Bonaventure ( 10281NCC ) The " Bonaventure " ( 10281NCC ) was , according to Montgomery Scott , the first starship to have warp drive installed . The exterior design was reminiscent to that of a precursor to the . Sometime prior to the 2260s , the " Bonaventure " , and all hands , vanished without a trace on her third voyage , in what was later determined to be the Delta Triangle . The ship encountered a time warp vortex and became trapped inside Elysia , a small alternate universe , a parallel time continuum , that periodically touched the prime universe in the Delta Triangle region . In Elysia , the " Bonaventure " remained adrift along with a large number of other ships unable to escape . In 2269 , the crew of the discovered the " Bonaventure " in Elysia , where Spock speculated that the crew ' s descendants may still be alive . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The " Bonaventure " was described in the final draft of the episode ' s script as " a ship something like the " Enterprise " , but smaller , not as graceful and sleek – but clearly powerful . " According to the " Star Trek Concordance " , the Human woman seen in the Elysian Council was wearing what was " possibly an early Star Fleet [ sic ] uniform , " but it is not indicated whether she is from the " Bonaventure " or another unseen or unmentioned Starfleet vessel . According to the reference book " Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology " , the UNSS " Bonaventure " was a warp 2 . 5 cruiser of the " Cochrane " - class , under the command of Captain Hadrian Huckleby . The ship was Earth ' s first warp drive ship and began Earth ' s warp drive era with a trip to Tau Ceti four years after the first successful demonstration of warp technology . The ship was unaccountably lost on her third mission , eighteen years later , on the voyage to Sirius . The UNSS " Bonaventure " was stated to have a maximum emergency velocity of warp 2 . 5 , although engines experienced a slight power breakdown at that speed . The " Bonaventure " was also the first Earth ship to use alien technology such as the warp guidance system . " " ( p . 64 ) , named the ship as SS " Bonaventure " and listed the year it was lost in the Delta Triangle , over two hundred light years away from Earth , as 2079 . This date would be consistent with the fact that a Human female was a member of the Elysian Council where everyone was stated to be several centuries old . The " Bonaventure " s 23rd century design features are , however , somewhat inconsistent with the early 22nd century Earth starship design , as it was later depicted in . The undeveloped " " movie was to feature the first dilithium - powered warp test ships in the 23rd century , called the " Bonaventure " and " Bonaventure II " , a new technology Montgomery Scott and George Kirk worked on . However , if the " Bonaventure " was truly the first starship from Earth with warp drive , the ship would have had to be launched before the was launched in 2065 and after the launch of the " Phoenix " in 2063 . Apocrypha . In the novel " " , Zefram Cochrane ' s first warp ship that traveled to Alpha Centauri was called the " Bonaventure " and his later personal ship was called the " Bonaventure II " . The calendar depicted a vessel with the registry number NCC - 1000 that was identified in the " Ships of the Line " art book as a " Bonaventure " - class vessel .