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Update to the news release on ‘Liberian-flagged bulk carrier runs aground at Little Basses ’ on 23rd January 2021
Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) ‘Rathnadeepa’ boarded with a team of Navy divers reached MV ‘Eurosun’ that ran aground at Little Basses about 5.5 nautical miles (10km) off the southeastern coast of the island on 23rd January and preliminary investigation into the incident got underway....
2021-01-24
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier runs aground at Little Basses
A bulk carrier named ‘MV Eurosun’ en route to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from Abu Dhabi Port of UAE carrying clinker, ran aground at Little Basses which is about 5.5 nautical miles (10km) off the southeastern coast of the island....
2021-01-23
Update to the news release on ‘Navy in search and rescue operation to locate fishermen on sunken Indian poaching vessel in Sri Lankan waters’ on 21st January 2021
The 04 corpses of fishermen of the sunken Indian fishing trawler were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) around 10.00 a.m. today (23rd January 2021). ...
2021-01-23
Update to the news release on ‘Navy in search and rescue operation to locate fishermen on sunken Indian poaching vessel in Sri Lankan waters’ on 20th January 2021
Corpses of two (02) more fishermen, of the Indian fishing trawler which sank northwest of Delft Island, were recovered this morning (21st January 2021) by Navy diving teams engaged in the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation....
2021-01-21
Update to the news release on ‘Navy in search and rescue operation to locate fishermen on sunken Indian poaching vessel in Sri Lankan waters’ on 19th January 2021.
Navy diving teams engaged in Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, this afternoon (20th January 2020), recovered 02 corpses of fishermen of Indian fishing trawler which sank northwest of Delft Island....
2021-01-20
French Ambassador meets Commander Southern Naval Area
His Excellency Eric Lavertu, Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka met with Commander Southern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera at the Southern Naval Command Headquarters on 19th January 2021. ...
2021-01-20
Navy in search and rescue operation to locate fishermen on sunken Indian poaching vessel in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka Navy launched a Search and Rescue (SAR) operation last night in search of a sunken Indian fishing boat and its fishermen, in Sri Lankan waters about 8 nautical miles (15 km) within the IMBL northwest of Delft Island, following a resisting arrest incident took place in the dark hours on 18th January 2021. ...
2021-01-19
Captain Nissanka Wickramasinghe assumes duties as Commanding Officer SBS
Captain Nissanka Wickramasinghe assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of Special Boat Squadron (SBS) at its Headquarters on 15th January 2021. ...
2021-01-19
Navy rescues a dinghy stranded at sea
Sri Lanka Navy, with the mediation of its Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Colombo), sprang into action to rescue a dinghy with 02 fishermen swept away to the Indian waters, on 15th January 2021. The dinghy that departed Silawathura for fishing practices had faced this distress due to a failure in its outboard motor (OBM). ...
2021-01-16
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe takes over duties as Chief of Staff of the Navy
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe was appointed as the Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy with effect from 15th January 2021, by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa....
2021-01-16
Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana assumes duties as Commander Western Naval Area
Rear Admiral Meril Sudarshana assumed duties as Commander Western Naval Area at the Command Headquarters today (15th January 2021). ...
2021-01-15
Commander of the Navy hands over letters of appointment to 34 Direct Entry officers and lady officers
A ceremony to hand over letters of appointment to newly enlisted 34 Direct Entry officers and lady officers was held under the auspices of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium, Navy Headquarters today (15th January 2021). ...
2021-01-15
Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe appointed as Chief of Staff of the Navy
His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa the President and Commander-in- Chief of Armed Forces of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka appointed Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, with effect from 15th January 2021. Accordingly, Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, officially handed over the letter of appointment to Rear Admiral Weerasinghe today (15th January) and expressed his best wishes to carry out entrusted duties in the new appointment. ...
2021-01-15
Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera honoured in farewell salute
The Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera today (15th January 2021) relinquished naval duties to which he was committed over the past 36 years. ...
2021-01-15
Navy brought ashore a distressed fishing trawler
Sri Lanka Navy, in cooperation with Indian High Commission in Colombo, brought ashore a fishing trawler drifted to the Indian waters along with 02 fishermen aboard, on 13th January 2021. The trawler which left for fishing from Gurunagar, Jaffna had carried away towards Indian seas, having gone into an engine failure. ...
2021-01-14
