Two women officers of Indian Navy to circumnavigate the globe  

The Navy on Sunday announced that its two women officers will embark on an extraordinary sailing expedition -- circumnavigating the globe.

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This will be the second such all-women Navy crew to do the feat.  Earlier, a six-member all-women crew had circumnavigated the globe in 254 days in 2018.

The Navy said the two officers, Lt Cdr Roopa A and Lt Cdr Dilna K, would be embarking on the expedition -- Navika Sagar Parikrama-II -- on board INSV Tarini shortly.

The two officers have been preparing for the expedition for the past three years, the Navy said.

A part of their preparation included a trans-oceanic expedition from Goa to Rio de Janeiro via Cape Town and back last year. The two were part of the six-member crew that had participated in the event.

Thereafter, the duo also undertook a sailing expedition from Goa to Port Blair (Andaman Nicobar Islands) and back. They had also done a sortie from Goa to Port Louis, Mauritius, early this year.

Sagar Parikrama will be a gruelling voyage requiring extreme skills, physical fitness and mental alertness. The officers have been training rigorously and gained thousands of miles of experience under their belt. They are also being trained under the ace circumnavigator Cdr Abhilash Tomy (retd).

The Navy also unveiled the logo of the expedition.