| History | |
|---|---|
  Soviet Union/Russia | |
| Name: | Admiral Gorshkov |
| Namesake: | Sergey Gorshkov |
| Builder: | Chernomorskiy Yard, Nikolayev |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1978 [1] |
| Launched: | 1 April 1982 [1] |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 1987 [1] |
| Decommissioned: | 1996 |
| Fate: | Sold to India 20 January 2004 |
| History | |
 India | |
| Name: | INS Vikramaditya |
| Namesake: | Vikramāditya |
| Builder: | Black Sea Shipyard, USSR, and Sevmash, Russia |
| Cost: | $2.35 billion[2] |
| Commissioned: | 16 November 2013[3] |
| Homeport: | INS Kadamba, Karwar |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R33[4] |
| Motto: | Strike Far, Strike Sure[5] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 45,400 tons of loaded displacement[6][7] |
| Length: | 283.5 metres (930 ft) (overall) |
| Beam: | 59.8 metres (196 ft)[8] |
| Draught: | 10.2 metres (33 ft) |
| Decks: | 22[9] |
| Installed power: | 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe[9] |
| Propulsion: | 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, generating 180,000 horsepower (134,226 kW)[9][10] |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h)[11] |
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| Endurance: | 45 days[9] |
| Complement: | 110 officers and 1500 sailors[10] |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Long range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex, CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system[9] |
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