Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command apprehended 3 fishermen for engaging in fishing activities using illegal fishing nets in the sea area of Nachchikuda yesterday (July, 17).

During his recent visit to the Eastern Naval Command on Saturday (July, 15) to attend the Golden Jubilee of the Naval and Maritime Academy, the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne also took time off to visit the team of naval personnel who made a valiant effort in rescuing the Jumbo stranded at sea on 11th July.

A group of naval officers who followed foreign courses at the Wuhan University in China, made several donations to the recently established Sri Lanka Navy’s Disaster Response Unit at SLNS Gemunu in Welisara.

The Defence Attaché of the US Embassy in Sri Lanka, Colonel Robert Knox Ross who is on the eve of the completion of his tenure, paid his farewell call on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (July, 17).

The Sri Lanka Navy donated one million rupees as compensation, under the Navy's healthcare scheme, ‘Naviru Saviya,’ to the family members of Transport Assistance RSMPN Kumarawho succumbed to a vehicle accident.

Fast Attack Craft belonging to the Northern Naval Command arrested 4 Indian fishing poachers engaged in illegal fishing activities in Sri Lankan territorial waters, about 9 Nm Northwest of Kovilan today (July, 16).

Naval personnel attached to the Northwestern Naval Command apprehended 6 fishermen along with 3 dinghies for engaging in fishing activities using illegal fishing nets in the sea areas off Kilithivu and Nedunthivu, Kalpitiya yesterday (July, 15).

The Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) in Trincomalee, which was commissioned on 15th July 1967 as a premier training establishment in the Sri Lanka Navy, completes fifty years of her glorious journey today (July,15).

Coast Guard personnel attached to the Southern Naval Command apprehended 2 suspects who hunted 2 dolphins and were transferring their meat for trade, today (July, 15).

Following an intelligence tip-off to the Navy, a group of naval personnel attached to the Western Naval Command in coordination with STF personnel nabbed 3 suspects with 6 kg of Kerala Cannabis, during a search conducted in Havelock City, Colombo today (July, 14).