Sri Lanka Navy

Three Royal Thai Naval Ships arrive at port of Colombo

Three Royal Thai Naval Ships; HTMS Bangpakong, Makutrajakumarn and Pattani arrived at the port of Colombo on a training and goodwill visit today (06 April 2018). ...

2018-04-06

Capping ceremony of naval nurses held at Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium

The capping ceremony of naval nurses belonging to the Naval Nursing School located at SLNS Thakshila was held at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium of SLNS Parakrama yesterday (05 April 2018) on high note. ...

2018-04-06

Navy Cup Inter-club Hockey Tournament set to get underway on 07 and 08 April in Welisara

The Navy Cup Inter-club Hockey Tournament organized by the Hockey Association of Sri Lanka Navy for the second consecutive year is all set to get underway at the Navy hockey ground in Welisara on 07 and 08 April 2018....

2018-04-05

Northern Naval Command conducts field medical clinic in Nainativu

As a part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s Cooperate Social Responsibility Project, the medical personnel of the Northern Naval Command conducted a field medical clinic at the Nagadeepa Raja Maha Viharaya, on Nainativu Island yesterday (03 April 2018)....

2018-04-04

Captain Dammika Wijewardena assumes duties as Commanding Officer of SLNS Nandimithra

Captain (H) Dammika Wijewardena yesterday (03 April 2018) assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Fast Missile Vessel, SLNS Nandimithra....

2018-04-04

Official website of Galle Dialogue International Maritime Conference launched

The official website of Galle Dialogue International Maritime Conference 2018 was launched by Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 28 March 2018. ...

2018-04-02

Six persons engaged in illegal activities apprehended with Navy’s assistance

Sri Lanka Navy assisted to apprehend 6 persons engaged in various illegal acts at several locations in the island during the past week....

2018-04-02

Navy proves professional expertise in salvage of HMNS SS Sagaing sank during WW II

The wreck of one of the famous ships of Her Majesty’s Naval Service - SS Sagaing which sank at the Trincomalee harbour during the World War II, is refloated after 75 years stay underwater by a team of divers of Sri Lanka Navy making a landmark turning point in the field of Diving and Salvage....

2018-03-31

Navy initiates a project in creating Polythene and Plastic free environment

Marine Conservation and Monitoring Unit of Sri Lanka Navy has introduced a new recycling process of polythene and plastic as a sustainable solution for garbage disposal of Sri Lanka....

2018-03-29

SLNHS bathymetric surveys focused on fishery harbour development in the North and North East save millions of rupees to government coffers

Sri Lanka Navy Hydrographic Service, on a request made by Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, completed bathymetric surveys in support of developing four fishery harbours in the North and North East of Sri Lanka....

2018-03-28

Workshop on ‘Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing’ held in Trincomalee

A workshop organized by United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization on ‘Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing’ for the judges and officers of the Attorney General's Department was held at the Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda Auditorium at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee on 24 March 2018. ...

2018-03-28

Navy assists to apprehend 23 persons engaged in illegal activities

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 23 persons engaged in illegal acts at several locations in the island during the past few days. ...

2018-03-27

Disaster Management Simulation Exercise successfully concludes in Kalpitiya

A Disaster Management Simulation Exercise conducted by Sri Lanka Navy, successfully concluded at the Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS) Headquarters in Kalpitiya on 23March 2018....

2018-03-26

Sri Lanka Navy’s second AOPV arrives at Colombo harbour

The second Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) constructed at the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the mission requirement of the Sri Lanka Navy, arrived at the Colombo harbour this morning (26 July 2018). ...