INS Varuna
INS Varuna is India's first square rig sail training vessel of the Indian Navy incidentally also in Asia. Varuna was completed in April 1981 by Mazagon Dock Limited at Mumbai, and is based at Kochi, the home of India's Southern Naval Command. It can carry 26 cadets. It was commissioned on 20 April 1981 by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RL Pereira. [1][2]
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| Operators: |
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| Planned: | 1 |
| Active: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sail Training Ship |
| Tons burthen: | 110 tons |
| Length: | 29 m |
| Beam: | 8.5 m |
| Draught: | 4 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Kirloskar Cummins Diesel (320hp each) |
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| Notes: | 12 sails (6 square & 6 fore and aft sails) |
Service history
INS Varuna has made several goodwill visit to various countries including Australia to participate in its bicentennial celebrations in January 1988, where it participated in "Tall Ship" race from Hobart to Sydney where 250 square-rigged ships were participant. [3]
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See also
References
- "Varuna Class". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- Hiranandani, G.M. (2009). Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990. Delhi: Lancer. p. 398. ISBN 8170622662.
- "Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990".
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