Raksha Mantri flags in INSV Tarini in Goa after Navika Sagar Parikrama II circumnavigation
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh flagged in INSV Tarini in Goa on 29 May 2025 as Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A completed Navika Sagar Parikrama II, becoming the first from India to circumnavigate the globe in double-handed mode.
Summary
INSV Tarini was flagged in by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh in Goa on 29 May 2025, marking the end of Navika Sagar Parikrama II, the second edition of the Indian Navy's circumnavigation expedition. Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A became the first from India to accomplish the feat in double-handed mode, sailing for eight months with port calls at Fremantle (Australia), Lyttelton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falkland Islands) and Cape Town (South Africa). The voyage had been flagged off from the Naval Ocean Sailing Node, Goa on 2 October 2024. A photo essay book, 'Breaking Waves, Making History', was released at the ceremony, attended by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.
Key facts
- Flag-in
- 29 May 2025, Goa, by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh
- Crew
- Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A
- Vessel
- Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini
- First
- First from India to circumnavigate in double-handed mode
- Flag-off
- 2 October 2024, Naval Ocean Sailing Node, Goa
- Duration
- About eight months
- Port calls
- Fremantle, Lyttelton, Port Stanley, Cape Town
- Book released
- 'Breaking Waves, Making History'
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A completed Navika Sagar Parikrama II in May 2025 aboard which vessel?
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Correct answer: A — INSV Tarini
The circumnavigation was completed aboard Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini, flagged in at Goa on 29 May 2025.
Which of the following was NOT a port call during Navika Sagar Parikrama II?
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Correct answer: D — Port Louis
Port calls were Fremantle (Australia), Lyttelton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falkland Islands) and Cape Town (South Africa); Port Louis was not one.
Consider the following statements about Navika Sagar Parikrama II: 1. Its crew became the first from India to circumnavigate the globe in double-handed mode. 2. The expedition was flagged off from Mumbai in October 2024. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong: it was flagged off from the Naval Ocean Sailing Node, Goa on 2 October 2024.