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HMCyS Aliya - “Empire” Class Seagoing Tug (ex-HMS ADEPT) commissioned on 18 November 1957 and was de-commissioned on 31 March 1963; SLNS Abeetha (A 516) - former merchant vessel converted to a surveillance and command ship, sunk on 16 August 1994 at Kankesanthurai. [1] SLNS Abeetha II (P316) - Shanghai II class Patrol Boat commissioned on ...
HMS Southampton (1693) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. The ship was rebuilt in 1700, hulked at Jamaica in 1728 and finally broken up in 1771. HMS Southampton (1757) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1757, and wrecked in 1812. HMS Southampton (1820) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1820. In 1867 the ship was lent to the Hull ...
They were HMS Overdale Wyke (the first ship to be purchased by the Government of Ceylon), HMS Okapi, HMS Semla, HMS Sambhur, HMS Hoxa, HMS Balta and HM Tugs Barnet and C 405. In addition the CRNVR manned several motor fishing vessels (MFV), harbour defence motor launch (HDML) and miscellaneous auxiliary vessels. All were manned exclusively by ...
Category: Historical events in Sri Lanka. 1 language. ... 2023 events in Sri Lanka by month (1 C) D. Disasters in Sri Lanka (8 C) Disestablishments in Sri Lanka (5 C) E.
HMS Otranto: 1909 Collided with HMS Kashmir, and sank on October 6, 1918 S.S. Otranto in 1909. SS Otway: 1909 Torpedoed and sunk off the Hebrides on July 23, 1917 SS Otway between 1909 and 1917: SS Pacific: 1849 Vanished and presumed lost January 1856 Steamship Pacific in 1849: Pacific: 1850 Collided with SS Orpheus, and sank on November 4, 1875
HMS Flora III, Coastal Forces MLs, Invergordon, Scotland; HMS Flycatcher, HQ of Mobile Naval Air Bases during World War II, Ludham then Middle Wallop. RNAS Kai Tak from 1947. [25] HMS Flowerdown, Y-station at RAF Flowerdown; HMS Foliot I, Landing craft accounting base, Plymouth; HMS Foliot III, Combined Operations holding base, Buckleigh, Plymouth
The museum was declared open on 3 February 2013 by then Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa coincide with the country's 65th Independence Day celebrations. [2] The museum is used to display country's maritime history, marine biodiversity and information of the history of the local Naval affairs.
Historical events in Sri Lanka (9 C) F. Former populated places in Sri Lanka (7 P) H. Historiography of Sri Lanka (9 C, 2 P) N. Names of Sri Lanka (7 P) S.