Starship classifcation

Starship classifcations were used to distinguish various starships and what role they are suited best towards.
Argosy • assault cruiser • assault ships • attack cruiser • battlecruiser •battle frigate • battleship • bird-of-prey •bomber • cargo transport • carrier • colony ship • combat support tender • command battlecruiser • construction ship • corsair • corvette • courier • cruiser • cutter • destroyer • dreadnought • escort • explorer • fast attack ship • fast cruiser • flagship • freighter • frigate • fuel ship • gunboat • heavy cruiser • heavy destroyer • heavy escort • hospital ship • in-system courier • liaison cutter • light cruiser • light frigate • medical frigate • medium cruiser • mining freighter • missile cruiser • monitor • multi-mission explorer • passenger liner • patrol cruiser • personnel carrier • pilot escort • prison barge • repair tender • research vessel • research cruiser • runabout • scout • sleeper ship • star cruiser • strike cruiser • super carrier • super-heavy cruiser • support frigate • surveyor • tanker • tender • timeship • transport • tug • warbird • warpshuttle • weaponship