INS Sudarshini

INS Sudarshini

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INS Sudarshini - Indian Navel Training Vessel

INS Sudarshini is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard for the Indian Navy. The ship is a sister ship of INS Tarangini which was commissioned in 1997. "Sudarshini" means "beautiful lady" Sundari after the younger half-sister of Buddha. The ship was designed by Colin Mudie, a naval architect and yacht designer from the United Kingdom.

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INS Sudarshini - Indian Navel Training Vessel


Length - 177 feet
Beam - 28 foot
Draft 15 foot
Crew - 85

It took them 4 months to sail to Baltimore from Indian. It takes a crew of 47 to raise the sails.

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INS SUDARSHINI is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Navy. “Sudarshini” means “beautiful lady Sundari” after the younger half-sister of Buddha. Sudarshini is a three-masted barque. It is 54 metres long and has 20 sails, 7.5 km of rope and 1.5 km of steel wire rope. Her sails have a total area of approximately 1,035 square metres (11,140 sq ft). Capable of operations under sail or power, and with a complement of 5 officers, 31 sailors with 30 cadets embarked for training, she can remain at sea for at least 20 days at a time. Sudarshini‘s steel hull was laid on 25 January 2011 on the West Coast of India at the port town of Vasco da Gama, Goa. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 27 January 2012 by Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. Built for worldwide operations, it will be used as a basic seamanship and character building platform.
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