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HMS Hermes |
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HMS Hermes Laid Down : 21st June 1944 Launched : 16th February 1953 Completed : 18th November 1959 Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Centaur Builder : Vickers Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : R12 Fate : Originally to be named Elephant, renamed Hermes 5th November 1945. To India (Viraat) November 1986. Later became : INS Viraat |
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HMS Hermes Photos for Sale |
HMS Hermes, 1963. | HMS Hermes, September 1969. | HMS Hermes, March 1973. | HMS Hermes, March 1973. | HMS Hermes, August 1974. |
HMS Hermes, August 1974. | HMS Hermes, June 1977. | HMS Hermes, June 1977. | HMS Hermes, June 1977. | HMS Hermes, June 1977. |
HMS Hermes. |
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16th February 1953 - Launched 1st November 1959 - Captain David Tibbets DCS in Command 1st November 1959 - from Barrow on 25th November 1959 - Commissioned 26th November 1959 - Sailed Portsmouth for Shake Down Period 30th November 1959 - Arrived Gibraltar 4th December 1959 - Sailed Gibraltar for Portland 11th September 1963 - Took part in exercises of Devon 16th May 1966 - Arrived Plymouth 19th May 1966 - Initial sea trials in English Channel and to Devonport 16th May to 26th June 1966 26th June 1966 - Measured mile off Isle of Arran and to Portland Areas for flying trials 26th June 1966 - Sailed Plymouth 1st July 1966 - Arrived Lyme Bay 4th July 1966 - Sailed Lyme Bay 13th July 1966 - Arrived Plymouth 27th July 1966 - Sailed Plymouth 28th July 1966 - Arrived Portsmouth 25th August 1966 - Sailed Portsmouth 28th August 1966 - Arrived Gibraltar 2nd September 1966 - Sailed Gibraltar 9th September 1966 - Arrived Portsmouth 21st September 1966 - Sailed Portsmouth 23rd September 1966 - Off SW Wales (RNAS Brawdy) 24th September 1966 - Commenced Workup in Moray Firth Areas 4th October 1966 - Completed Workup 6th October 1966 - Arrived Hamburg 10th October 1966 - Sailed Hamburg 11th October 1966 - Commenced second Workup in Moray Firth Areas 20th October 1966 - Completed second Workup 21st October 1966 - Arrived Rosyth Dockyard for SMP 7th November 1966 - Ex Roedean in NW approaches and workup continued off SW Wales then Lyme Bay. 7th November 1966 - Sailed Rosyth 18th November 1966 - At Portsmouth 18th November 1966 - Completed Exercise Roedean 16th January 1967 - Flyex in Lyme bay and proceed to Gibraltar for flyex. 26th January 1967 - Sailed Portsmouth 6th February 1967 - At Gibraltar for SMP 20th February 1967 - Completed SMP at Gibraltar 23rd February 1967 - Flyex off Malta 24th February 1967 - Arrived Naples 28th February 1967 - Sailed Naples 1st March 1967 - Ex Poker Hand IV in Tyrrhenian Sea with USN off Tobruk 9th March 1967 - Completed Exercise Poker Hand 10th March 1967 - Off Sigonella Sicily and to Malta for flyex 16th March 1967 - Arrived Malta and sail for Ex Dawn Clear 31st March to 7th April. 31st March 1967 - Sailed Maltar for Ex Dawn Clear 7th April 1967 - Completed Ex Dawn Clear 7th April 1967 - Arrived Malta 8th April 1967 - Sailed Malta 2nd May 1967 - Transit Suez Canal to Aden 12th May 1967 - Arrived Athens 18th May 1967 - Sailed Athens 31st May 1967 - Arrived Aden 10th June 1967 - Sailed Aden 20th June 1967 - Arrived Penang 22nd June 1967 - Arrived Singapore for SMP 17th July 1967 - Sailed Singapore 31st July 1967 - Arrived Hong Kong 31st July to 7th August 7th August 1967 - Sailed Hong Kong 12th August 1967 - Arrived Subic Bay 14th August 1967 - Sailed Subic Bay 28th August 1967 - Arrived Fremantle 4th September 1967 - Sailed Freemantle 1st December 1967 - Arrived Mombasa 10th December 1967 - Sailed Mombasa to Aden 25th December 1967 - At Aden. Khor El Quwai. 14th October 1968 - Arrived Sydney 1983 - Sold to India |
HMS Hermes Artwork Collection |
HMS Hermes by Ivan Berryman. | HMS Hermes 1923 & 1959 by Neil McCart with foreword by Rear-Admiral K A Snow | Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders |
Falklands Task Force by Ivan Berryman. | South Atlantic Task Force by Robert Taylor. |
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Last edited : 21:08, January 1, 2011
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