Summary: The HMS Hermes, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, served the Royal Navy from its completion in 1959 until it was decommissioned and sold to India, where it served as INS Viraat until 2017.

Aircraft carriers have been a dominant naval asset for nearly a century. Their high cost and sturdy construction means those flattops often serve for decades. One of the longest-serving was HMS Hermes ...

The world's oldest-serving aircraft carrier which once sailed as Britain's flagship during the Falklands War is set to be turned into motorcycles after it was finally sold for scrap in India. The HMS ...

The hopes of the nation rested on her when she was the flagship of the British fleet sailing to rescue the Falklands from Argentina. But now the veteran aircraft carrier HMS Hermes has reached her ...

The dismantling of the Indian Navy's former flagship, Viraat, (ex HMS Hermes) has been kept on hold by the country's Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from ...

Britain's Falklands operation hinged on one thing: HMS Hermes. Without it, Britain would be left with no base to wage war from. Argentina had a simple, yet daunting strategy: take out the British ...

Portsmouth-based HMS Hermes was a conventional British aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class. Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the ...

Dispatch from Alfred Pieres: the sinking of aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, 9th April 1942, off the coast of Ceylon, sent 12th April 1942 Letter sent by my uncle ,crew member, Roy James aged 26, from HMS ...

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 ...

Dispatch from Alfred Pieres: the sinking of aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, 9th April 1942, off the coast of Ceylon, sent 12th April 1942 Letter sent by my uncle ,crew member, Roy James aged 26, from HMS ...