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She sailed the waves, and splashed from Portsmouth to Bombay, Malta to Mongla

Let's take you down a memory lane, as a new #VIKRANT is born

A THREAD on old gal Vikrant (R 11) and her war service during #Remembering1971.

Romance of old sailors and their ships.

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The gallant sailor aviators who sailed on #Vikrant, flew from her decks, rested their butts in her belly, and nursed back to health, roared into the skies again.

The legend called a #Vikrant, as a new mightier Vikrant is born

@indiannavy
Carrier Operations are not child's play, and the boys who came together to serve on her were a rare breed of her time- the Cobras and the White Tigers included.

#Vikrant nurtured and nourished all her son's.
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#Reliving1971
On evening of 03 Dec 1971, then PM Smt Indira Gandhi announced-
''I speak to you at a moment of grave peril to our country...The Pakistan Air Force suddenly struck at our airfields in Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Avantipur, Utterlai, Jodhpur, Ambala & Agra''
(1/n)
The first hostilities had broken-out between India & Pakistan!
However, known to a few, Pakistani Submarine Ghazi was already on the prowl on the Eastern coast of India since end-Nov - its target, the aircraft carrier #INSVikrant - the pride of #IndianNavy (2/n).
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In fact, from 27 Nov onwards, PNS Ghazi hung around 5-10 miles off the harbour entrance, armed with torpedoes & mines, waiting for Vikrant.
Did Ghazi get its target? Or did Vikrant manage to counter the deadly submarine?
To know more, watch this space (3/n)

#SwarnimVijayVarsh
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