HMS Hermes (R12)
1959 Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hermes.
HMS Hermes was a conventional British aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class.
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Hermes with her final air wing | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Hermes |
Namesake | Hermes |
Builder | Vickers-Armstrong |
Laid down | 21 June 1944 |
Launched | 16 February 1953 |
Commissioned | 25 November 1959 |
Decommissioned | 1984 |
Stricken | 1985 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
Identification | Pennant number: 61 (1945) R12 (1951) R22 (as Viraat) |
Fate | Sold to India, 1986, and renamed Viraat, scrapped 2021 |
India | |
Name | Viraat |
Acquired | May 1987 |
Decommissioned | 6 March 2017[1] |
Identification | Pennant number: R22 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
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Draught | 8.50 m (27 ft 11 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 2,100 |
Sensors and processing systems | MRS-3 fire-control system |
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Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War.
After being sold to India in 1986, the vessel was recommissioned and remained in service with the Indian Navy as INS Viraat until 2017.