Mothership

The name Mothership is given to several different spaceships appearing in the cinema or literature which do not have a specific name. In general, the name refers to their function of serving as a central vessel for a whole fleet or travelling species, thus the name 'mothership'.

This is a list of different Motherships appearing in science-fiction:
 * Independence Day Mothership
 * Close Encounters of the Third Kind Mothership
 * Prawn Mothership (District 9)