Aircraft Carriers provided service till now in the Indian Navy Submitted by :-Rakesh Sarma
Content Aircraft Carrier. History of Aircraft Carrier. All Aircraft Carriers of India. INS Vikrant (old). INS Viraat . INS Vikramaditya . INS Vikrant(new). Upcoming Aircraft Carrier. INS Vishal.
Aircraft Carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.
History of Aircraft Carrier During World War I the British navy developed the first true aircraft carrier with an unobstructed flight deck, the HMS Argus, which was built on a converted merchant-ship hull. A Japanese carrier, the Hosyo , which entered service in December 1922, was the first carrier designed as such from the keel up.
Aircraft provided service in the Indian navy INS Vikrant (R11)- India’s First Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat - Over 30 Years of Service to the Nation INS Vikramaditya - Indian Navy’s Biggest Ship INS Vikrant (IAC-1): The Self-Reliant Rebirth
INS Vikrant (old) Name Vikrant Acquired 1957 Commissioned 4 March 1961 Decommissioned 31 January 1997 Homeport Bombay Identification Pennant number : R11 Motto Sanskrit : Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah English: I completely defeat those who dare to fight with me Fate Scrapped , 2014 Class and type Majestic -class light carrier Displacement 16,000 t (15,750 long tons) ( standard ) 19,500 t (19,200 long tons) ( deep load ) Length 700 ft (210 m) ( o/a ) Beam 128 ft (39 m) Draught 24 ft (7.3 m) Installed power 40,000 ihp (30,000 kW) 4 Admiralty three-drum boilers Propulsion 2 shafts; 2 Parsons geared steam turbines Speed 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) Range 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) 6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) Complement 1,110 Sensors and processing systems 1 × LW-05 air-search radar 1 × ZW-06 surface-search radar 1 × LW-10 tactical radar 1 × Type 963 aircraft-landing radar Armament 16 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (later reduced to 8) Aircraft carried 21–23 Aviation facilities 1961: Catapult Assisted Take-Off 1989: 9.75 degree ski jump
INS Viraat Name Viraat Acquired May 1987 Recommissioned 12 May 1987 [2] Decommissioned 6 March 2017 Out of service 23 July 2016 Refit April 1986, July 1999, Mid-2003-November 2004, August 2008-November 2009, November 2012-July 2013 Homeport Mumbai , Maharashtra Identification Pennant number : R22 Motto Jalameva Yasya, Balameva Tasya ( Sanskrit : "He who rules over the seas is all powerful") Nickname(s) Grand Old Lady [1] Fate Scrapped at Alang , 2021. Name HMS Hermes (R12) Ordered 1943 Builder Vickers-Armstrong Laid down 21 June 1944 Launched 16 February 1953 Commissioned 25 November 1959 Decommissioned 1984 Stricken 1985 Homeport HMNB Portsmouth Identification Pennant number : R12 Fate Sold to India in 1986
Class and type Centuar-class light aircraft carrier Displacement 23,900 tons standard 28,700 tons full load Length 226.5 m (743 ft) Beam 48.78 m (160.0 ft) Draught 8.8 m (29 ft) Propulsion 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines; 4 boilers with 400 psi, 76,000 shp (57,000 kW) Speed 28 knots (52 km/h) Range 6,500 mi (10,500 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) Complement Maximum 2,100; 1,207 ship's crew, 143 air crew Sensors and processing systems 1 × BEL/Signaal RAWL 02 air radar 1 × RAWS 08 air/surface radar 2 × BEL Rashmi navigation radars 1 × EL/M-2221 STGR fire control radar 1 × Plessey Type 904 radar 1 × FT 13-S/M Tacan system Sonar: 1 × Graseby Type 184M hull-mounted sonar Electronic warfare & decoys 1 × BEL Ajanta ESM Decoy: 2 × Knebworth Corvus chaff launchers Armament 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns 16 × Barak SAM VL cells 2 × twin AK-230 CIWS Aircraft carried Up to 26 aircraft, including 16 × British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS51 4 × Westland Sea King Mk.42B-C 2 × HAL Chetak 4 × HAL Dhruv
INS Vikramaditya Name Admiral Gorshkov Namesake Sergey Gorshkov Builder Chernomorskiy Yard , Nikolayev Laid down 17 February 1978 [6] Launched 1 April 1982 [6] Commissioned 11 December 1987 [6] Decommissioned 1996 Fate Sold to the Indian Navy on 20 January 2004
Name INS Vikramaditya Namesake Vikramāditya Operator Indian Navy Ordered 20 January 2004 Builder Black Sea Shipyard , USSR , and Sevmash , Russia Cost $2.35 billion (refurbishment) [4] $10-11 billion (including all aircraft and systems) [5] Launched 4 December 2008 Completed 19 April 2012 Commissioned 16 November 2013 [2] In service 14 June 2014 Homeport INS Kadamba , Karwar Identification Pennant number : R33 [1] MMSI number : 419000033 Motto Strike Far, Strike Sure [3] Status active
Class and type Modified Kiev -class aircraft carrier Displacement 45,400 tons of loaded displacement [8] [9] Length 284 metres (932 ft) (overall) [12] [13] Beam 61 metres (200 ft) [15] Draught 10.2 metres (33 ft) Decks 22 [10] Installed power 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe [10] Propulsion 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW) [10] [11] Speed +30 knots (56 km/h) [11] Range 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h Endurance 45 days [10] Complement 110 officers and 1500 sailors [11] Sensors and processing systems Long-range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex, CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system [10] Armament 4 × AK-630 CIWS Barak 1 ex- INS Godavari [16] Barak 8 (LRSAM)in 48 VLS cells [17] [18] [19] Aircraft carried Maximum of 36 aircraft including [11] 26 × Mikoyan MiG-29K multi-role fighters [14] 10 × Kamov Ka-31 AEW&C and Kamov Ka-28 ASW helicopters [14] Aviation facilities 14-degree ski-jump Three 30 m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears.
INS VIKRANT Name Vikrant Namesake Vikrant (1961) Operator Indian Navy Ordered 2004 Builder Cochin Shipyard Limited Cost ₹ 23,000 crore (equivalent to ₹260 billion or US$3.2 billion in 2023) [4] [5] Laid down 28 February 2009 Launched 12 August 2013 Acquired 28 July 2022 [1] Commissioned 2 September 2022 Identification Pennant number : R11 Motto जयेम सं युधिस्पृधः ( Sanskrit ) "I defeat those who fight against me" (translated) Nickname(s) IAC-1 Status In active service [
Crew 196 officers, 1,449 sailors (including air crew) [12] Sensors and processing systems Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA multifunction radar. Selex RAN-40L 3D L-Band Air Surveillance Radar [13] Electronic warfare & decoys DRDO Shakti EW suite [17] Kavach anti-missile system [18] Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System [18] Armament 2×32 cell VLS Barak 8 SAM ( Range : 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi) [14] 4 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in) dual purpose cannons 4 × AK-630 CIWS [15] [16] Aircraft carried 36 Aircraft : [10] Fixed-wing : Rafale M (To be ordered) [11] MiG-29K (Trials) HAL Tejas (Trials) HAL TEDBF (In devolopement ) HAL AMCA (In consideration) Rotary-wing : Kamov Ka-31 AH-64 Apache (In consideration) HAL Prachand (Trials) MH-60R HAL Dhruv Aviation facilities 12,500 m 2 flight deck Displacement 45,000 tonnes of loaded displacement [8] 45,000 tonnes (44,000 long tons; 50,000 short tons) standard Length 262 m (860 ft) Beam 62 m (203 ft) Height 59 m (194 ft) [6] Draught 8.4 m (28 ft) Depth 25.6 m (84 ft) Decks 14 Installed power 4 × General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (88 MW) 2 × Elecon COGAG Gearbox [19] Propulsion Two shafts Speed 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) [17] Range 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Upcoming Aircraft Carriers for India INS Vishal, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 3 (IAC-3), is a planned aircraft carrier to be built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy. It is intended to be the third aircraft carrier to be built in India after INS Vikrant (IAC-1) and another Vikrant-class aircraft carrier (IAC-2)
Name INS Vishal Builder Cochin Shipyard Limited Status Planned (design phase) General characteristics Displacement 65,000 to 75,000 tonnes [1] [2] Propulsion Integrated electric propulsion [3] Aircraft carried 55 (40 fixed-wing and 15 rotary-wing) (mostly TEDBF and AMCA planned)