Modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier
Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
India
Name INS Vikramaditya
Namesake Vikramāditya
Operator Indian Navy
Ordered 20 January 2004
Builder Black Sea Shipyard , USSR , and Sevmash , Russia
Cost $2.35 billion (refurbishment)[ 4]
$10-11 billion (including all aircraft and systems)[ 5]
Launched 4 December 2008
Completed 19 April 2012
Commissioned 16 November 2013[ 2]
In service 14 June 2014
Homeport INS Kadamba , Karwar
Identification
Motto Strike Far, Strike Sure [ 3]
Status active
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name Admiral Gorshkov
Namesake Sergey Gorshkov
Builder Chernomorskiy Yard , Nikolayev
Laid down 17 February 1978[ 6]
Launched 1 April 1982[ 6]
Commissioned 11 December 1987[ 6]
Decommissioned 1996
Fate Sold to the Indian Navy on 20 January 2004
General characteristics
Class and type Modified Kiev -class aircraft carrier
Displacement 45,400 tons of loaded displacement [ 9] [ 10]
Length 284 metres (932 ft) (overall)[ 13] [ 14]
Beam 61 metres (200 ft)[ 7]
Height 60.0 metres (196.9 ft) [ 7]
Draught 10.2 metres (33 ft)
Decks 22[ 11]
Installed power 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe [ 11]
Propulsion 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW)[ 11] [ 12]
Speed +30 knots (56 km/h)[ 12]
Range 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)[ 8]
Endurance 45 days[ 11]
Complement 110 officers and 1500 sailors[ 12]
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[ 11]
Armament
Aircraft carried
Maximum of 36 aircraft including[ 12]
Aviation facilities
14-degree ski-jump
Three 30 m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears.[ 11]
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.[ 23] After years of negotiations, the carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004.[ 4] 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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^ a b c "Project 11434" . Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013 .
^ a b "Vikramaditya to be handed to the Indian Navy on November 16" . India & Russia Report. Retrieved 27 October 2013 .
^ 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.
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^ "Indian Carrier Begins Sea Trials | Defense News" . defensenews.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
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^ "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 .
^ 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 .
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^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya inducted into Indian Navy" . IBN Live. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
^ "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 .
^ "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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