Cardassian warship

A Cardassian warship was type of warship utilized by the Cardassian Union during the 24th century.

Two classes were known to use share this nomenclature: the warship, or war vessel, and the  warship. ( and )

During the Cardassian Wars, a Cardassian warship encountered the USS Stargazer in sector 21503. After making contact with a Cardassian warship, the Stargazers commander, Captain Picard, offered a truce and lowered his ship's shields as a gesture of good will, but the Cardassian commander ignored the gesture and disabled the Stargazers weapons and impulse engines before the Stargazer was able to regroup and flee. 

Fearing that the Cardassians were preparing to renew hostilities, Captain Maxwell destroyed several Cardassian targets during a preemptive strike on the Cardassians in 2367. In effort to stop Maxwell, and prevent destruction of Cardassian lives and property, Captain Picard of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) gave a nearby Cardassian warship the Phoenix's prefix code to give the Cardassians an advantage. Despite taking a direct hit with its shields down from that warship, the Phoenix still managed to destroy the attacking ship with a salvo of torpedoes. The Cardassian warship had a crew of six hundred, and a weapon's range of at least 300,000 kilometers. 

Following the discovery of the attack Korma in 2374 by the Klingon Bird-of-Prey commanded by K'Temang, Gul Dukat inquired as to the distance of the nearest Cardassian warship, only to learn that the closest warship was probably somewhere in the Dopa system; a three day journey.