| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Hermes |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong |
| Laid down: | 21 June 1944 |
| Launched: | 16 February 1953 |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1959 |
| Decommissioned: | 1984 |
| Struck: | 1985 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification: | pennant number: R12 |
| Fate: | Sold to India in 1986 and renamed INS Viraat |
| History | |
 India | |
| Name: | INS Viraat |
| Ordered: | 1943 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong |
| Laid down: | 21 June 1944 |
| Launched: | 16 February 1953 |
| Acquired: | May 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 12 May 1987[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 2016 (proposed) [2] |
| Refit: | April 1986, July 1999, August 2008-November 2009, November 2012-July 2013 |
| Homeport: | Mumbai, Maharashtra[3] |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R22 |
| Motto: | Jalameva Yasya, Balameva Tasya (Sanskrit: "He who rules over the seas is all powerful.") |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Centaur-class aircraft carrier |
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| Length: | 226.5 m (743 ft) |
| Beam: | 48.78 m (160.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines; 4 boilers with 400 psi, 76,000 shp |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 mi (10,500 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
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