New Delhi: Sailboat INSV Tarini, with an all-women crew, today entered Fremantle Port in Australia during its maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe, the Indian Navy said today.
This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.
The vessel is skippered by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, and the crew comprises Lieutenant Commanders Pratibha Jamwal and P Swathi, and Lieutenants S Vijaya Devi, B Aishwarya and Payal Gupta.
Flagged off by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on September 10, the vessel has covered 4,800 nautical miles from Goa, crossing the Equator on September 17 and the Tropic of Capricorn on October 6, the Indian Navy said.
The expedition is being covered in five legs, with stopovers at four ports: Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South Africa).
This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.
The vessel is skippered by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, and the crew comprises Lieutenant Commanders Pratibha Jamwal and P Swathi, and Lieutenants S Vijaya Devi, B Aishwarya and Payal Gupta.
Flagged off by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on September 10, the vessel has covered 4,800 nautical miles from Goa, crossing the Equator on September 17 and the Tropic of Capricorn on October 6, the Indian Navy said.
Advertisement
The expedition is being covered in five legs, with stopovers at four ports: Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South Africa).
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
'Surprised To See A Nation Begging For...': Indian Navy Chief On Pak Navy India Clears Deal To Build 2 Nuclear Submarines, Buy 31 Predator Drones India's MiG-29s Fly With F-35, Harrier Jets In Exercise With Italian Navy "As A Kashmiri...": Sajad Lone Joins Fight In House To Shield Kashmir MLA Trump's Praise For Musk's Starlink: A Signal For India Telecom Giants No More Jet Airways. Supreme Court Says "No Choice", Orders Liquidation Here's What OpenAI's Sam Altman Has To Say About New Innovations In ChatGPT Viral Video Showing Sushi That 'Crawls' Gets 100 Million Views, Internet Wants It Deleted Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Shows Up 3,500 Km Away In An Australian Beach Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.