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HMS Hercules (R49)

UK Royal Navy

1957

Later INS Vikrant (R11)

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Majestic class

CV · Aircraft Carrier

Call Sign:GKZK
Shipyard:Vickers-Armstrong

Timeline

DateEvent
Oct 12, 1943 Laid down Yard No 61
Sep 22, 1945 Launched on Tyneside but work completed at Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Jan 1957 Fate: transfered sold to India, having never served