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The current Sri Lankan Navy was established on 9 December 1950 when the Navy Act was passed for the formation of the Royal Ceylon Navy. The roots of the modern Sri Lankan Navy date back to 1937 when the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force was established, which was renamed and absorbed into the Royal Navy as the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve ...
The Sri Lankan Naval fleet consists of around fifty combat vessels, support ships and inshore patrol craft. This is a list of the current Sri Lankan Navy ships as of 2022: This is a list of the current Sri Lankan Navy ships as of 2022:
The Sri Lankan Navy with approximately 48,000 personal is the key maritime division of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and is classed as the most vital defence force of Sri Lanka. It conducts maritime operations at sea for the defence of the Sri Lankan nation and its interests.
In the early 1980s a land combat force was created which at first limited itself to base defense and as its numbers increased took part in offensive operations against rebel forces along with the Sri Lankan Army. An elite naval special forces unit called the Special Boat Squadron was created in the late 80's based on the British Special Boat ...
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 saw the nation become a republic; the Dominion of Ceylon became the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. As with the other branches of the Ceylonese armed forces, the Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force too underwent a rechristening, becoming the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force (SLVNF). [1]
Special Boat Squadron troops, during the independence day Parade. The SBS was modeled after the Special Boat Service of the Royal Navy.In its role as a naval special forces unit it takes up a wide variety of operations such as amphibious raids, maritime counter-terrorism, reconnaissance and target indication, combat swimmer missions and small boat operations.
A. 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.
Sri Lanka Marine Corps was founded by Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. [8] and Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy. In 2016, Vice Admiral Wijegunaratne was able to take part in the US Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium in San Diego, California.