INS Viraat
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INS Viraat was a Centaur-class light aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. INS Viraat was the flagship of the Indian Navy until INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and com
INS Viraat (R22) in 2002
INS Viraat prior to retirement
Hermes enters Devonport Dockyard to begin a refit following her purchase by India
Viraat departs Devonport on her delivery voyage to India.
INS Vikramaditya
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INS Vikramaditya is a conventionally powered STOBAR aircraft carrier currently serving as the flagship of the Indian Navy. It is a modified Kiev class aircraft cruiser purchased from Russia and entere
INS Viraat
…Sanskrit: Virāṭa meaning Giant) was a Centaur-class light aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. INS Viraat was the flagship of the Indian Navy until INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's HMS Hermes, and decommissioned in 1984. She was sold to…
Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
Vikramaditya (left) alongside the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in the port of Severomorsk in 2012
Vikramaditya during sea trials following her conversion
The conversion of the ship saw all the armament removed from the foredeck, including the P-500 Bazalt cruise missile launchers and the four sets of 3K95 Kinzhal surface-to-air missile launchers, to make way for a 14.3° bow ski jump.