INS Vikramaditya (R33) with a Sea Harrier.jpg
Vikramadityaduring her delivery voyage in 2014
India
NameINSVikramaditya
NamesakeVikramāditya
OperatorIndian Navy
Ordered20 January 2004
BuilderBlack Sea Shipyard, USSR, and Sevmash, Russia
Cost$2.35 billion (refurbishment)
Launched4 December 2008
Completed19 April 2012
Commissioned16 November 2013
In service14 June 2014
HomeportINS Kadamba, Karwar
Identification
  • Pennant number: R33
  • MMSI number: 419000033
MottoStrike Far, Strike Sure
Statusin active service
History
Soviet Union → Russia
NameAdmiral Gorshkov
NamesakeSergey Gorshkov
BuilderChernomorskiy Yard, Nikolayev
Laid down17 February 1978
Launched1 April 1982
Commissioned11 December 1987
Decommissioned1996
FateSold to the Indian Navy on 20 January 2004
General characteristics
Class and typeModifiedKiev-class aircraft carrier
Displacement45,400 tons of loaded displacement
Length284 metres (932 ft) (overall)
Beam61 metres (200 ft)
Draught10.2 metres (33 ft)
Decks22
Installed power6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe
Propulsion8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW)
Speed+30 knots (56 km/h)
Range13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Endurance45 days
Complement110 officers and 1500 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems
Long range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex, CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system
Armament
  • 4 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Barak 1ex-INS Godavari
  • Barak 8 (LRSAM)in 48 vls cells
Aircraft carried
  • Maximum of 36 aircraft including
    • 26 × Mikoyan MiG-29K multi-role fighters
    • 10 × Kamov Ka-31 AEW&C and Kamov Ka-28 ASW helicopters
Aviation facilities
  • 14-degree ski-jump
  • Three 30 m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears.