PLATFORM TYPE:   LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVSG)
PLATFORM NAME:   HMS HERMES

DESCRIPTION:     PRIMARILY USED FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL OF
                 AIR OPERATIONS INVOLVING HELICOPTER
                 AND VSTOL AIRCRAFT
SPEED:           28KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   1070 PLUS AIR WING
DIMENSIONS:      744 x 90 x 28 FT
                 FLIGHT DECK 160 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    28,700 FULL LOAD
POWER PLANT:     4 BOILERS
                 2 GEARED TURBINES 76,000 SHP
                 2 SHAFTS
ARMOR:           1-2 INCHES OVER MAGAZINES AND MACHINERY
                 3/4 INCH REINFORCED FLIGHT DECK

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES:
                 2 QUAD SEA CAT LAUNCHERS

GUNS:            ASSORTED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        TYPE 996
                       TYPE 994
    (FIRE CTRL):       2 TYPE 904
    (SURFACE SRCH):    TYPE 994
    (NAVIGATION):      TYPE 1006
    (TACAN):           FT 13-S/M
    (IFF):             1010

ELECTRONIC WARFARE:
    (ESM):       RADAR INTERCEPT AND JAMMING
    (ECM):       2 CORVUS CHAFF LAUNCHERS

SONAR:           TYPE 184M HULL-MOUNTED

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:  CAAIS DATA AUTOMATION AND LINK 10

AIRCRAFT:        5 SEA HARRIERS
                 9 SEA KING HELICOPTERS

COUNTRY:         UK
COMMENTS:        37 AIRCRAFT WERE ONBOARD DURING THE
                 FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN OF 1982.
                 SOLD TO INDIA IN 1986, AFTER
                 EXTENSIVE RETROFITS WERE PERFORMED
                 AS REQUESTED BY THE INDIAN NAVY.
                 HERMES WAS DESIGNATED AS INS VIRAAT BY
                 THE INDIAN NAVY.


 
