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VIKRAMADITYA CARRIER TO START SEA TRIALS IN MAY
Sergei Mamontov
Aircraft carrier Vikramaditya
RIA Novosti
06/04/2012
Sea trials of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya are scheduled to
start on May 25, Russia's Sevmash shipyard said.
The vessel, which was originally intended for the Soviet Navy, but
then refitted for India, will be taken to the White Sea and then to
the Barents Sea where it will stay for three to four months.
"After sea trials are complete, we plan to transfer the carrier to
India by December 4," Sevmash said.
At present, the Vikramaditya's main power generators are being tested
and the sleeping and living quartes are being fininshed. Crew training
was completed in late March, Sevmash said.
The Vikramaditya, previously known as the Admiral Gorshkov, is a
Soviet-made Project 1143.4 class aircraft carrier. It was sold to
India in 2004 but will be delivered only in 2012, after a refit that
lasted eight years and was the subject of an on-going dispute between
the two sides over cost.
Sergei Mamontov
Aircraft carrier Vikramaditya
RIA Novosti
06/04/2012
Sea trials of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya are scheduled to
start on May 25, Russia's Sevmash shipyard said.
The vessel, which was originally intended for the Soviet Navy, but
then refitted for India, will be taken to the White Sea and then to
the Barents Sea where it will stay for three to four months.
"After sea trials are complete, we plan to transfer the carrier to
India by December 4," Sevmash said.
At present, the Vikramaditya's main power generators are being tested
and the sleeping and living quartes are being fininshed. Crew training
was completed in late March, Sevmash said.
The Vikramaditya, previously known as the Admiral Gorshkov, is a
Soviet-made Project 1143.4 class aircraft carrier. It was sold to
India in 2004 but will be delivered only in 2012, after a refit that
lasted eight years and was the subject of an on-going dispute between
the two sides over cost.