{"id":88268,"date":"2026-02-17T14:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=88268"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:52:42","slug":"ins-tarangini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-tarangini\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Tarangini"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Tarangini Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Tarangini<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>Indian Navy\u2019s first Sail Training Ship (STS).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built by <\/span><b>Goa Shipyard Limited<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on 11 November <\/span><b>1997<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It became the <\/span><b>first Indian naval ship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>navigate the globe in 2003-2004.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is a \u2018three-masted barque\u2019 signifying that she is square-rigged on the fore and mainmast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the Mizzen mast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has excellent <\/span><b>endurance <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and can remain at sea continuously for a period of <\/span><b>over 20 days.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a complement of eight officers and thirty eight sailors as permanent crew and can accommodate and impart sail training to 30 cadets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> primary role<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the ship is to <\/span><b>foster time-honored virtues of courage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>camaraderie, and endurance in officer cadets <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">embarking on a naval career.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides an ideal setting for firsthand experience of the natural elements by <\/span><b>imparting training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which includes <\/span><b>sailing, setting and furling of sails, watch-keeping, and sail manoeuvres. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/amp\/southern-states\/andhra-pradesh\/sailing-ship-ins-tarangini-arrives-in-vizag-1937535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Tarangini is the Indian Navy\u2019s first Sail Training Ship (STS). 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