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Sri Lanka: 52~56 tonnes 22: P410 - P424 P450 - P451 P490 - P492 P497 - P497 Built by Colombo Dockyard for the Sri Lanka Navy. Arrow speed boats Sri Lanka: 154+ [17] Small fast patrol/assault speed boat constructed by the Sri Lanka Navy for use by its littoral warfare units, the Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka) and the Rapid Action Boat ...
From mid 2008, it has also been issued to the newly created Rapid Action Boat Squadron. The Arrow boat was widely used by the Sri Lanka Navy against the LTTE’s Sea Tigers during the last phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War, known as the Eelam War IV. [6] The 100th Arrow boat was launched by the Sri Lanka Navy on 11 September 2008. [7]
KD Sri Gaya Malaysia: 2 [20] Armament: 1 × 20 mm gun; 2 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun; Fast interceptor craft / Rigid-hulled inflatable boat / Jet ski CB90: Fast interceptor craft: 201 - 217 Sweden: 17 [21] Armament: 3 × 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine guns; G2000 FIC 18M: Fast interceptor craft: 1021 - TBD Malaysia: 19 [22]
The 4th Fast Attack Flotilla (aka Dvora Squadron) is a force element flotilla of the Sri Lanka Navy.The flotilla's mission is to provide heavily armed and fast patrol boat (called fast attack craft or FACs) capability to counter sea tiger movements along the coast and to protect naval and civilian shipping from sea tiger suicide crafts.
The Dvora class has become the work horse of the Sri Lanka Navy which has deployed it since the mid-1980s to counter LTTE operations at sea. Since then Dvoras have been made in Sri Lanka and has been the basis for the more advanced Colombo class fast patrol boat built by the Colombo Dockyard Limited and used by South Asian navies to counter terrorism.
Thereafter Sri Lankan shipyard Solas Marine was shortlisted for supply of the 80 boats. A deal worth ₹ 3 billion (US$35 million) for the same was signed in the last week of September 2011. As per the agreement, the 80 boats were to be supplied in batches of 15 and the induction of first batch was to take place within 36 months from the ...
The Ultra Fast Attack Craft, commonly known as the UFAC [2] or Colombo class, is a Sri Lankan ultra high-speed class of patrol boats meant for a variety of naval missions from off-shore coastal patrol missions to high-speed, high-maneuver littoral warfare. They are based on the Shaldag boats made by Israel.
The Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS)(In Sinhalese: "ක්ෂණික ක්රියාකාරී යාත්රා බලඝණය" Ksanika Vihidum Yathra Balaghanaya) is a force element squadron of the Sri Lanka Navy that provides expertise in small boat operations in support of littoral operations, amphibious and riverine activities.