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The Sri Lanka Navy(SLN) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā nāvika hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை கடற்படை, romanized: Ilaṅkai kaṭaṟpaṭai) is the naval armof the Sri Lanka Armed Forcesand is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to its ...
P490 - P492. P497 - P497. Built by Colombo Dockyard for the Sri Lanka Navy. Arrow speed boats. Sri Lanka. 154+ [17] Small fast patrol/assault speed boat constructed by the Sri Lanka Navy for use by its littoral warfare units, the Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka) and the Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS) [18] Wave Rider class.
Naval Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Navy (1950-1972). In January 1938 the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (CNVF) was created with Commander W. G. Beauchamp as Commanding Officer. On 31 August 1939, the CNVF was mobilized for war duties. Three years later, the CNVF was offered to, and accepted by the Royal Navy (RN) as a Volunteer Reserve, the "Ceylon ...
The Special Boat Squadron (abbreviated as SBS) (Sinhala: විශේෂ යාත්රා බලගණය, romanized: Viṣēśa Yāthrā Balagaṇaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு படகு படை, romanized: Ciṟappu Paṭaku Paṭai) is the Sri Lanka Navy 's elite special forces unit, modeled after the British Special Boat ...
On 24 February 2024 Sri Lanka Navy confirmed that one of its ships had completed its maiden patrol in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and was returning to the island but did not clarify the dates, name of the ship or plans for further patrols. [53] It was later revealed to be SLNS Gajabahu and the Sri Lankan government confirmed that patrols would ...
SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) (Sinhala: විජයබාහු, romanized: Vijayabāhu) is an Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is named after King Vijayabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lanka who founded the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Formerly, USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) and USCGC Munro (WHEC-724), a High ...
SLNS Weeraya (formally HMCyS Weeraya) (P311) - Shanghai Class fast gun boat commissioned on 1972 Feb 22 and decommissioned on 2020 Oct 12 [6] SLNS Wickrama II (P318) - Shanghai II Class commissioned on 2000 Jun 11. V. HMCyS Vijaya - Algerine class minesweeper (ex-HMS Flying Fish (J370)) - former flagship de-commissioned on 1963 Mar 31.
Navy House official residence of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, located in SLN Dockyard. Trincomalee is a natural deep-water harbour that has attracted seafarers like Marco Polo, Ptolemy and traders from China and East Asia since ancient times. Trinco, as it is commonly called, has been a sea port since the days of the ancient Sri Lankan ...