Search & Rescue

Navy renders assistance to bring ashore fisherman with burn injuries for medical attention

The Sri Lanka Navy today (11th July 2023) rendered assistance to bring ashore a fisherman with burn injuries, sustained following an accident, while aboard a local multiday fishing trawler. The fisherman has experienced this unfortunate incident while at sea approximately 431 nautical miles (about 798km) off the coast of Galle, southwestern of Sri Lanka.

12 Jul 2023