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 The
name Tarangini comes from the Hindi word 'Tarang' meaning waves. She is
the only Sail Training ship of the Indian Navy. She is termed as a three-masted
Barque in sailing parlance i.e. square rigged on the Fore and Main masts
and fore and aft rigged on Mizzen mast. The ship has been designed by Mr.
Colin Muddie, a famous Naval Architect and yacht designer of U.K. and
built by Goa Shipyard Ltd. Reputed
firms from U.K have supplied the sailing rig.
INS Tarangini was commissioned on 11 Nov 1997, and is primarily
meant for the sail training of cadets. She also conducts sail training
capsules for cadets of the National Defence Academy, Naval Academy and INS
Shivaji, the training establishment for technical cadets.
A
sailing ship is the natural training ground for naval personnel and sail
training provides an excellent platform for basic seamanship. It teaches
initiative and how to use it to the best advantage. The main value of sail
training in this modern machine age lies in its unique ability to foster
the somewhat
old-fashioned character virtues of courage, comradeship and endurance.
Sail
training ships are increasingly being used as basic seamanship and
character building platforms by navies the  world over. Sailing platforms
provide an ideal setting to provide first hand experience of the vagaries
at sea to cadets embarking on a naval career. All sailing manoeuvres
require experience of the basic elements of marine environment viz wind
and weather. They also need nicety of judgement and that indefinable
quality of Sea Sense, which a sailing ship demands. The principal
qualification for command or any other position of responsibility at sea
requires strength of character and a good deal of Sea Sense. Sail
training imparts all these virtues.
Tarangini
is built for long voyages. She carries eighteen sails with a sail area of
almost 1000 sq m. The ship has very high endurance and can be deployed at
sea continuously for a period of over twenty days. She has a complement of
six officers and twenty-seven men as permanent crew and can accommodate
and impart sail training to 30 cadets.
Tarangini
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| Place
of Construction |
Goa
Shipyard Limited Vasco Da- Gama, India |
| Keel
laid on |
20
Jun 95 |
| Launched
on |
01
Dec 95 |
| Commissioned
on |
11
Nov 97 |
| Length
Overall |
54
meters |
| Beam |
8.53
meters |
| Height
of Foremast above WL |
33.6
meters |
| Height
of Mainmast above WL |
34.5
meters |
| Height
of Mizzenmast above WL |
29.8
meters |
| Draught |
4.5
meters |
| Displacement |
513
tonnes |
| Type
of rig |
Three
masted Barque |
| Total
number of sails |
Twenty
(Eight square and twelve fore and aft) |
| Sail Area |
965.4 sq. meters |
| Engines |
2 Kirloskar Cummins
Diesel (320 HP each ) |
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