The decommissioned aircraft carrier ‘Viraat’, which was ordered to be scrapped six months ago by the government, will be e-auctioned here on Tuesday.
The e-auction — by Metals and Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC) — will be conducted from 12.16 p.m. The magnificent ship holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest serving warship in the world.
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Originally commissioned into the British Royal Navy as ‘HMS Hermes’ in 1959, she joined the Indian Navy in 1987 and was rechristened as ‘INS Viraat’ and after a distinguished service of nearly three decades to the country, she was finally decommissioned in 2017.
