INS Vikrant | | Career India |
 | | Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong | | Laid down: | November 12, 1943 | | Launched: | September 22, 1945 | | Commissioned: | March 4, 1961 (as INS Vikrant) | | Decommissioned: | January 31, 1997 | | Renamed: | HMS Hercules (1943-1961, construction) | | Status: | decommissioned, preserved as a floating museum at Mumbai. | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 15,700 tons standard, 19,500 tons full load | | Length: | 192 metres (630 ft) waterline, 213.3 metres (700 ft) extreme | | Beam: | 24.4 metres (80 ft) waterline, 39 metres (128 ft) extreme | | Draught: | 7.3 metres (24 ft) | | Propulsion: | 2 Parsons geared steam turbines 40,000 hp (30 MW), 4 Admiralty three-drum boilers | | Speed: | 23 knots | | Range: | 12,000 nautical miles at 14 knots | | Complement: | 1,075 usual, 1,340 wartime | | Armament: | 16 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (later reduced to 8) | | Aircraft carried: | Sea King Mk 42B and Mk 42C
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Breguet Alizé Br.1050 | INS Vikrant (Hindi: विक्रान्त) (formerly HMS Hercules (R49)) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid down November 12, 1943 by Vickers-Armstrong on the Tyne and was launched on September 22, 1945. Completion work was carried out in Belfast but construction was suspended after World War II and she was laid up for possible future use. In January 1957 she was sold to India, and construction was completed at Harland and Wolff with an extensively modernized design, including an angled deck with steam catapults, a modified island, and many other improvements. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1575x950, 274 KB) // Summary Rationale The image is downloaded from a Government of India. ...
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History
The Indian high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, commissioned her as INS Vikrant on March 4, 1961 while she was still at Belfast, Northern Ireland. The name Vikrant was taken from Sanskrit vikrānta = "stepped beyond", i.e. "courageous", "victorious". Captain Pritam Singh was the first commanding officer of the carrier. She formally joined the Indian fleet at Bombay on November 3, 1961, when she was received at Ballard Pier by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other high-ranking dignitaries. Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (िवजयलकà¥à¤·à¥à¤®à¥€ नेहरू पणà¥à¤¿à¤¡à¤¤) (1900 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician. ...
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The Vikrant's initial airwing consisted of British Hawker Sea Hawk fighter-bombers and a French Alize anti-submarine aircraft. On May 18, 1961, the first jet landed on board, piloted by Lieutenant (later Admiral) R H Tahiliani. The Hawker Sea Hawk was a single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by the Hawker company. ...
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In 1965, Pakistan claimed that it had sunk the Vikrant. At the time, however, the ship was under refit in dry dock. U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ...
Despite a crack in a boiler, she saw real combat against Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. She was considered important enough by the Pakistan Navy that they sent the submarine Ghazi all the way to the Bay of Bengal to mine the Visakhapatnam harbor in an unsuccessful attempt to sink the Vikrant; the Ghazi itself was lost during the mission. The Vikrant played an instrumental role in sinking several Pakistani patrol boats and other naval vessels. During the war the crew of Vikrant earned two Mahavir Chakras and 12 Vir Chakras. Combatants India Pakistan Commanders Sam Manekshaw J.S. Aurora A. A. K. Niazi # Strength 1,000,000+ troops[] 90,000+ troops[] Casualties 3,843 killed[1] 9,851 wounded[1] c. ...
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Visakhapatnam (also ViÅ›Äkhapaá¹á¹anamu, shortened and anglicized: Vizag or Vizagapatnam) is a port city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ...
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Vikrant was given an extensive refit, including new engines and modernization between 1979 and January 3, 1982. Between December 1982 and February 1983 she was refitted again to enable her to operate Sea Harriers. After the retirement of the Breguet Alizé from carrier service in 1989, she received a 'ski jump' for more efficient use of her Sea Harriers. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Vikrant was India's only carrier for over twenty years, but by the early 1990s she was effectively out of service because of her poor condition. Even following major overhauls she was rarely put to sea. She was formally decommissioned January 31, 1997 and is preserved as a museum at Mumbai. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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External links - Bharat Rakshak's note on the INS Vikrant
- Operations aboard the INS Vikrant in the Bay of Bengal - Article on the 1971 war ops as published in an anniversary online paper The Liberation Times.
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