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HMS Hermes was a conventional British light aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class. Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War .
HMS Hermes (R12) was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, originally planned as HMS Elephant, but renamed in 1945. She was launched in 1953 and served in the Falklands War . She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1986, who recommissioned her as INS Viraat until finally decommissioned in 2017
Another defence review in 1973 led to Albion being discarded - rather than being refitted - to pay for HMS Invincible (R05). [13] She was decommissioned for the last time on 2 March 1973, [2] to be replaced by HMS Hermes (R12) when the latter's conversion to a helicopter assault ship was completed in August 1973. [13]
HMS Hermes (R12) ex-Elephant: 42 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines 21 June 1944 November 1959 Sold to India April 1986, as INS Viraat, decommissioned. [1] HMS Hermes: 42 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines 21 June 1944
INS Viraat was originally commissioned by the British Royal Navy as HMS Hermes on 18 November 1959, 15 years after she was laid down in June 1944. She served as the flagship of the Royal Navy's task force during the Falklands War in 1982 and was decommissioned from active duty in 1985.
An 892 Sqn Sea Vixen FAW.1 from HMS Hermes (R12) landing aboard USS Ranger (CVA-61), 1963. On 1 July 1959 892 Squadron was reformed at Yeovilton from 700Y Squadron with de Havilland Sea Vixen all-weather fighters, being the first operational fighter squadron to use the Sea Vixen.
Frigate HMS Broadsword and aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, April 1, 1982. Following the deployment of Argentine forces to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and South Sandwich on April 2, 1982, the United Kingdom sent two British Royal Navy task forces totaling 109 vessels and 15 air squadrons to the South Atlantic, [40] with the stated objective of asserting sovereignty over the islands: Task ...
HMS Herald (H138) HMS Hermes (R12) HMS Hydra (A144) I. HMS Intrepid (L11) HMS Invincible (R05) J. HMS Junella; L. HMS Leeds Castle (P258) M. HMS Minerva (F45) N. MS ...