INS Vikrant receives original bell as gift from retired vice chief of Indian Navy

INS Vikrant receives original bell as gift from retired vice chief of Indian Navy

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Category : Defense Published on: April 12 2023

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  • India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant has received a unique gift in form of its original bell, which was installed on the first carrier of the same name commissioned in 1961.
  • The original bell was gifted by the recently retired Vice Chief of Navy Staff Vice Admiral SN Ghormade to the commanding officer of the INS Vikrant.
  • The warship is likely to display the bell at the Vikrant carrier to inspire future and current officers and sailors about the rich history of their warship.
  • India had purchased the British-origin aircraft carrier HMS Hercules in 1961 and gave it the Indian name INS Vikrant. 
  • The bell was first placed on board the INS Vikrant carrier, which was decommissioned in 1997, and later removed from there at the designated residence of Indian Navy Deputy Chief 5, Motilal Nehru Marg.
  • The new INS Vikrant was commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in place of the old INS Vikrant, which was part of the Indian Navy for the next 36 years from 1961.
  • The new warship INS Vikrant, commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2 last year in Kochi, is the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier.
  • Its construction is completely done by Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kerala. 
  • Vidyadhar Harke is the captain of the new INS Vikrant.
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