Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba greet the INSV-Tarini crew at Panaji in Goa on Monday. PTI
6-member team; was led by Lt Commander Vartika Joshi and comprised Lt Commanders Pratibha Jamwal and Swati P, and Lieutenants Aishwarya Boddapati, S Vijaya Devi and Payal Gupta
21,600 nautical miles distance covered during expedition
254 days (more than 8 months) time taken to complete tour
55-ft-long India-made vessel INSV-Tarini used — was inducted into Navy on Feb 18, 2017
The expedition, christened ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama’, was flagged off from INS-Mandovi boat pool in Goa on September 10, 2017
The team trained under Captain Dilip Donde, the first Indian to solo-circumnavigate the globe from August 19, 2009, to May 19, 2010, onboard Indian-built INSV-Mhadei
The all-women team completed the expedition in six legs, with stopovers at Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Cape Town (South Africa) and Mauritius
Visited 5 nations and crossed Equator twice; sailed across 4 continents, 3 oceans, and passed south of 3 Great Capes — Leeuwin, Horn and Good Hope
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