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A spectacular bow shot of INS Tarangini sailing in the Bay of Bengal. Image © Naval Technology

INS Tarangini sailing in the Arabian Sea. Image © Indian Navy

VARUNA CLASS

Vessel Type: Sail Training Ship.

Names with commission dates:
INS Varuna ? (1981)
 INS Tarangini ? (1997)

Displacement: 420 tons full load.

Dimensions: Length - 54 metres.
.................Beam - 8.5 metres.
.................Draught - 4 metres.

Main Machinery: Two diesel engines with 640hp sustained and two shafts.

Maximum Speed: 10 knots.

Complement: Commanding Officers - 01
...................Officers - 05
...................Seamen - 06
...................Petty Officers - 04
...................Cadets - 45

Comments: INS Varuna was completed in April 1981 by Alcock-Ashdown in Bhavnagar. It can carry only 26 cadets. Details above are given for INS Taragini, which is based on a Lord Nelson design by Colin Murdie, Lymington and has been built by Goa Shipyard. Three masted barque, square rigged on forward & main mast and fore & aft rigged on mizzen mast. Based at Kochi. INS Taragini is currently on a round-the-world training cruise. Click here for more info.

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