Summary: The HMS Hermes, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, served the Royal Navy from its completion in 1959 until it was decommissioned and sold to India, where it served as INS Viraat until 2017.

HMS Hermes was a conventionally powered Centaur-class flattop that was laid down in 1944. Construction was paused for several years and the carrier wasn't launched until 1953.

Britain’s Falklands campaign relied entirely on HMS Hermes, its crucial floating base for war operations. Argentina’s strategy was simple but bold: destroy the British carriers and secure victory.

The HMS Hermes served as Britain's flagship in the Falklands before being sold to India in 1986 and renamed the INS Viraat, was decommissioned in 2017 and has now been sold for scrap.

HMS Hermes was sunk in 1914 by a German submarine in the Dover Strait, with the loss of 44 lives. A 56-year-old man, from Winchelsea, in East Sussex, and a 55-year-old from Teynham, in Kent, were ...

The iconic aircraft carrier HMS Hermes is set to become a 600-room, five-star hotel moored in India’s Bay of Bengal. It will boast luxury suites, restaurants, a night club and swimming pools.

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HMS Hermes was a Royal Navy warship from 1959 and was then sold to India and renamed INS Viraat, until she was finally decommissioned in 2017. | ITV National News ...

As a business model, it's really expensive to run ... I don't think that HMS Hermes would look out of place at all. Apr 06th, 2017 - 08:28 pm 0; Rufus @ Hugh and HMS Expunger ...

HMS Hermes returns to Portsmouth from the Falklands in July 1982. The News PP624 Portsmouth-based HMS Hermes was a conventional British aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class.

Hopes are high that Falklands flagship HMS Hermes can be brought back to Britain as a museum and visitor attraction. The aircraft carrier was sold to the Indian government in 1987 and renamed INS ...