This is a list of aircaft carriers of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.
Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Origin | Displacement | Note |
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Aircraft carriers (2 in service) | ||||||
Kiev class (Modified) |
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Aircraft carrier | INS Vikramaditya (R33) | ![]() |
45,400 tonnes | STOBAR carrier. |
Centaur class |
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Aircraft carrier | INS Viraat (R22) | ![]() |
28,700 tonnes | STOVL carrier. Laid up in dry dock in Kochi. [1] To be decommissioned in late 2016; [2] scheduled to be replaced by INS Vikrant in 2018-19. [3] |
Name | Picture | No. of Ships | Origin | Displacement | Status | Note |
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INS Vikrant |
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1 | ![]() |
40,000 tonnes | under construction | INS Vikrant is planned to join the Eastern Naval Command in 2018. [4] |
INS Vishal | 1 | ![]() |
65,000 tonnes | Planned [5] | INS Vishal is likely to be a Nuclear-Powered Supercarrier with EMALS CATOBAR system to launch and recover aircraft. The decision regarding ships air-wing still remains unclear. |
Ship | Pennant | Class | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Notes |
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Aircraft Carriers | ||||||
INS Vikrant | R11 | Majestic class | 4 March 1961 | 31 January 1997 [6] | Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship briefly but subsequently scrapped in 2014. | formerly HMS Hercules Although never commissioned into the Royal Navy. |
This is a list of aircaft carriers of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.
Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Origin | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aircraft carriers (2 in service) | ||||||
Kiev class (Modified) |
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Aircraft carrier | INS Vikramaditya (R33) | ![]() |
45,400 tonnes | STOBAR carrier. |
Centaur class |
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Aircraft carrier | INS Viraat (R22) | ![]() |
28,700 tonnes | STOVL carrier. Laid up in dry dock in Kochi. [1] To be decommissioned in late 2016; [2] scheduled to be replaced by INS Vikrant in 2018-19. [3] |
Name | Picture | No. of Ships | Origin | Displacement | Status | Note |
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INS Vikrant |
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1 | ![]() |
40,000 tonnes | under construction | INS Vikrant is planned to join the Eastern Naval Command in 2018. [4] |
INS Vishal | 1 | ![]() |
65,000 tonnes | Planned [5] | INS Vishal is likely to be a Nuclear-Powered Supercarrier with EMALS CATOBAR system to launch and recover aircraft. The decision regarding ships air-wing still remains unclear. |
Ship | Pennant | Class | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Notes |
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Aircraft Carriers | ||||||
INS Vikrant | R11 | Majestic class | 4 March 1961 | 31 January 1997 [6] | Converted to IMS-Indian Museum Ship briefly but subsequently scrapped in 2014. | formerly HMS Hercules Although never commissioned into the Royal Navy. |