Kochi: Taking time off from his hectic schedule, Prince Charles today visited INS Vikrant, India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, now under construction at the public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL).
Shipyard Chairman and Managing Director Commodore K Subramaniam and Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Southern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Satish Soni received the Prince of Wales at the shipyard and escorted him to the aircraft carrier, the biggest warship to be built in the country.
Prince Charles, who was in the ship for half an hour, was taken to the flight deck and hangar deck of the ship by Commodore Subramaniam, Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Rear Admiral M S Pawar, Flag officer Sea Training and Commodore Pradeep Kumar, Warships Production Superintendent.
India had launched its first Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in August this year, thus joining the elite club of nations with the capability of designing and building a warship of this size and capability.
