10 facts about India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

10 facts about India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant India rebuild it is the first Indian carrier which plays an important role in a battle angst Pakistan in 1971 war INS Vikramaditya can carry more than 30 aircraft and have the vital part for India navy here are some facts about ins vkrant

fact no 1 

It is the first aircraft carrier India has designed and built on its own manpower. It has the capacity to hold 30 fighter planes and helicopters from the Indian Ocean  

fact no 2

The old Indian ins Vikrant was built by Vickers-Armstrong Harland and Wolff in 1961 India purchased the carrier in 1957 but due to some reason the purchase complete in 1961 

fact no 3

The name Vikrant was derived from the Sanskrit word vikrānta meaning stepping beyond courageous or bold

fact  no 4

Captain Pritam Singh Mahindroo was the first commanding officer of the INS Vikrant. He was the first Sikh Admiral in the Indian Navy He later served as the Chief of Materiel and as the Director General Naval Dockyard Expansion Scheme before retiring in 1972.

fact no 5 

In the war against Pakistan, the enemy want to destroy the carrier but the Indian navy destroy their submarine ghazi after that Vikrant would be called a white elephant and naval aviation would be written off

fact no 6 

1 November Indian navy decided that the Eastern Fleet was formally constituted and on 13 November, all the ships set out for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. they want to  avoid misadventures, it was planned to sail Vikrant to a remote anchorage, isolating it from combat

fact no 7 

after the war against Pakistan, the whole world was on one side and India ins Vikrant and Russian submarines were on one side show courage and good relation with Russia

fact no 8 

The new Vikrant which is  cost around 200bn rupees $2.5bn £2.1bn was expected to be inducted into on navy by 2017 

fact no 9 

The Vikrant carries 1,700 crew members. The ship also has a 16-bed hospital and two Russian-origin aircraft - a MiG-29K fighter and a Kamov-31

fact no 10 

it plays an important part today because India has a very bad relationship with china on current position India has aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant. on the other hand, china build 4 carries