INS Viraat to head for dismantling

The decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat is set to be scrapped at a ship breaking yard at Alang in Gujarat soon.
It has been sold to the Shree Ram Green Ship Recycling Industries of Gujarat in an e-auction by the Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited (MSTC)
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.
It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in May 1987 after refurbishment and had operated Harrier fighter jets.
Known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’, it holds the Guinness record for being the oldest serving warship in the world.
INS Viraat was decommissioned in 2017.