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|Ship type= Sail Training Ship
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'''INS ''Varuna''''' is India's first [[square rig]] sail training vessel of the [[Indian Navy]] incidentally also in [[Asia]]. ''Varuna'' was completed in April 1981 by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] at Mumbai. It based at [[Kochi]] under the [[Southern Naval Command]]. It was commissioned on 20 April 1981 by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RL Pereira. <ref>{{cite web|title=Varuna Class|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/100-Varuna-Class.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|accessdate=14 February 2014}} </ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hiranandani|first=G.M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2009|publisher=Lancer|location=Delhi|isbn=978-8170622666|page=398|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC&q=INS+Varuna+sail+indian+navy&pg=PA398}}</ref>

==Service history==

INS Varuna has made several [[goodwill visit]] to various countries including [[Australia]] to participate in its [[Australian Bicentenary|bicentennial]] celebrations in January 1988, where it participated in "Tall Ship" [[racing|race]] from [[Hobart]] to [[Sydney]] where 250 square-rigged ships were participant. <ref>{{cite book|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|isbn = 9788170622666|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC|last1 = Hiranandani|first1 = G. M.|year = 2005}} </ref>

==See also==
*[[List_of_active_Indian_Navy_ships#Training_vessels|Training ships of the Indian Navy]]

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>Derekbridges at 10:17, 3 October 2021