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Saturday, May 12, 2012

INS Viraat completes 25 yrs with Indian Navy

[INS Viraat]The sole aircraft carrier of the country INS Viraat on Friday completed 25 years of its active service with the Indian Navy.

The British warship- earlier known as HMS Hermes- was acquired by the Indian Navy On May 12, 1987 after completing 28 years under the Union Jack and having participated in the Falklands Campaign of the Royal Navy in 1982.

"In the last 25 years, INS Viraat has done over 40,000 hours of steaming and traversed over 5,00,000 nautical miles across the proverbial seven seas. The ship has undertaken over 20,000 hours of flying from its deck," Navy officials said here today.

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