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HMS Hermes R-12 |
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INS Viraat R-22 |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
Hermes |
Builder: |
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Pennant Number: |
61 (Laid down) R-12 R-22 (India) |
Ordered: |
July 12, 1943 |
Launched: |
February 16, 1953 |
Keel Laid: |
June 21, 1944 |
Completed: |
November 18, 1959 |
Fate: |
As of 2016 the ship was decommissioned and sold to the State of Andhra Pradesh, India for 1 ruppe. The ship is scheduled to become a floating hotel and casino in the Bay of Bengal in 2018. |
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Notes: |
Laid down as Elephant, renamed Hermes in 1945. |
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Sold to India Nov. 1986, renamed Viraat R-22. |
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Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 29, 2007 |