WORLD OF WARSHIPS INS VIRAAT INDIAN NAVY FMR HMS HERMES ROYAL NAVY

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INS Viraat (R22) in 2002
India
Name Viraat INDIAN NAVY
Acquired May 1987
Recommissioned 12 May 1987[2]
Decommissioned 6 March 2017
Out of service 23 July 2016
Refit April 1986, July 1999, Mid-2003-November 2004, August 2008-November 2009, November 2012-July 2013
Homeport Mumbai, Maharashtra
Identification Pennant number: R22
Motto Jalameva Yasya, Balameva Tasya (Sanskrit: "He who rules over the seas is all powerful")
Nickname(s) Grand Old Lady[1]
Fate Scrapped at Alang, 2021.
United Kingdom
Name HMS Hermes (R12)
Ordered 1943
Builder Vickers-Armstrong
Laid down 21 June 1944
Launched 16 February 1953
Commissioned 25 November 1959
Decommissioned 1984
Stricken 1985
Homeport HMNB Portsmouth
Identification Pennant number: R12
Fate Sold to India in 1986
General characteristics
Class and type Centaur-class light aircraft carrier
Displacement
23,900 tons standard
28,700 tons full load
Length 226.5 m (743 ft)
Beam 48.78 m (160.0 ft)
Draught 8.8 m (29 ft)
Propulsion 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines; 4 boilers with 400 psi, 76,000 shp (57,000 kW)
Speed 28 knots (52 km/h)
Range 6,500 mi (10,500 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement
Maximum 2,100;
1,207 ship's crew,
143 air crew

AIR GROUP (INS Viraat)
300 sqn Sea Harrier
552 sqn Sea Harrier
321 Aluette III
HAL Chetak
330 Sea King