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INS Viraat to head for dismantling

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Science & Technology
  • Published
    29th Aug, 2020
  • 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.

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