The Hermes name remains part of carrier practice as well as history. A shore-based aircraft-carrier ship-control training simulator at HMS Sultan bears the name HMS Hermes. The Centaur-class HMS Hermes served in the Falklands War and then continued in the Indian Navy as INS Viraat until 2017. Hermes may carry more political cachet than Eagle for a future carrier name because veterans and widely circulated newspaper and television images keep the Falklands connection in living memory. The name links a training institution with operational lineage, allied service, and public remembrance.
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The Hermes name links carrier training, the Falklands, and Viraat
HMS Hermes connects shore-based carrier training, Falklands service, Indian naval aviation, and the political weight of living memory.