Indian naval ship INS Tarangini leaves on 8-month voyage to Europe

Kochi, Apr 28: INS Tarangini, the sail training ship of Indian Navy, left the port of Kochi on an eight month voyage through Europe to participate in the annual Tall Ship Races and other events organised under the aegis of Sail Training International. During these eight months, the ship is expected to travel approximately 17,000 miles under sails. In addition to the Tall Ship Races, the ship is also scheduled to participate in the one of its kind race with the newly acquired Oman Navy’s sail training ship Shabab Al Oman, from Muscat in Oman to Kochi in India. “During this voyage, we will be visiting 17 foreign ports in 14 countries. The prime purpose of this voyage being training of the under trainee officers that form a part of First Training Squadron and also to showcase our ship building capabilities and the capabilities of IndianNaval Ships to operate at far ranges over a prolonged duration of time,” Commander Gaurav Gautam, Commanding Officer of INS Tarangini told the media. “We have, thus, chosen the motto for this year’s voyage as ‘Tacking for Broader Reach’. Once we leave from here, we’ll be visiting countries like Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Malta, Spain, UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, France, Portugal and on the way back, we take part in the first of its kind race with the newly acquired Oman i Navy Ship,” he added.