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Japanese Minister of Defence visits Eastern Naval Command
The Japanese Minister of Defence Mr. Itsunori Onodera who is on a two day official tour to Sri Lanka paid a visit to the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters, today (22 August)....
2018-08-22
Navy apprehends 08 Indian fishermen for fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters
Eight (08) Indian fishermen along with a trawler engaged in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters were apprehended by the Sri Lanka Navy yesterday (21st August)....
2018-08-22
Crew of JMSDF “Ikazuchi” assists to clean Trincomalee beach area
The crew of the JMSDF “Ikazuchi” which arrived the island on 20th August 2018 an acquaintance tour, together with a group of naval personnel attached to Eastern Naval Command carried out a cleaning campaign along the Trincomalee beach area, yesterday (21st August)....
2018-08-22
Commander (ND)Vijitha Bandaranayake assumes duties as Commanding Officer of SLNS Ranajaya
Commander (ND) Vijitha Bandaranayake assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Fast Gun Boat, SLNS Ranarisi, today(21st August)....
2018-08-21
SLNS “Sindurala” set sail for Australia for Naval Exercise “KAKADU” 2018
Sri Lanka Naval Ship “Sindurala” left Trincomalee harbour yesterday (20th August) for Australia to participate in the Naval Exercise KAKADU 2018, the biennial exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy. ...
2018-08-21
Bangladesh Defence Attaché calls on Commander Southern Naval Area
The Defence Attaché of the Bangladesh High Commission in Sri Lanka, Commodore Sayd Maksumul Hakeem called on the Commander Southern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera, at the Southern Naval Command Headquarters in Galle, yesterday (20 August)....
2018-08-21
Navy assists to rescue 11 fishermen stranded in the sea
A group of eleven fishermen who were distressed in the seas off Galle were rescued by a Fast Attack Craft attached to the Southern Naval Command, today (20th August)....
2018-08-20
Japanese “Ikazuchi” arrives at the Port of Trincomalee
“Ikazuchi” a Naval ship belongs to Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, arrived at the port of Trincomalee today (20th August) on a good will visit. ...
2018-08-20
Commander (C) Ranga De Zoysa assumes duties as Commanding Officer of SLNS Ranarisi.
Commander (C) Ranga De Zoysa assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Fast Gun Boat, SLNS Ranarisi, today (20th August)....
2018-08-20
Navy assists to apprehend 28 persons engaged in illegal activities
Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 28 persons engaged in illegal acts and a haul of Kerala Cannabis hidden for sale....
2018-08-20
Captain (G) Udaya Kumarasinghe assumes duties as new Commanding Officer of SLNS Sindurala
Captain (G) Udaya Kumarasinghe assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Sri Lanka Navy's Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) SLNS Sindurala, yesterday (19 August)....
2018-08-20
83.5 kg of Kerala cannabis found from northern seas
Naval personnel onboard a Fast Attack Craft in the Northern Naval Command has found 83.5 kg of Kerala cannabis parcels, at 8NM in the seas north of Kankesanthurai today (18 August 2018)....
2018-08-18
PMSS Kashmir leaves for her next port of call
Pakistan Maritime Security Ship (PMSS) Kashmir which arrived at the port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on 13th August, left for her remaining sailing itinerary from the Colombo harbour today (16th August), on completion of a successful tour. ...
2018-08-16
Navy’s 419th RO plant declared open at the village of Daluwa
Yet another Corporate Social Responsibility project of the Sri Lanka Navy came to a close yesterday (14th August) with a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant being declared open at the village of Daluwa, Palaviya in Kalpitiya under the patronage of the Navy Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva. ...
2018-08-15
Navy brings ill fishermen ashore for immediate treatment
The Fast Attack Craft P 439 attached to the Eastern Naval Command brought an ill fisherman aboard a multi-day fishing trawler to ashore for immediate treatment today (13th August)....
2018-08-13
