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Centaur-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy

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INS Viraat was a Centaur-class light aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy.

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INS Viraat was the flagship of the Indian Navy until INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's HMS Hermes, and decommissioned in 1984. She was sold to India in 1987. INS Viraat was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987, and served for almost 30 years.

How locals move

Getting around Ins the local way

  • Get inThe railway station is a 15-minute walk from downtown, alternatively you can take the bus 7 or 9 towards Place-Pury or take the funicular down to the lakefront.
  • Get inThe nearest major airports are in Geneva and Basel, the one in Bern is chiefly for charter flights.

From Wikivoyage: Neuchatel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: foundin_a_attic (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.