 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Basa rokugadzira ngarava dzorudzi rweMajestic rakamiswa muna May 1946, uye ngarava yacho yakanga yapera kugadzirwa ne75 muzana. Mutakuri wacho akaramba ari mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kukwana kusvikira munaJanuary 1957, paakatengwa neIndia Navy. Yakashongedzerwa nechivako chokubhururuka chakakombama, Hercules yakagadzwa muIndian Navy sa1961. Vikrant haana kubatanidzwa muHondo yeChina neIndia ya1962 kana kuti Hondo yeIndia nePakistan ya1965nemhaka yokuti iye akaiswa pamhenderekedzo nokuda kwokuchengetedza nokugadziridza pazviitiko zvose zviri zviviri. Iye akaita kushanda panguva 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, pamwe ake mhepo boka kuita kurova uye interdiction akavhiyiwa East Pakistan. 