HMS Hermes was a conventional British aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class.

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Taken from Torpoint in Cornwall, INS Viraat, is seen here leaving Devonport Dockyard for the last time as she begins the long voyage to India for service with the Indian Navy

Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War.

After being sold to India in 1986, the vessel was recommissioned and remained in service with the Indian Navy as INS Viraat until 2017.