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Class overview

Name	Manoram class
Operators	Indian Navy
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Ferry
Displacement	578.146 tonnes
Length	62.1 m (203 ft 9 in)
Beam	9.41 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	1,044 kW (1,400 hp) Cummings India Ltd 2 x 150 kW (200 hp) 415 V 50 Hz AC generator
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity	250 passengers

The Manoram-class ferry are series of watercraft built by Inland Marine Works Pvt Ltd Port Blair, at its Chanch Shipyard, Gujarat for Indian Navy. They are fully air-conditioned craft and are fitted with modern navigational aids and can ferry 250 passengers.^[1]

Commission and deployment

INS Manoram (IR Number: 39465): The first ship of the class was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) in presence of its Admiral Superintendent namely Rear Admiral AV Subhedar on 7 December 2011.
INS Vihar (IR Number: 41298): The second ship of the class was also commissioned into the Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai in presence of its Admiral superintendent namely Rear Admiral AK Bahl on 9 September 2012.