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title: "Facts about India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant"  
description: "The indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is 262 metres (860 ft) long and 62 metres (203 ft) wide. It features a STOBAR configuration with a ski-jump."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1426/facts-about-india-s-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant  
category: "history"  
tags: ["INS vikrant", "aircraft carrier", "ship", "battle ship", "carrier", "aircraft", "Indian army"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Facts about India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant

![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/c1c3bf11-d12f-4c5b-9abc-ea8c86f75f2e.jpeg) ![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/95f7f731-fae5-4327-b56e-a985a4888172.jpeg) INS Vikrant is the first indigenous and largest ship made by India ![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/4e24a2f5-a75b-4290-9897-b698ad8c1c5e.jpeg) The name is derived from India’s first aircraft carrier which was used in the war against Pakistan in the year 1971. ![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/ea669c4d-c48f-403f-aa7a-68b5673a6c32.jpeg) The Indian Navy specifies the length and breadth of the ship as 262 metres and 62 metres respectively. ![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/b3ef15a2-b57b-42d5-9e53-fcd06bdc1000.jpeg) The ship is imbibed with the art automation feature ![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/413bf350-e9e5-4967-b919-aa25013f586e.jpeg) It is also known as a floating city because it has 18 floors, 14 decks and 2,300 compartments. ![Facts about India s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4cbd1050-d8c7-48ff-8e15-dcc470902752/images/5456b9ca-7e70-40e2-87e5-85ab2fd57c7f.jpeg) INS Vikrant is designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house warship design bureau (WDB), under the Cochin Shipyard Limited

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