Editing INS Vikrant (1961) (section)

==Design and description==

''Vikrant'' displaced {{convert|16,000|t|LT|-1|abbr=on}} at [[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard load]] and {{convert|19,500|t|LT|abbr=on}} at [[deep load]]. She had an [[Length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|700|ft|abbr=on}}, a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|128|ft|abbr=on}} and a mean deep [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|24|ft|abbr=on}}. She was powered by a pair of [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] [[steam turbine|geared steam turbines]], driving two propeller shafts, using steam provided by four [[Three-drum boiler#Admiralty boiler|Admiralty three-drum boilers]]. The turbines developed a total of {{convert|40,000|ihp|lk=in}} which gave a maximum speed of {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}}. ''Vikrant'' carried about {{convert|3175|t|LT|abbr=on}} of fuel oil that gave her a range of {{convert|12000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn}}, and {{convert|6200|mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|23|kn}}. The air and ship crew comprised 1,110 officers and men.<ref name="INS Vikrant - Bharat Rakshak">{{cite web|title=INS Vikrant R11|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/23-INS-Vikrant.html|website=www.bharat-rakshak.com|access-date=8 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021532/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/23-INS-Vikrant.html|archive-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

The ship was armed with sixteen {{convert|40|mm|adj=on}} [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors anti-aircraft guns]], but these were later reduced to eight. At various times, its aircraft consisted of [[Hawker Sea Hawk]] and [[STOVL]] [[BAe Sea Harrier]] jet fighters, [[Westland Sea King#India|Sea King Mk 42B]] and [[HAL Chetak]] [[helicopter]]s, and [[Bréguet 1050 Alizé|Breguet Br.1050 Alizé]] [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine aircraft]].<ref name="INS Vikrant (R11) - History, Specs and Pictures - Navy Warships and Submarines">{{cite web|title=INS Vikrant (R11) – History, Specs and Pictures|url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=INS-Vikrant-R11|website=Military Factory|access-date=8 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195509/http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=INS-Vikrant-R11|archive-date=8 November 2016}}</ref> The carrier fielded between 21 and 23 aircraft of all types.<ref name="Indian Naval Aviation - Air Arm & Its Carriers - Team-BHP">{{cite web|title=Indian Naval Aviation – Air Arm & its Carriers|url=http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/commercial-vehicles/163578-indian-naval-aviation-air-arm-its-carriers.html|website=Team BHP|access-date=23 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123133153/http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/commercial-vehicles/163578-indian-naval-aviation-air-arm-its-carriers.html|archive-date=23 November 2016}}</ref> ''Vikrant''{{'}}s [[flight deck]]s were designed to handle aircraft up to {{convert|24,000|lb|abbr=on}}, but {{convert|20,000|lb|abbr=on}} remained the heaviest landing weight of an aircraft. Larger {{convert|54|by|34|ft|m|1}} lifts were installed.{{Sfn|Hobbs|2014|p=203}}

The ship was equipped with one LW-05 air-search [[radar]], one ZW-06 surface-search radar, one LW-10 tactical radar and one Type 963 aircraft landing radar with other communication systems.{{Sfn|Chant|2014|p=187}}