INS Varuna

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|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview |builders= |operators= {{navy|India}} |class_before= |class_after= |subclasses= |built_range= |in_commission_range= |total_ships_building= |total_ships_planned=1 |total_ships_completed= |total_ships_canceled= |total_ships_active=1 |total_ships_laid_up= |total_ships_lost= |total_ships_retired= |total_ships_preserved= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career |launched=20 April 1981 |name= ''Varuna'' |namesake= ''God of the ocean'' }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |type= Sail training ship |tons_burthen= 110 tons |length= 29 m |beam= 8.5 m |draught= 4 m |draft= |hold_depth= |propulsion= 2 x Kirloskar Cummins Diesel (320hp each) |sail_plan= |complement=*Commanding Officers - 1 *Officers - 5 *Seamen - 6 *Petty Officers - 4 *Cadets - 21 |armament= |notes=*12 sails (6 square & 6 fore and aft sails) }} }}{{italic title|string=Varuna}}{{Short description|Indian Naval Sail training ship}} '''INS ''Varuna''''' (''God of the Ocean'') 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|archive-date=16 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516225803/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/100-Varuna-Class.html|url-status=dead}}</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 bicentennial celebrations in January 1988, where it participated in "Tall Ship" 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| publisher=Lancer Publishers }} </ref>

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