Question

Which of the following Indian warships arrived at the Alang ship breaking yard for dismantling in September 2020?
1. INS Godavari
2. INS Vishal
3. INS Viraat
4. INS Nilgiri

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : INS Viraat

The correct answer is INS Viraat.

• INS Viraat Indian warships arrived at the Alang ship breaking yard for dismantling in September 2020.

• INS Viraat, the world's longest-serving warship that was decommissioned by the Indian Navy three years ago, has arrived at the Alang coast in Gujarat for dismantling.
• The aircraft carrier began its final journey from the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai and reached the waters at Alang in Bhavnagar district.
• It will be dismantled at the ship-breaking yard in Alang and then sold as scrap.
• The warship, which was inducted into the Indian Navy in 1987, was purchased by Shree Ram Group for a sum of Rs 38.54 crore at an auction.
• It was the second centaur-class aircraft carrier that was in service with the Indian Navy for 29 years before being decommissioned in March 2017.
• There were proposals in the past to preserve it as a maritime museum.
• It is the second aircraft carrier to be broken down in India.
• In 2014, INS Vikrant was dismantled in Mumbai.
• The aircraft carrier, in its earlier avatar, had won the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 for the Royal British Navy.
• It weighs about 27,800 tonnes and served in the British Navy as HMS Hermes from November 1959 to April 1984 and after refurbishment, was commissioned into the Indian Navy.
• In the late 80s, the Indian Navy purchased it at a cost of USD 65 million and it was re-commissioned on May 12, 1987.