Tag: Indian Navy

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 11:44 UTC

  Self reliant India proudly presents its first fully designed and built aircraft carrier

  

  India’s first designed and built aircraft carrier has set sail for its maiden sea trials and the navy hailed it as a “historic and proud” day for the country, which has invested vast resources in developing domestic technology.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  HMS Hermes refuses to be scrapped; company wants to turn the former Indian Navy flagship in a museum

  

  The dismantling of the Indian Navy's former flagship, Viraat, (ex HMS Hermes) has been kept on hold by the country's Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier and convert it into a museum.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:01 UTC

  Indian Navy all-women crew return to Goa after circumnavigating the globe aboard INSV Tarini

  

  An all-woman crew commanding the Indian Navy INSV Tarini on Monday returned to Goa after successfully circumnavigating the globe in a 55-foot sailboat in more than eight months, the first-ever Indian expedition steered by women sailors.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Indian Navy Tarini manned with six women expected in Goa next Monday 21 May

  

  In a few days, India's Navy INSV Tarini and the six women officers manning it, will arrive at Goa's shores, marking the successful completion of the first-ever circumnavigation by a crew of Indian women. One of its four calls was in the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  INSV Tarini is moored in Stanley, Falkland Islands

  

  We’re so proud to welcome these adventurous ladies and look forward to their time with us said the Falkland Islands Governement on tweeter.

• Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 06:05 UTC

  Falklands, next call for Indian Navy sailboat with an all-women crew

  

  The Indian Navy sailboat INSV Tarini left New Zealand on Tuesday for the next leg of its journey towards Falkland Islands, after completing the second leg of its circumnavigation voyage, an official statement said. Tarini, with its all-women team of Indian Naval officers, had arrived in New Zealand on November 29.

• Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 06:45 UTC

  Crowdfunder to recover Falklands' conflict flagship HMS Hermes

  

  HMS Hermes was laid down in 1944 and was in service with the Royal Navy between 1959 to 1984 serving as the flagship during the Falklands War in 1982. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1987 and renamed INS Viraat.

• Sunday, August 20th 2017 - 13:47 UTC

  Indian Navy all women team in global tour scheduled to call in Falklands

  

  A six-member women’s team of the Indian Navy will set sail in early September to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel, INSV Tarini. This is the first-ever circumnavigation of the globe by an all-woman crew from India, and one of the calls will take place in the Falkland Islands.