INS Vikramaditya

Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
India
NameINS Vikramaditya
NamesakeVikramāditya
OperatorIndian Navy
Ordered20 January 2004
BuilderBlack Sea Shipyard, USSR, and Sevmash, Russia
Cost$2.35 billion (refurbishment)[1] $10-11 billion (including all aircraft and systems)[2]
Launched4 December 2008
Completed19 April 2012
Commissioned16 November 2013[3]
In service14 June 2014
HomeportINS Kadamba, Karwar
Identification
MottoStrike Far, Strike Sure[5]
Statusactive
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
NameAdmiral Gorshkov
NamesakeSergey Gorshkov
BuilderChernomorskiy Yard, Nikolayev
Laid down17 February 1978[6]
Launched1 April 1982[6]
Commissioned11 December 1987[6]
Decommissioned1996
FateSold to the Indian Navy on 20 January 2004
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Kiev-class aircraft carrier
TypeAircraft carrier
Displacement45,400 tons of loaded displacement[7][8]
Length284 metres (932 ft) (overall)[9][10]
Beam61 metres (200 ft)[11]
Height60.0 metres (196.9 ft) [11]
Draught10.2 metres (33 ft)
Decks22[12]
Installed power6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe[12]
Propulsion8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW)[12][13]
Speed+30 knots (56 km/h)[13]
Range13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)[14]
Endurance45 days[12]
Complement110 officers and 1500 sailors[13]
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[12]
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • 14-degree ski-jump
  • Three 30 m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears.[12]

INS Vikramaditya (Sanskrit: Vikramāditya, Brave as the Sun)[note 1] is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier and the flagship of the Indian Navy. The carrier entered into service in 2013.[20]

Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy (as Admiral Gorshkov) before being decommissioned in 1996.[21][22][23] After years of negotiations, the carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004.[1] The transformed ship completed her sea trials in July 2013[24] and first STOBAR aviation trials in September 2013.[25]

She was commissioned on 16 November 2013 at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk, Russia.[26] On 14 June 2014, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, formally inducted INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy and dedicated her to the nation.[27][28]

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  11. ^ a b "Vikramaditya to be handed to the Indian Navy on November 16". India & Russia Report. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "'Vikramaditya' to be Commissioned on 16 Nov 13". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d "Prime Minister Spends A Day Onboard INS Vikramaditya". PIB. MOD. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  14. ^ PTI (1 February 2013). "Engine problems in INS Vikramaditya fixed, sea trial to start in June – Economic Times". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2013. an endurance of 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at a cruising speed of 18 knots. It will have an air wing consisting of Russian-made MiG-29K jet fighter planes and Kamov Ka-31 early warning radar helicopters.
  15. ^ "INS Vikramaditya to get its own missile shield soon". Times of India. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  16. ^ "INS Vikramaditya won't have air defence system for now". Indian Express. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  17. ^ Anandan, S. (7 August 2013). "INS Vikramaditya will serve Navy for 30 years". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  18. ^ "Misses, waits & progress in naval missiles". Business Standard. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  19. ^ a b "INS Vikrant: India's New Carrier-Gorshkov-Vikramaditya: Aerial Complement". 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  20. ^ "About INS Vikramaditya - The newest & largest ship of Indian Navy | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  21. ^ Bharat Verma 2011, pp. 45–46.
  22. ^ Terry Brien 2012, p. 1145.
  23. ^ "INS Vikramaditya: Everything you Need to about warship". www.theindianhawk.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  24. ^ Kumar, Vinay (28 July 2013). "INS Vikramaditya sea trials successful". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  25. ^ Kumar, Vinay (17 September 2013). "Vikramaditya likely to be delivered in mid-November". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  26. ^ "Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya inducted into Indian Navy". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  27. ^ "PM Modi inducts INS Vikramaditya into Navy, dedicates it to nation". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  28. ^ "PM Narendra Modi dedicates largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation, pitches for self-reliance". The Indian Express. 14 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.


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