Indian aircraft carrier "Viraat" went to the "graveyard" of ships

The aircraft carrier Viraat, one of the most impressive pennants of the Indian fleet, went on his last "campaign". The destination is Alang Port in Gujarat, home to the country's largest graveyard of decommissioned ships.

Built by the British, it spent 2 days at sea in the Indian Navy, covering 258 km. The aircraft on the deck of the ship flew 10 hours.

Formerly known as the Hermes, the aircraft carrier served the British Navy for a quarter of a century from November 1959 to April 1984. At the same time, its foundation took place during the Second World War, in 1944. However, the completion was postponed and it was launched only in 1953. The aircraft carrier belongs to the Centaurus project, within the framework of which 4 ships were built (the rest of this type were scrapped long ago).

Viraat entered the Indian Navy in May 1987 after extensive reconstruction and enhancement of its combat capabilities. The ship was finally decommissioned in March 2017 and has been moored since then. The aircraft carrier was then purchased at auction by Shri Ram Green Ship Recycling Industries Ltd, Gujarat, for approximately $ 5 million.

Comments

[Mavrikiy]

It's good that he didn't wait for a Chinese bomb, missile or torpedo. Everything would be so.

[Civil]

Why don't Indians make a museum? Years later, the same Angles would have been sold at an exorbitant price ... as in the future, we will have to buy artifacts from China.

[Eugene-Eugene]

Such a colossus still needs to be turned into a museum and kept afloat. The calculation of profit, apparently, is not in favor of the museum. In China, there will be more tourists, and the standard of living of the local population.

[tralflot1832]

China has 1.5 billion people, and even 1% of the total number of millionaires is a lot.

[AllBiBek]

Your data is twenty years old. It was officially a yard and a half in the early XNUMXs. Today - already a little less than two.
India crossed the line of XNUMX billion inhabitants ten years ago.

[tralflot1832]

I accept
I'm happy for the Indians, that's what the not forgotten Jimi Jimi Acha Acha does.

[Rzzz]

Quote: Civil

Why don't Indians make a museum?

The times are not easy now. Not to museums, I wouldn't stretch my legs.

[Pavel57]

There are few aircraft carrier museums in the world. A couple in the States and a couple in China.

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: Civil

Why don't Indians make a museum? Years later, the same Angles would have been sold at exorbitant prices ...

These are seeds. But when the Turks "Yavuz Sultan Selim", the ex-"Goeben" were put on pins and needles in 1973, there could be regret, yes.

[Narak-zempo]

Quote: Mavrikiy

It's good that he didn't wait for a Chinese bomb, missile or torpedo. Everything would be so.

It's a shame for a warrior to die in his own bed of old age

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Quote: Narak-zempo

Quote: Mavrikiy

It's good that he didn't wait for a Chinese bomb, missile or torpedo. Everything would be so.

It's a shame for a warrior to die in his own bed of old age

For an Indian, a war like a statement is a big question ??

[cat Rusich]

Quote: Narak-zempo

It's a shame for a warrior to die in his own bed of old age

For a warrior - 1) Time of Glorious Victories.
2) Time to mentor young novice warriors. 3) Die in your bed, not defeated by any of the people.

[Adimius38]

it's good that he did not go under the ferrous metal or to an amusement park in China, like half of the Soviet fleet

[Rzzz]

Quote: Adimius38

it's good that he didn't go under ferrous metal

So in Alang - this is "ferrous metal".

[Simargl]

Quote: Adimius38

it's good that he didn't go under ferrous metal

Yeah. True, Alang is like this:

[tralflot1832]

He lived a good life, the ship of a potential enemy. Our luck is that he did not take a single life of our people. But he could have ended his life in battle, near the Malvinas Islands. Lucky. I respect such ships, although he is a foe. And he is a Hindus. was a school desk, if it weren't there, would we have sold Gorshkov? So we would have rotted at the pier 35 of the plant in Rost.No needles, this is the fate of ships.

[APASUS]

the aircraft carrier was purchased at auction by Shri Ram Green Ship Recycling Industries Ltd, Gujarat, for approximately $ 5 million

Not expensive, of course there is a lot of cutting work, but I think the purchase will pay off with interest

[Vladimir61]

And to hell with him. He has not threatened us for a long time, since 1984, as they say, - rust yourself peacefully.

[Sergey Sfiedu]

Honored battleship. It's a shame they didn't turn it into a museum. In principle, he is not so much more than "Kutuzov". But the Idus will hang themselves for an extra rupee.