USS Antares (NCC-734)

The USS Antares (NCC-734) was the prototype surveyor in service to the Federation Starfleet in the mid-23rd century.

Between 2250 and 2258, the Antares explored the near reaches of the Beta Quadrant. 

The Antares was destroyed by an antimmater explosion in 2266, when the ship's baffle plate was "removed" by Charlie Evans.