INS Tarangini

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The sail training ship INS Tarangini is among several Indian and foreign naval vessels that arrived in Visakhapatnam for the international fleet review and MILAN exercise beginning February 18.

About INS Tarangini

• It is the Indian Navy’s first Sail Training Ship (STS).
• It was built by Goa Shipyard Limited and was commissioned on 11 November 1997. 
• It became the first Indian naval ship to navigate the globe in 2003-2004.
• The ship is a ‘three-masted barque’ signifying that she is square-rigged on the fore and mainmast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the Mizzen mast. 
• The ship has excellent endurance and can remain at sea continuously for a period of over 20 days. 
• It has a complement of eight officers and thirty eight sailors as permanent crew and can accommodate and impart sail training to 30 cadets.
• The primary role of the ship is to foster time-honored virtues of courage, camaraderie, and endurance in officer cadets embarking on a naval career.
• It provides an ideal setting for firsthand experience of the natural elements by imparting training which includes sailing, setting and furling of sails, watch-keeping, and sail manoeuvres.

Source: DC

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