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INS Viraat

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INS Viraat: World’s oldest aircraft carrier decommissioned

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INS Viraat's 56-year-long sea odyssey ends

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Watch: INS Viraat’s final journey, served Indian Navy for 29 years

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INS Viraat’s dismantling process begins at Gujarat's Alang port

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Aircraft carrier INS Viraat sails for last time, to be dismantled & sold as scrap

INS Viraat was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. INS Viraat was the flagship of the Indian Navy before INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's HMS Hermes, and decommissioned in 1984. It was sold to India in 1987. INS Viraat was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987, and served for almost 30 years.