Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vidura located in Sampoor in the Eastern Naval Command arrested twenty-three local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing using unauthorized nets in the seas off Sampoor yesterday (12).

The final Fleet Amphibious Landing Exercise of the 2nd Amphibious Operation Course carried out by the Navy’s Patrolman Branch, came to an end at the coastal belt of SLNS Kashyapa in Vakarei on 09th June 2016.

The launching ceremony of the Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel, built by Goa Shipyards Ltd for the Sri Lanka Navy, came about on a grand scale at Goa Shipyard in India today (10).

As per the directives of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the Northern Naval Command commenced several Soccer coaching camps for the school children who are in the Islands of Jaffna Peninsula.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya, Kalpitiya in Northwestern Naval Command arrested three local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing using unauthorized nets in the seas off Ippantivu and Periyaarachchal yesterday (8).

Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest six Indian fishermen, along with an Indian fishing trawler, poaching in Sri Lankan waters North of Talaimannar today (09).

The World Oceans Day national ceremony was held at the Viharamahadevi Amphitheatre under the patronage of His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena today (8).

Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe attended the 15th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue: Asia Security Summit in Singapore.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Parakumba in Eastern Naval Area arrested 9 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities in Sampoor area on 5th June 2016.

Naval personnel onboard P 422 patrol craft recovered 158 kg of Kerala Cannabis floating in Sri Lankan waters near the International Maritime Boundary Line North of Kankesanthrai yesterday (6).