INS Vikrant to be auctioned

December 03, 2013 22:50

Defence Ministry has initiated the process to auction the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikrant after the Maharashtra government expressed inability to maintain the ship, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, chief of Western Naval command, said today.

"I am personally very sad as the ship will be scrapped ...," Sinha said, adding he was probably the last person who steered it.

"The ministry of defence has decided to auction INS Vikrant as the Maharashtra government has informed us they will not be able to maintain the ship," he said. Sinha said if anyone wanted to convert the ship into a museum, the Navy would extend help.

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