INS Varuna

Class overview
Operators:  Indian Navy
General characteristics
Type: Sail Training Ship
Tons burthen: 420 tons
Length: 54 m
Beam: 8.5 m
Draught: 4 m
Propulsion: 2 x Kirloskar Cummins Diesel (320hp each)
Complement:
  • Commanding Officers - 1
  • Officers - 5
  • Seamen - 6
  • Petty Officers - 4
  • Cadets - 45
Notes:
  • 8 square sails
  • 12 fore and aft sails

INS Varuna is a sail training vessel of the Indian Navy. Varuna was completed in April 1981 by Alcock-Ashdown in Bhavnagar, and is based at Kochi, the home of India's Southern Naval Command. It can carry 26 cadets.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Varuna Class". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Hiranandani, G.M. (2009). Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990. Delhi: Lancer. p. 398. ISBN 8170622662.
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