INA cadets visit French Naval academy

November 22, 2016 12:00 am | Updated December 02, 2016 04:59 pm IST - KANNUR:

Three cadets of the Indian Naval Academy (INA) at Ezhimala here visited Ecole Naval (French Naval Academy) at Brest, France, as part of a cadet exchange programme.

Informing this in a press release, the INA said that the cadets were visiting Ecole Naval from November 14 for a week-long exchange programme.

The release said the cadets, accompanied by their divisional officer, were exposed to various training methodologies and facilities at Ecole Naval.

The cadets were given hands-on experience on Naval advanced ship handling simulator and on state-of-the-art firefighting and damage control facilities at the academy.

During the course of their association with Ecole Naval, the cadets embarked the French training ship Églantine, and were exposed to various ship manoeuvring and handling exercises at sea along with French Naval cadets, the press release informed.

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