INS Sudarshini:
The Indian Navy’s Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini will embark on the flagship voyage of Lokayan 26, a 10-month transoceanic expedition.
- It is an indigenously built Sail Training Ship (STS).
- It was built by Goa Shipyard Limited and based at Kochi, Kerala under the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
- The aim of using such ships is to make sailors sea-friendly, as they are taught how to survive alone at sea, understand rough weather conditions and train themselves to become good sailors.
- Sudarshini is a three-masted barque.
- It is capable of operations under sail or power.
- It has got a very high endurance and can be deployed at sea continuously for a period of twenty days.
- Lokayan 26 is a 10-month transoceanic expedition where the ship will visit 18 foreign ports across 13 countries.
