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SLNS. Sagara. 2 × diesel engines, 6,200 hp (4.6 MW) sustained, 2 shafts and cp props. SLNS Sagara ( Sagara meaning: Sea) is an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy. It was formerly the ICGS Varaha (41), a Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard, leased to Sri Lanka in 2006 and was handed over to the Sri ...
The Sri Lanka Navy 50th Anniversary Medal ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදා 50වන සංවත්සර පදක්කම Śrī Laṃkā nāvika hamudā panasvana sangwathsara padakkama) was presented to all ranks of the regular and volunteer servicepersons of the Sri Lanka Navy provided they have ...
S. USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) Categories: Frigates of the Sri Lanka Navy. Patrol vessels of the Sri Lanka Navy. Hamilton-class cutters. Ships transferred from the United States Coast Guard to the Sri Lanka Navy.
Brigadier GS Fonseka USP psc. The National Cadet Corps ( NCC) is a youth organisation in Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, which operates in schools, and normally includes Army, Navy and Air Force sections. The corp is open for secondary school students on voluntary basis and its officers are government teachers and educational ...
The Sri Lankan Armed Forces award medals and their associated ribbon bars in recognition of various levels of service, personal accomplishments and commemorative events while a regular- or volunteer serviceperson is a member of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lanka Air Force. Together with military badges, such awards are a means ...
On 30 March 1996, the Dvora fast attack craft P-458 was destroyed when it intercepted and struck an LTTE suicide craft attacking an navy troop transport off the coast of Northern Sri Lanka, its commanding officer Lieutenant Jude Wijethunge was posthumously awarded the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya, the highest medal for gallantry in Sri Lanka.
v. t. e. Brigadier ( Brig) is a senior rank in the Sri Lanka Army. Brigadier is a superior rank to Colonel, but inferior to Major-General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, equivalent to Commodore in the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Commodore in the Sri Lanka Air Force. It corresponds to the rank of brigadier general in many other nations.
The Kumudini or Kumuthini boat massacre ( Tamil :குமுதினி படகுப் படுகொலைகள்) happened on 15 May 1985 when at least 23 minority Sri Lankan Tamil men, women and children on a ferry boat named Kumudini sailing from the island of Delft to the island of Nainathivu were killed by Sri Lankan Navy ...