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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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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


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