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sleeper ship

spacecraft with passengers put into suspended animation for long duration travel
Class type of: starship, fictional spacecraft, interstellar ark Q684995

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
fictional technology, proposed technology[2]
Subclass of
starship, fictional spacecraft, interstellar ark[3][4][5]
Described by source
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction[6]
Different from
generation ship, embryo space colonization[7][8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[10]
Uses
suspended animation[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en sleeper ship es nave dormitorio es nave durmiente fa فضاپیمای خواب fi Nukkuja-alus fr vaisseau dormant hu alvóhajó nl slaapschip pt Nave dormitório ru Спящий космический корабль sv sovrymdskepp sv sovskepp tr Uyuyan gemi uk сплячий космічний корабель zh 冬眠船 zh 睡眠飞船
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/016hdt
IMDb keyword
sleeper-ship
Startrek.com Database ID
database_article/sleeper-ship
TV Tropes ID
Main/SleeperStarship

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 3
Starship, starship, interstellar ark
Different from 2
generation ship, embryo space colonization
Examples 2
SS Botany Bay, Avalon
← Different from 2
generation ship, embryo space colonization
Instance of 1
fictional technology
Uses 1
suspended animation
← Main subject 1
Passengers
← Set in environment 1
Passengers
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Summary

sleeper ship is a fictional technology[1].

Related Entities

Avalon embryo space colonization generation ship interstellar ark Passengers SS Botany Bay starship Starship

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . sfdictionary.com. Retrieved . sfdictionary.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Tropes ID → Main/SleeperStarship
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    Described by source → Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
    Uses → suspended animation
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36807: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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