Search results
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.
INS Viraat, the second Centaur-Class aircraft carrier in service which has spent 30 years in the Indian Navy and 27 years in the Royal Navy, was decommissioned on the day, in a solemn yet grand ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
Aug 26, 2020 · INS Viraat holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest serving warship of the world. Viraat, a Centaur class aircraft carrier weighing 27,800 tonnes, served in the British Navy as HMS Hermes for 25 years from November 1959 to April 1984.
Sep 29, 2020 · INS Viraat is the second aircraft carrier to be dismantled in India. In 2014, INS Vikrant was broken down in Mumbai. (Edited by Mehak Agarwal with agency inputs)
Jan 24, 2021 · Dismantling INS Viraat at Alang, one piece of history after the other INS Viraat has seen the Falklands War in 1982 as the flagship vessel for the British Navy (1959-84) and also guarded the Indian coasts for 30 years
Sep 20, 2020 · The Indian Navy, which was at the time operating 1961-commissioned INS Vikrant, zeroed down on Hermes and announced its purchase in 1985-86. The ship underwent a major refit and modernisation before being commissioned into the Indian Navy in May 1987 as INS (Indian Naval Ship) Viraat, which means enormous.
Mar 1, 2017 · March 1, 2017. INS Viraat played a pivotal role in the Indian peacekeeping operations in Sri Lanka in 1989 and also in the 1999 Kargil War. S he spent almost seven years at sea in her 30 years of service with the Indian Navy and has covered the globe 27 times.
