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Decommissioned aircraft carrier ‘Viraat’ e-auction today

The decommissioned aircraft carrier, ‘Viraat’, which was ordered to be scrapped six months ago by the government, will be e-auctioned here on Tuesday.

The e-auction – by Metals and Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC) – will be conducted from 12-16 hrs, for the magnificent ship which holds a Guinness World Record for being the oldest serving warship in the world.

Originally commissioned into the British Royal Navy as ‘HMS Hermes’ in 1959, she joined the Indian Navy in 1987 and was rechristened as ‘INS Viraat’ and after a distinguished service of nearly three decades to the country, she was finally decommissioned in 2017.

Hailed as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ who lorded over the high seas, she spent around 2,250 days at sea, sailing more than 588,280 nautical miles or 1.08 million kms, before she was gracefully retired and decommissioned.

This will make ‘Viraat’ the country’s second popular aircraft carrier in five years – after the first one, ‘Vikrant’ which had an emotional connect with the whole nation – was similarly scrapped and auctioned in April 2014.-IANS news

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