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'''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 | '''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. It based at [[Kochi]] under the [[Southern Naval Command]]. It was commissioned on 20 April 1981 by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RL Pereira. <ref>{{cite web|title=Varuna Class|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/100-Varuna-Class.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|accessdate=14 February 2014}} </ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hiranandani|first=G.M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2009|publisher=Lancer|location=Delhi|isbn=978-8170622666|page=398|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC&q=INS+Varuna+sail+indian+navy&pg=PA398}}</ref> | ||
==Service history== | ==Service history== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:47, 3 October 2021
| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 Indian Navy |
| 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) |
| Complement: |
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| Notes: | 12 sails (6 square & 6 fore and aft sails) |
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. It based at Kochi under the Southern Naval Command. It was commissioned on 20 April 1981 by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RL Pereira. [1][2]
Service history[edit]
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]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "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 978-8170622666.
- ↑ Hiranandani, G. M. (2005). Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990. ISBN 9788170622666.
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