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June 15th, 2016, 02:13 PM
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Vikrant Indian Navy
Sir I am a new joining in the Indian Navy and I have heard so many times about the Vikrant in that case can you tell me about the INS Vikrant
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#2
June 15th, 2016, 02:25 PM
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Re: Vikrant Indian Navy
Hey the INS Vikrant was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy Vikrant Indian Navy Discription Name: HMS Hercules Builder: Vickers-Armstrong/Harland and Wolff Laid down: 12 November 1943 Launched: 22 September 1945 Commissioned: Never commissioned Renamed: INS Vikrant Identification: Pennant number: R49 Fate: Laid up in March 1946; Sold to India in 1957 During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, Pakistan falsely claimed to have sunk the ship when it was actually in dry dock undergoing modifications.[7] In June 1970 The aircraft on board INS Vikrant were operated by four squadrons of the Naval air arm of the Indian Navy: Air squadrons Squadron Name Insignia Aircraft INAS 300 White Tigers INAS 300 Hawker Sea Hawk BAE Sea Harrier INAS 310 Cobras INAS 310 Breguet Alizé INAS 321 Angels INAS 321 Alouette III HAL Chetak INAS 330 Harpoons INAS 330 Westland Sea King Displacement: 15,700 tons standard, 19,500 tons full load Length: 192 m (629 ft 11 in) waterline, 213.3 m (700 ft) extreme Beam: 24.4 m (80 ft 1 in) waterline, 39 m (127 ft 11 in) extreme Draught: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) Installed power: 4 Admiralty three-drum boilers, 30,000 kW (40,000 hp) Propulsion: 2 Parsons geared steam turbines Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h) Range: 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) Complement: 1,075 usual, 1,340 wartime Armament: 16 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (later reduced to 8) Aircraft carried: Hawker Sea Hawk Westland Sea King HAL Chetak Sea Harrier Breguet Alizé Br.1050 |