The “Marines Field Training Exercise, Blue Whale – 2024”, organized for the third (3rd) time by the Sri Lanka Navy Marines, commenced on 05th October 2024 at SLNS Vidura in Sampur, Trincomalee South. The Navy has organized a series of activities for this exercise, involving foreign naval forces, concentrated along the North-West coast and nearby coastal areas, running until 15th October.

The Sri Lanka Navy conducted a beach cleaning programmes covering the Boossa and Medilla beaches today (05th October 2024).

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera paid a courtesy call on Honourable Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat today (04th October 2024).

The Directorate of Naval Welfare donated two laptops (02) to the children of naval personnel who were disabled in the line of duty. These laptops, which were provided by Vice Admiral SMB Weerasekara (Retd), were distributed among the children by Director General Services, Rear Admiral Priyal Withanage, during a ceremony held at the Navy Headquarters on 03rd October 2024.

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera called on new Secretary of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (02nd October 2024).

A delegation led by the Commander Combined Task Force (CTF) 154, Commodore Haytham Elsayed Khalil called on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera at the Navy Headquarters today (02nd October 2024). The Sri Lanka Navy is set to assume command of Combined Task Force 154, a unit under the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), the world’s largest maritime coalition, based in Bahrain.

Following the completion of their basic training, 211 Regular Naval Force recruits and 60 Volunteer Naval Force recruits from the 255th intake of the Sri Lanka Navy passed out in a vibrant ceremony at the main parade ground of SLNS Shiksha in Poonewa on 28th September 2024.

Sri Lanka Navy conducted several cleanup drives in beach areas covering Naval Commands on 28th September 2024, in parallel with the International Coastal Cleanup Day (21st September) and Marine Resources Conservation Week.

In a solemn and dignified ceremony held at Trincomalee’s Ostenburg Point on 27th September 2024, the ashes of late Lieutenant Norman Schofield, a Royal Navy officer and Mrs Marian Schofield, his late spouse, were scattered with full naval honours. Between 1956 and 1958, Lieutenant Norman Schofield served as a communication officer at the HMS Highflyer naval base in Trincomalee, which was regarded as the second-largest naval base in the world during that period. In accordance with the officer's final wishes, who passed away in 1999, his and his spouse's ashes were respectfully scattered following naval traditions.

In a significant ceremony at Navy Headquarters on 27th September 2024, the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, awarded appointment letters to 51 Officer Cadets of the 67th Intake, 18 Direct Entry Officers, and 7 Officer Cadets from University Grant Commission scheme.