India’s Aircraft carrier INS Viraat set sail for the last time, to Gujarat, where it will be broken down and sold as scrap.
Former navy ship Viraat began its final journey from the Naval Dockyard where it was berthed after being decommissioned in March 2017.
Viraat served the Indian Navy for 30 years before being decommissioned. It had served in the UK's Royal Navy as HMS Hermes.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)