Initial crew get onboard SL Navy Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel in India
The Indian shipbuilding company, Goa Shipyard is currently at the completion stages of building two 105 m Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPV) for the mission requirements of the Sri Lanka Navy. Incidentally, the Sri Lanka Navy crew who are expected to steer one of the AOPVs, have reached India in view of acclimatizing to the state of the art facilities and technologies of the ship....
2017-04-27
Person arrested for transporting sea sand without licence
Coast Guard personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command arrested a person, engaged in transportation of sea sand without licence near the Vallipuram Kovil in Point Pedro today (27). ...
2017-04-27
Navy apprehends 9 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command apprehended 9 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing practices using unauthorized fishing nets in Vidattalativu sea area yesterday (26). ...
2017-04-27
Navy renders assistance to rescue a French national in Southern Seas
Following information disseminated by Hambantota Port Control MRMRP, a group of naval personnel attached to the Naval Deployment, Hambantota rendered assistance to rescue a French national and his yacht encountered a distressed situation in the seas off Koholankala Saltern, Hambantota yesterday (25)....
2017-04-26
Five persons nabbed for transportation of 942 packets of red onion seeds illegally
On receipt of an intelligence tip-off to the Navy, a group of naval personnel attached to the Northwestern Naval Command in coordination with the Silawathura Police apprehended 5 suspects engaged in illegal transportation of red onion seeds in Kokkupadayan, Silawathura today (26)....
2017-04-26
Pakistan National Defence University delegation calls on Chief of Staff of the Navy
A delegation of the Pakistan National Defence University currently on a study tour called on the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters today (25). ...
2017-04-25
SL Navy – Indian Coast Guard facilitate repatriation of seven Sri Lankan fishermen
Sri Lankan Navy today (25, April), facilitated the repatriation of seven Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for trespassing into Indian territorial waters. ...
2017-04-25
Ambassador of Republic of Seychelles calls on Commander of the Navy
The Ambassador of the Republic of Seychelles, HE David Claude Pierre paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (24). ...
2017-04-24
Navy apprehends six persons engaged in illegal fishing practices using dynamite
Naval Special Boat Squadron (SBS) personnel in the Eastern Naval Command, apprehended 6 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing practices using dynamite in the sea area off Kuchchaveli yesterday (23)....
2017-04-24
Gregory Lake splashed by Jet Ski riders
The ‘Jet Ski Championship-Navy Cup 2017’ organized for the fourth time by the Sri Lanka Navy in collaboration with the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council, worked off at the alluring waters of Gregory Lake in the cool climes of picturesque Nuwara Eliya on a high note today (22)....
2017-04-23
Navy apprehends 3 fishermen for fishing lobsters by illegal means
Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command apprehended 3 fishermen who engaged in illegal lobster fishing practices by means of banned nets in the seas off Pigeon Island, Nilaweli yesterday (22)....
2017-04-23
Navy records a number of victories at Fox Hill Super Cross 2017
Displaying stunning performances, the ace racers of the Sri Lanka Navy recorded several victories in number of racing events at Fox Hill Super Cross 2017, the premier event of the Sri Lankan racing calendar, worked off at the Fox Hill racetrack in the salubrious hills of Diyatalawa. The event was organised by the Military Academy of the Sri Lanka Army....
2017-04-23
Navy apprehends a person with 511 kg of red sandalwood
On receipt of intelligence information to the Navy, a group of naval personnel attached to the North Western Naval Command apprehended a person who was on an attempt to smuggle 511 kg of red sandalwood into the country from India via sea, today (23)....
2017-04-23
Navy apprehends a suspect with 2 Kg of Kerala Cannabis
On a naval tip off received, the naval personnel of Western Naval Area with the assistance of Wattala Police, during a search operation, nabbed a suspect for possession of Kerala cannabis weighing 2 Kg in Wattala general area today (22)....
2017-04-22
Commander of the Navy declares open Mariner’s Mini Restaurant
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne declared open the newly constructed Mariner’s Restaurant in Nuwara Eliya today (21)....
2017-04-21