UES Semyon Chelyuskin

The Semyon Chelyuskin was an Intrepid-class United Earth Starfleet starship in service during the mid-22nd century, under the command of Captain Ryan Kriston. It was lost in the Battle of the Southland Relay.

Service
The Semyon Chelyuskin was constructed at Armstrong Lunar Colony in 2149, under command of Captain Ryan Kriston.

Destruction
The Chelyuskin was ultimately lost during the Battle of the Southland Relay.

On 27 July 2154, the newly christened Coalition First Fleet jumped through the Southland Relay into the Draylon-system. While the Xindi had fortified the relay, they had never assumed the Coalition would have been able to reverse engineer their mass effect engines. Only a few frigates and a light mine field were stationed near the artifact but still dealt heavy damage to the first wave of Coalition forces, destroying six ships and dealing heavy damage to Archer's flagship the ICS Enterprise. This was however long enough for a galactic position to be calculated and a return signal to be sent through the relay.

FTL and hyperspace capable Coalition forces jumped in with the second Coalition wave from the relay and began to overwhelm the Xindi forces. By the end of the day 21 Xindi ships were destroyed and 2300 officers killed against 18 Coalition vessels destroyed and 870 dead. The ICS Chelyuskin was among the vessels lost.

Crew

 * Commanding Officer: Captain Ryan Kriston (2149-2154) (KIA)
 * Executive Officer
 * Science Officer:
 * Second Officer
 * Chief Engineer:
 * Tactical Officer
 * Armory Officer: 
 * Helmsman: 
 * Communication Officer:
 * Chief Medical Officer: 

Trivia
The vessel was christened in honor of Semyon Ivanovich Chelyuskin the 17th century Russian polar explorer and naval officer.