Summary: The HMS Hermes, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, served the Royal Navy from its completion in 1959 until it was decommissioned and sold to India, where it served as INS Viraat until 2017.

The state government in Andhra Pradesh will invest more than $3 million in converting the Centaur-class aircraft carrier. The ship’s main structure will stay in tact during the conversion process.

the HMS Centaur. Shortly after, America went ahead and started adding the new deck design to its Essex-class and Midway-class ...

HMS Hermes HMS Hermes was a conventionally powered Centaur-class flattop that was laid down in 1944. Construction was paused for several years and the carrier wasn't launched until 1953.

Viraat began life as Centaur-class carrier dubbed HMS Hermes, part of the the British Royal Navy’s mid-war building program that also spawned the Colossus-class light carriers and the Audacious ...

The Centaur-class aircraft carrier spent 27 years in the Royal Navy and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on May 12, 1987 ...

It was the second centaur-class aircraft carrier which was in service with the Indian Navy for 29 years before being decommissioned in March 2017. There were proposals in the past to preserve it ...

an indigenous aircraft carrier, and INS Viraat, the second Centaur-class aircraft carrier are some of the latest additions to his collection, among many others. “I travelled along with the three ...

That barrier to entry means only few countries can field even one carrier. HMS Hermes was a conventionally powered Centaur-class flattop that was laid down in 1944. Construction was paused for ...