RN Aircraft Carriers: Centaur Class 1953

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HAPPY HERMES ~ UPDATE

World's longest-serving warship HMS Hermes being decommissioned in India

Of course it’s sad to see a great ship pass away. But the aircraft carrier that was HMS Hermes is bowing out after a glorious lifespan unsurpassed – she’s the longest serving warship in the world.

In the autumn she was taken to the Alang shipbreaker’s yard in Gujarat, India. It’s the biggest there is.

At every high tide the former Hermes has been towed closer to shore and to her end. Dismantling began a month ago.

About five per cent of the ship is already gone. The famous take off ramp used by the Harrier jump jets has been removed.

Breaking her up completely is likely to take a year. Hermes’ keel was laid down in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, in 1944.

After 27 years of Royal Navy service, the carrier would be a mainstay of the Indian Navy for another 30 years before her decommissioning in 2017.

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The most recent photos that I have seen of Hermes shows the front of the flight deck and the ramp all removed.

Jim
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Centaur Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Hermes pictured c1966.
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some sad pictures from Alang today, but for those interested, we are progressing with the plan to cast crests of the old ship in her two lives from the steel of the flight deck, mounted on teak plaques using wood salved from the quarterdeck.
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And this is what the proposed memorial souvenir plaque should look like once completed.
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HMS HERMES

INS Viraat's Dismantling Kept On Hold, Supreme Court Notice To Owner
INS Viraat: The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for ₹ 100 crore and convert it into a museum
Updated: February 10, 2021 2:01 pm IST

New Delhi: The dismantling of the Navy's former flagship, Viraat, has been kept on hold by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for ₹ 100 crore and convert it into a museum.
A large portion of the carrier has already been dismantled when the order to stop work for now came today.

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Pelican wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:23 pm HMS HERMES

INS Viraat's Dismantling Kept On Hold, Supreme Court Notice To Owner
INS Viraat: The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for ₹ 100 crore and convert it into a museum
Updated: February 10, 2021 2:01 pm IST

New Delhi: The dismantling of the Navy's former flagship, Viraat, has been kept on hold by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for ₹ 100 crore and convert it into a museum.
A large portion of the carrier has already been dismantled when the order to stop work for now came today.

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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/aircraf ... CHnh20oAcA
From Tim's photos, it looks as if it is too late and there is no turning back.

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Centaur Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Albion pictured as she arrives at Wellington, NZ, January 30th 1959.
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Flyback Friday! from Neil Wookey
The flight deck on HMS Hermes 1968/1969 thank you Neil Wookey for sending us this picture!
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