INS Viraat

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 commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's HMS Hermes, and decommissioned in 1984. She was sold to India in 1987. INS Viraat was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987, and served for almost 30 years.

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1959  Wikimedia, Wikidata
HMS Hermes; R22
speed 28 knot, length 236 metre, draft 8.5 metre, beam 45 metre, 
Centaur-class aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier, Indian Navy, Royal Navy, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Vickers-Armstrongs, United Kingdom, 

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1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

1959 INS Viraat

2017-03-06T00:00:00Z

2017-03-06T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1953-02-16T00:00:00Z

1953-02-16T00:00:00Z

ship launching

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship breaking

1987-05-12T00:00:00Z

1987-05-12T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1944-06-21T00:00:00Z

1944-06-21T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1959-11-25T00:00:00Z

1959-11-25T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

Indian Navy ships

INS Viraat sail Malabar 07

Jet takes off from the ramp of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier

Malabar 07-2 exercise

Viraat

INS Viraat Malabar 07

An Indian Navy aircraft carrier

Thane Creek and Elephanta Island 03-2016 - img03 Ships on Thane Creek

Port side view of the Indian Hermes Class Aircraft Carrier INS (Indian Navy Ship) VIRAAT (R 22) underway in the Indian Ocean as part of Exercise MALABAR 2005. The exercise designed - DPLA - ae9bc2b38c6199479816ccf82f1779cc

INS Viraat (R22) Malabar 07

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Indian Navy ships		Commons
commons	image		INS Viraat sail Malabar 07		Commons
commons	image		Jet takes off from the ramp of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier		Commons
commons	image		Malabar 07-2 exercise		Commons
commons	image		Viraat		Commons
commons	image		INS Viraat Malabar 07		Commons
commons	image		An Indian Navy aircraft carrier		Commons
commons	image		Thane Creek and Elephanta Island 03-2016 - img03 Ships on Thane Creek		Commons
commons	image		Port side view of the Indian Hermes Class Aircraft Carrier INS (Indian Navy Ship) VIRAAT (R 22) underway in the Indian Ocean as part of Exercise MALABAR 2005. The exercise designed - DPLA - ae9bc2b38c6199479816ccf82f1779cc		Commons
commons	image		INS Viraat (R22) Malabar 07		Commons