Two ships operated by the
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...
have had the name INS ''Vikrant''.
* , a British-built
aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...
which was in service from 1961 to 1997, operated as a
museum ship
A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small numb ...
from 2002 to 2012 and was scrapped in 2014–2015.
* , a first Indian-built (indigenous) aircraft carrier which was launched in 2013, the first of two planned for the class, and commissioned on 2 September 2022.
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Indian Navy ship names