Manoram-class ferry vs Niterói-class frigate

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Manoram-class ferry

AWarships

Manoram-class ferry

Ferry

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

Niterói-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Niterói-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Marinha do Brasil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Manoram-class ferryLength

62.1 m

Length source ↗

Niterói-class frigateLength

129.2 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Manoram-class ferrylarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Niterói-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+108%
Beam+43%
Draught+189%
Displacement+480%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

62.1m

129m

Length+108%

All recorded figures & sources

62.1 m

Length

Single source

62.1 m (203 ft 9 in)^[source]

129.2 m

Length

Single source

129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)^[source]

9.41m

13.5m

Beam+43%

All recorded figures & sources

9.41 m

Beam

Single source

9.41 m (30 ft 10 in)^[source]

13.5 m

Beam

Single source

13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)^[source]

1.9m

5.5m

Draught+189%

All recorded figures & sources

1.9 m

Draught

Single source

1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)^[source]

5.5 m

Draught

Single source

5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)^[source]

578t

3,355t

Displacement+480%

All recorded figures & sources

578.146 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

578.146 tonnes^[source]

3,355 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

3,355 t (3,302 long tons )^[source]

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217

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

217 people

Complement

Single source

217^[source]

28km/hMaximum; Speed

56km/hMaximum

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

28 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

56 km/h

Maximum

Single source

41 km/h

Maximum; diesels only

Single source

30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (maximum) 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesels only)^[source]

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9,800km

Range

All recorded figures & sources

9,800 km

Range

Single source

5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Manoram-class ferry and Niterói-class frigate configuration
Specification	Manoram-class ferry	Niterói-class frigate
Power	1,044 kW (1,400 hp) Cummings India Ltd 2 x 150 kW (200 hp) 415 V 50 Hz AC generator^[source]	Combined diesel or gas , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42000 kW (56000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13000 kW (17000 hp ) combined^[source]
Name	Manoram class^[source]	Niterói class, Mk10^[source]
Operators	Indian Navy^[source]	Brazilian Navy^[source]
Planned	3^[source]	—
Completed	3^[source]	7^[source]
Active	3^[source]	6^[source]
Type	Ferry^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Capacity	250 passengers^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Inland Marine Works Pvt Ltd^[source]	—
Country of origin	India^[source] India^[source]	United Kingdom^[source]
Builders	—	Vosper Thornycroft Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal^[source]
Succeeded by	—	Tamandaré class^[source]
Built	—	1972–1986^[source]
In commission	—	1976–present^[source]
Retired	—	1^[source]
Endurance	—	45 days^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	Modernized; Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Modernized; Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers^[source]
Armament	—	Modernized; 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 113 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets^[source]
Aircraft carried	—	Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter^[source]
Aviation facilities	—	Helipad and hangar^[source]

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Manoram-class ferry

Niterói-class frigate

Power

1,044 kW (1,400 hp) Cummings India Ltd 2 x 150 kW (200 hp) 415 V 50 Hz AC generator^[source]

Combined diesel or gas , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42000 kW (56000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13000 kW (17000 hp ) combined^[source]

Name

Manoram class^[source]

Niterói class, Mk10^[source]

Operators

Indian Navy^[source]

Brazilian Navy^[source]

Planned

3^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Type

Ferry^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Capacity

250 passengers^[source]

—

Manufacturer

Inland Marine Works Pvt Ltd^[source]

—

Country of origin

India^[source]

United Kingdom^[source]

Builders

—

Vosper Thornycroft Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal^[source]

Succeeded by

—

Tamandaré class^[source]

Built

—

1972–1986^[source]

In commission

—

1976–present^[source]

Retired

—

1^[source]

Endurance

—

45 days^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

Modernized; Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

Modernized; Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers^[source]

Armament

—

Modernized; 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 113 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets^[source]

Aircraft carried

—

Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter^[source]

Aviation facilities

—

Helipad and hangar^[source]