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Work will begin to scrap Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat (Ex-HMS Hermes) in September. Laid down during WWII, she was longest serving active warship in the World when decommissioned in 2017.

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This is probably the last time we will see the Indian Navy's Grand Old Lady. This sucks, it feels like we are giving up on a part of our history. Many countries never even operated carriers and we are just scrapping them away. Nobody would do a thing for her, not the govt. nor the industrialists. After all these decades of service she deserved better.


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Old pic of Virat and Vikky together in the Bay of Bengal. This was when Vikky was making her first voyage to India just after her purchase from Russia. Viraat went all the way to the Bay of Bengal to welcome Vikky. We will never see these two together again.
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Viraat's last journey on her own power was to the Cochin Shipyard in Kochi for Essential Repairs and Dry Docking (ERDD). This was on 23 July 2016, she was decommissioned on 6 March 2017.
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Tragic.

But I didn't see much hope for Viraat after they took the decision with INS Vikrant same way...though they did keep her as museum for a while.

Overall the state and concept of preserving history (modern, ancient and all in between) is done quite haphazardly in India, especially w.r.t the rich deep amount available.

Here in North America I routinely see just how much care they take with it and I always think how great it would be if India learned from this...rather than take lackadaisical chalta-hai kind of approach first thing.

I have been to number of museums and cultural centres in India (many off the beaten path somewhat), and a good number treat priceless artefacts and noteworthy items of cultural worth quite casually...to the point it was shocking.

If we do not respect ourselves, our own heritage....how can we expect others to respect us? Maybe this is why we always constantly deflected to seeking others approval and blaming them when they don't give it in some immediate way to our satisfaction, rather than focus on ourselves and fix respect+education for valuing history + context first and simply let those that are interested to be our friends then come to us as they may.
 

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The announcement of the successful basin trails of INS Vikrant came on Twitter, from the official handle of Defence Public Relation Officer for Kerala, under directorate of Public Relations of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India:


According to an Indian MoD statement made back in January this year during a visit by Indian Defence Secretary, Shri Ajay Kumar:

IAC construction is in an advanced state with all four Gas Turbines, main engines having been started, Power Generation Systems comprising of eight Diesel Alternators ready and trials of ship’s major systems and auxiliary equipment in progress. IAC had successfully completed the Pre-Contractors Sea Trials dry dock work package in Dec 2019. Basin trials are conducted for proving of the propulsion, transmission and shafting systems and is scheduled in early half of 2020. The Aircraft Carrier would be ready to commence the Sea Trials once the Basin trials are successfully completed.

Back in 2015, India’s minister of defense announced that the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant would be delivered to the Indian Navy in December 2018. Local media reported in May 2017 that the procurement delays has been resolved and the carrier’s fitting-out was 62% complete, with trials of the auxiliary systems scheduled by late 2017. The latest reports indicate that India’s first locally made aircraft carrier will be commissioned in 2021.


INS Vikrant is a 260 meters long and 60 meters wide vessel displacing 37,500-tonnes. Maximum speed of the ship is announced at 28 knots, with a range of 7,500 nautical miles at a speed of 18 knots. INS Vikrant is set to receive a large crew complement composed of 160 officers and 1,400 sailors. The STOBAR aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate up to 30 fighters and helicopters, including Mig-29K fighters jets and Ka-31 helicopters.
 

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The announcement of the successful basin trails of INS Vikrant came on Twitter, from the official handle of Defence Public Relation Officer for Kerala, under directorate of Public Relations of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India:


According to an Indian MoD statement made back in January this year during a visit by Indian Defence Secretary, Shri Ajay Kumar:

IAC construction is in an advanced state with all four Gas Turbines, main engines having been started, Power Generation Systems comprising of eight Diesel Alternators ready and trials of ship’s major systems and auxiliary equipment in progress. IAC had successfully completed the Pre-Contractors Sea Trials dry dock work package in Dec 2019. Basin trials are conducted for proving of the propulsion, transmission and shafting systems and is scheduled in early half of 2020. The Aircraft Carrier would be ready to commence the Sea Trials once the Basin trials are successfully completed.

Back in 2015, India’s minister of defense announced that the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant would be delivered to the Indian Navy in December 2018. Local media reported in May 2017 that the procurement delays has been resolved and the carrier’s fitting-out was 62% complete, with trials of the auxiliary systems scheduled by late 2017. The latest reports indicate that India’s first locally made aircraft carrier will be commissioned in 2021.


INS Vikrant is a 260 meters long and 60 meters wide vessel displacing 37,500-tonnes. Maximum speed of the ship is announced at 28 knots, with a range of 7,500 nautical miles at a speed of 18 knots. INS Vikrant is set to receive a large crew complement composed of 160 officers and 1,400 sailors. The STOBAR aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate up to 30 fighters and helicopters, including Mig-29K fighters jets and Ka-31 helicopters.
 

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Basin Trials of the Project 71 Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1), which got underway in mid-September, were successfully concluded at Cochin Shipyard Limited on November 30, 2020 in the presence of Vice Admiral A K Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and Madhu S Nair, Chairman and Managing Director Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). Despite the restrictions imposed by the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, CSL and the Indian Navy worked as a cohesive team to ensure timely completion of all essential tasks leading up to the Basin Trials of IAC-1.

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Basin Trials of the Project 71 Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1), which got underway in mid-September, were successfully concluded at Cochin Shipyard Limited on November 30, 2020 in the presence of Vice Admiral A K Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and Madhu S Nair, Chairman and Managing Director Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). Despite the restrictions imposed by the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, CSL and the Indian Navy worked as a cohesive team to ensure timely completion of all essential tasks leading up to the Basin Trials of IAC-1.

(More at link with pics)

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Satellite image of two Indian aircraft carriers under construction by INS Vikrant and operating INS Vikramaditya at the Cochin Shipyard Limited.
 

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Satellite image of two Indian aircraft carriers under construction by INS Vikrant and operating INS Vikramaditya at the Cochin Shipyard Limited.
 

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Satellite image of two Indian aircraft carriers under construction by INS Vikrant and operating INS Vikramaditya at the Cochin Shipyard Limited.

Yah vikramaditya was at CSL during its major refit some years back. It return for maintenance at mumbai dry dock these days I believe.

Vikrant is currently being built there. ...the picture is spliced together.
 

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View attachment 17822
Satellite image of two Indian aircraft carriers under construction by INS Vikrant and operating INS Vikramaditya at the Cochin Shipyard Limited.

Yah vikramaditya was at CSL during its major refit some years back. It return for maintenance at mumbai dry dock these days I believe.

Vikrant is currently being built there. ...the picture is spliced together.
 

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