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- The government has informed Parliament that it has decided to scrap aircraft carrier INS Viraat. INS Viraat was decommissioned in 2017.
- INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier. The crest of Viraat shows an eagle which symbolizes air power and the five arrows held in the talons of the eagle depict the ship’s versatile weapon capability.
- Its motto was (in Sanskrit) – “Jalamev Yasya Balmev Tasya” (One who controls the sea is all powerful).
- It had served in the British Navy as HMS Hermes for 25 years from November 1959 to April 1984
- After refurbishment it was commissioned into the Indian Navy in May 1987.
- The INS Viraat was deployed for peace-keeping operations off Sri Lanka in 1988 and the Kargil War in 1999.
- It served as the sole Indian Navy aircraft carrier from 1997 when the INS Vikrant, the Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier, was decommissioned till 2013 when the INS Vikramaditya was received from Russia
- INS Viraat is the longest serving warship in the world and holds a Guinness Book of World Records
- In 2018, the Maharashtra Cabinet approved a proposal to convert the carrier into a museum and hospitality centre on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. However, there was no takers.




