HMS Hercules R49

Majestic class - CV - Aircraft Carrier

Events

History of HMS Hercules R49

1943-oct-12	Laid down	Laid down Yard No 61
1945-sep-22	Launched	Launched on Tyneside but work completed at Harland & Wolff, Belfast
1957-jan	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered sold to India, having never served
History of INS Vikrant R11
1957-mar	Refit	Refit at Harland and Wolff, Belfast, until 1961
1961-mar-04	Commissioned	Commissioned into Indian Navy, in UK
1961-nov-03	Homeport	Homeport arrived in Mumbai Harbour
1965	Refit	Refit
1971	Deployment	Deployment served during Indo-Pakistan war
1979-jan	Refit	Refit Service Life Extension Programme at Mumbai, completed Jan 1982, included Ski-Jump for Sea Harrier operations.
1982-dec	Refit	Refit modification to enable Sea Harrier operations, completed Feb 1983
1997-jan-31	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
2000	Fate: museum	Fate: museum in Mumbai Harbour until 2004
2014-nov	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped at Powder Bunder, SE Mumbai

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