11 Facts About INS Viraat

INS Viraat was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy.

INS Viraat was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987, and served for almost 30 years.

On 23 July 2016, INS Viraat sailed for the last time under her own power from Mumbai to Kochi, where she was dry-docked and prepared for decommissioning.

INS Viraat had a 12° ski jump to operate the Sea Harrier along with a reinforced flight deck, and 1.

Aircraft on board INS Viraat were operated by four squadrons of the Naval air arm of the Indian Navy:.

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All Sea Harrier operations from the deck of INS Viraat ceased on 6 May 2016 following the retirement of Harrier fleet.

INS Viraat served as the flagship of the Royal Navy's task force during the Falklands War in 1982 and was decommissioned from active duty in 1985.

On 23 July 2016, INS Viraat sailed from Mumbai to Kochi for the last time under her own steam; by then, she had spent a total of 2,250 days at sea and had steamed a total of 1,094,215 kilometers.

INS Viraat was scheduled be dismantled at Alang starting in September 2020.

On 19 September 2020, INS Viraat was towed from her berth at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard to the scrappers at Alang in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, reaching the port at Alang on the evening of 22 September.

INS Viraat departs Mumbai under her own power for the last time in July 2016 en route to Kochi.