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 | | The carriers, HMAS MELBOURNE and HMS HERMES are also well remembered from their launch to completion. |
 | | What was eventually to be launched as the Aircraft Carrier, HMS HERMES, was laid down on the stocks by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, as HMS ELEPHANT on the 21st of June, 1944. |
 | | She saw distinguished service during the Falklands conflict and was later transferred to the Indian Navy as the INS VIRAAT (R 22) on 15th February, 1989, whom she still serves. |
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