HMS HERMES / INS VIRAAT
HMS Hermes was a conventional British aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class. Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War. Wikipedia
Commissioned: 25 November 1959
Complement: 2,100
Fate: Sold to India in 1986 and renamed INS Viraat
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs
Displacement: 23,000 tonnes standard 2; 28,000 tonnes full load
Speed: 28 kn (52 km/h)
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| HMS HERMES |
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| INS VIRAAT |
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| INS VIRAAT |
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| INS VIRAAT: Decks cleared for becoming a museum. |
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