forces in the Bahak system in 2186.	Cerberus Daily News
SSV Cairo	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Cape Town	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Einstein	Carrier	Systems Alliance	Participated in a rescue mission to Mindoir in 2170.	Mass Effect
SSV Elbrus	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Everest-class dreadnought.	Mass Effect
SSV Emden	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Everest	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Everest-class dreadnought, class leader. Dispatched to observe the deployment of a solar mirror system by the Batarian Hegemony in 2185.	Mass Effect
SSV Fuji	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Everest-class dreadnought.	Mass Effect
SSV Geneva	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Geneva-class cruiser, class leader. Raided by Cerberus operatives for antimatter in 2165.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Hastings	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Engaged the Blue Suns at Sidon in 2165. Former posting of David Anderson. Commanded by Captain Ballard in 2165.	Mass Effect: Revelation
SSV Hawking	Carrier	Systems Alliance	Part of the Alliance's First Fleet. Steve Cortez served aboard this ship as a fighter pilot.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Hong Kong	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Destroyed in the Battle of the Citadel in 2183. Wreckage is later melted down and used to construct a second frigate of the same name which serves under the Alliance's Fifth Fleet in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Hyderabad	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Destroyed the batarian frigate Tunerron at Alsages in the 2160s.	Mass Effect
SSV Iwo Jima	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Destroyed in a battle with the Blue Suns at Camala in 2165.	Mass Effect: Revelation
SSV Jakarta	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Kilimanjaro	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Kilimanjaro-class dreadnought, class leader.	Mass Effect
SSV Leipzig	Frigate	Systems Alliance	First Alliance frigate to field-test the Thanix cannon. Part of the Alliance's First Fleet.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Logan	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Kilimanjaro-class dreadnought. Constructed between 2185 and 2186. Flagship of the Alliance's Third Fleet in 2186. Commanded by Admiral Nitesh Singh.	Mass Effect 3
SSV London	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Geneva-class cruiser. Decommissioned prior to 2186, then repaired by refugees fleeing to the Citadel.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Madrid	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Manila	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to patrol Israfil in 2184.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Nairobi	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Third Fleet in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
SSV New Delhi	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Commanded by Captain Eisennhorn in 2156.	Mass Effect: Revelation
SSV Normandy	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Normandy-class frigate, class leader. A prototype stealth frigate built by the Alliance in collaboration with the Turian Hierarchy. Destroyed near Alchera in 2183. Commanded by Commander Shepard.	Mass Effect
SSV Orizaba	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Kilimanjaro-class dreadnought. Constructed between 2183 and 2185. Flagship of the Alliance's Fifth Fleet in 2185.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Perugia	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel. Former posting of Kenneth Donnelly and Gabriella Daniels.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Seoul	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Shanghai	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Evacuated the colony of Uqbar in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Shasta	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Kilimanjaro-class dreadnought.	Mass Effect
SSV Shenyang	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
SSV Tai Shan	Dreadnought	Systems Alliance	Kilimanjaro-class dreadnought.	Mass Effect
SSV Tokyo	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Former posting of Greg Adams.	Mass Effect
SSV Trafalgar	Frigate	Systems Alliance	Attacked by Cerberus forces while undergoing an engine overhaul in 2186. Escaped and rejoined the Alliance's Third Fleet.	Mass Effect 3
SSV Warsaw	Cruiser	Systems Alliance	Assigned to the Fifth Fleet in 2183. Participant in the Battle of the Citadel.	Mass Effect 2
Ter Alan	Freighter	Eldfell-Ashland Energy	A cargo ship that docked at EAE's Helyme facility en route to another facility in the Dranek system. Wreckage later discovered on a planet in the Dranek system.	Mass Effect 2
Tesleya	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Lemm'Shal nar Tesleya's birth ship.	Mass Effect: Ascension
Tonbay	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay's crew ship.	Mass Effect 2
Tunerron	Frigate	Independent (batarian)	Destroyed near Alsages by the SSV Hyderabad in the 2160s.	Mass Effect
Typhoon	Mining Vessel	Unknown	Ship allegedly served on by Kelly Chambers under the assumed identity Felicia Hannigan (if Kelly was convinced to change her looks and name)	Mass Effect 3
Ulnay	N/A	Migrant Fleet	The birth ship of Lia'Vael nar Ulnay.	Mass Effect 2
Undaunted	Carrier	Turian Hierarchy	A turian carrier that defended Palaven from Reaper attack in 2186.	Mass Effect 3
Usela	N/A	Migrant Fleet	Golo's former crew ship.	Mass Effect: Ascension
Verallas	Surveyor	Asari Republics	Landed on Nepyma in 1684 to study the planet's ecology. Transported chlorine-fixing microbes to Nos Parnalo on Illium, resulting in the city's contamination with toxic byproducts and abandonment.	Mass Effect 2
Verrikan	Frigate	Turian Hierarchy	A turian frigate that Zaeed Massani raided, causing it to crash on a planet.	Zaeed - The Price of Revenge
Viridian Zenith	Agricultural Vessel	Systems Alliance	Greg Adams' parents served aboard the ship as of 2186.	Mass Effect 3
Yaska	Gunship	Migrant Fleet	A gunship piloted by Admiral Rael'Zorah and Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema as young trainees to defend against a batarian attack.	Mass Effect 2

Trivia

Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer.

See Also

• Codex/Ships and Vehicles
• Starships