R49 HMS Hercules
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| 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 | | | |
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| 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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| 18000 | full load (tn) | | 211.80 | length (m) | | 24.40 | beam (m) | | 7.20 | draught (m) | | 12000 | range (nm) | | 25 | max speed (knots) | | 40000 | power (shp) |
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