વિરાટની વિશ્વવિક્રમી વાતો | જયેશ ઠકરાર | 2020 <br />The Grand old lady: https://anchor.fm/jayesh-thakrar/epis... <br />બેબસ સંતાનોએ બુઝુર્ગ જનેતાને જીવતેજીવ આપી અંતિમ વિદાય <br />પૃથ્વીની 27 પરિક્રમા જેટલી દરિયાઈ સફર કરનાર વિશ્વના oldest serving યુદ્ધજહાજે અલંગ શિપ બ્રેકીંગ યાર્ડ તરફ જ્યારે અંતિમ સફર માટે પ્રયાણ કર્યું ત્યારે સમુદ્રના આ સિકંદરની તકદીર જોઈ દરિયો પણ ડૂસકે ચડ્યો...જેમાં 1500 નૌસૈનિકો રહેતા હતા તેવા ઇન્ડિયન નેવલ શીપના આ તરતી ટાઉનશીપ જેવા ઐતિહાસિક યુદ્ધજહાજની કીર્તિ અને કરુણતાને નિહાળો.. <br />Subscribe..Youtube/jayeshthakrar <br />After evaluating vessels from several countries, the Indian Navy purchased the vessel in April 1986 and gave her an extensive refit at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, England, to allow for continued carrier operations into the next decade. New fire control equipment, navigation radars, improved NBC protection, and deck landing aids were installed in this refit. Boilers were converted to operate on distillate fuel. <br /> <br />India Today in 1988 reported that then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi went to the Bangaram Atoll in Lakshadweep on a holiday with his family and other prominent politicians and media persons on board the INS Viraat.The allegation has been refuted by a retired Indian Navy officer, Retired Commodore Ajay Chitnis, who was involved in planning former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 1987 Lakshadweep trip. <br /> <br />In September 1993, the engine room of the ship was flooded, putting the vessel out of service for several months. The vessel was back in service in 1995 and was fitted with a new search radar. Between July 1999 and April 2001, the ship completed another life-extension refit expected to extend her serviceability until 2010. This refit upgraded propulsion systems, added a package of sensors to sound emergency alerts and introduced modern communication systems. In addition, a long-range surveillance radar, weapon systems, and a new hangar with fire curtains were installed. <br /> <br />The ship underwent a fourth refit in Indian service from January to August 2009 at Cochin Shipyard, Kochi. The refit was expected to ensure her continued service in the Indian Navy until 2015, and the ship went through exercises in the Arabian Sea for a month and a half before being deployed to the Gulf of Aden.Navy officers later reported that the carrier might be kept in service until 2020, as two Indigenous Aircraft Carriers (IACs) seemed likely to be fully operational by then.On 12 July 2011, the ship arrived at Cochin shipyard for a short refit scheduled to be completed in two months and it was repainted. Indian Navy indicated that the ship could remain in service until 2020, provided that there are still Sea Harriers available for ship-borne operations. <br /> <br />On 2 November 2012, the ship arrived in Kochi for the first part of a major two-phase refit. In the first phase, the hull was cleaned, probed for corrosion, worn hull plates were reinforced and received a fresh coat of corrosion-resistant paint.The carrier sailed to Mumbai for further upgrades to her machinery
