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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.
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)
Sep 19, 2020 · Indian Navy's decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat on Saturday set sail for the last time, on way to Alang in Gujarat, where it will be broken down and sol...
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 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.
Nov 24, 2011 · INS Viraat is an air craft carrier ship of the Indian Navy and at present operates as the sole air craft carrier vessel for the country. The naval ship was acquired from the British navy in the year 1986, and it began its operational duty in the year 1987.
Feb 11, 2021 · After the Supreme Court ordered a “status quo” with regard to the dismantling of India’s decommissioned aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, the shipbreaker has halted all breaking activities at the Alang shipbreaking yard in Gujarat.
Sep 28, 2016 · After 29 years of service to the Indian Navy, the world's oldest aircraft carrier INS Viraat is set to bid adieu.
Sep 19, 2020 · Indian Navy's decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat set sail for the last time from Mumbai to Gujarat's Alang where it will be dismantled and sold as scrap.
Watch: INS Viraat’s final journey, served Indian Navy for 29 years. INS Viraat was inducted into the Indian Navy in the year 1987. It was commissioned on May 12, 1987 at Plymouth in the...
