This Article is From Sep 02, 2022

INS Vikrant, "City On The Move": 18 Floors, 1,600 Crew, 16-Bed Hospital

INS Vikrant can accommodate 1,600 crew members and 30 aircraft on board.

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The hangar of INS Vikrant is as big as two Olympic-size pools.

INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft carrier which was commissioned today, is set to enhance the country's naval strength. Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, the warship has been tipped as a "city on the move".

INS Vikrant summed up in 5 numbers

  1. 262 metres: INS Vikrant, the largest warship to be built in India, is 262 metres long and 62 metres wide. It will be the country's second aircraft carrier after INS Vikramaditya, which was built on a Russian platform.

  2. 2 Football fields: To put its size in figures easier to understand, the warship is as massive as two football fields end to end and 18 floors tall, the Navy said in a video.

  3. 2 Olympic pools: The hangar of the aircraft carrier is as big as two Olympic-size pools. Initially, the warship will carry MiG fighter jets and some helicopters. The Navy will conduct aviation trials after it gets the warship's command.

  4. 1,600 crew: INS Vikrant can accommodate 1,600 crew members and 30 aircraft on board. It is equipped with machines that can make 3,000 chapatis an hour.

  5. 16-bed hospital: The warship, which took over a decade to be built, is equipped with a 16-bed hospital, 250 tankers of fuel, and 2,400 compartments.

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