Hms Hermes (r12)

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	Ship Table Fate	Sold to India in 1986 Active in service as INS Viraat
	Ship Country	United Kingdom
	Ship Builder	Vickers-Armstrong
	Ship Laid Down	21 June 1944
	Ship Launched	16 February 1953
	Ship Commissioned	25 November 1959
	Ship Decommissioned	N/A
	Ship Fate	Sold to India in 1986 Active in service as INS Viraat
	Ship Struck	1985
	Ship Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
	Ship Displacement	23,000&nbsptonnes full load
	Ship Length	23614&nbspm
	Ship Beam	4510&nbspm
	Ship Draught	278&nbspfeet/84&nbspmetres
	Ship Propulsion	2 Parson turbines, 76,000&nbspshp (57&nbspMW)
	Ship Speed	28&nbspknots (52&nbspkm/h)
	Ship Range	7,000&nbspmiles at 18&nbspknots (13,000&nbspkm at 33&nbspkm/h)
	Ship Complement	2,100
	Ship Armament	10 × 40&nbspmm Bofors
	Ship Aircraft	Upto
	Ship Notes	Pennant = R12,

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