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In use. 1948 – present. Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dockyard is the largest naval base of the Sri Lanka Navy and a major shipyard located in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Established by the British as the Royal Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee, it was home to the East Indies Station of the Royal Navy during World War II. Since the withdrawal of the Royal 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 during World War II. The current name, Sri Lanka Navy, was constituted in 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic and with the introduction ...
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 Squadron (RABS) [18] Wave Rider class.
The Hambantota International Port[a] is a deep water port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, notable for its 99-year lease to China Merchant Ports. Opened in 2010, it is Sri Lanka's second largest port, after Colombo. In 2020, the port handled 1.8 million tonnes of cargo. [3] Construction of the port commenced in January 2008.
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 port is also the naval base for Sri Lanka Navy Western Fleet under the Commander Western Naval Area (COMWEST). [citation needed] The Port of Colombo is home to the second tallest building in South Asia and is the center for many commercial interests.
Sri Lanka Armed Forces. General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd.) The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The three services have around 346,700 active ...
10 km (6.2 mi) Islands. Round Island, Elephant Island, Clappenburg Island, Great Sober Island and Little Sober Island. Settlements. Trincomalee [ 1] Trincomalee Bay, also known as Koddiyar Bay, [ 2] is a bay in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka . The bay is located by Trincomalee town on the north-east coast of the island.