Shalimar-class ferry explained

-- commercial vessel classes -->	+Shalimar class Builders: Shalimar Works (1980) Ltd Operators: Indian Navy Total Ships Planned: 3 Total Ships Completed: 3 Total Ships Active: 3 Ship Displacement: 218 tonnes Ship Length: 30m (100feet) Ship Beam: 10m (30feet) Ship Draft: 2m (07feet)

Shalimar-class ferry is a series of three service watercraft built by Shalimar Works (1980) Ltd, Kolkata for the Indian Navy. The catamarans can carry up to 50 personnel. Each unit in this class is of double-hull catamaran-type and are made of steel.^[1]

INS Neelam, a vessel of this class was commissioned into the auxiliary fleet of the Indian Navy on 17 May 2014, at the Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY) Kochi under the Southern Naval Command. The craft will be used for transportation of sailors and resources to ships at anchorage and other berths. The induction ceremony was attended by senior officers of the Southern Naval Command.^[2]

In January 2016 it was reported that Shalimar Works has already handed over three vessels with a capacity of carrying 50 personnel to the Indian Navy.

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships
• Manoram class ferry
• GSL Class Ferries

External links

• Web site: Warship Building in India . pdf . SP's Naval Forces . 2008 . 4.
• News: Shalimar Works to build small warships . . Indani . Dutta . 2 November 2012.
• News: Bengal govt committed to revive sick PSUs: Amit Mitras . millenniumpost.in . 22 January 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Projects . Corporated Shipyard . 28 January 2013 . 12 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112190919/http://corporatedshipyard.com/project.html . dead .
2. News: Ferry craft Neelam inducted. The Hindu. 18 May 2014.