Naval personnel onboard a Fast Attack Craft attached to the Northern Naval Command, during routine patrol, intercepted a suspicious dinghy with 06 persons in northern seas yesterday (15 May 2018).

Five (05) Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for trespassing into the Indian territorial waters, were released form Indian custody with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard Department today (15 May).

Lieutenant Commander (C) Senaka Wahala today (15 May 2018) assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Fast Gun Boat, SLNS Edithara II.

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army General Bipin Rawat and the delegation who are on an official visit to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo, today (14 May).

The ‘Uda Walawe Supercross’ 2018 organized by Sri Lanka Army Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Regiment (SLEME) in collaboration with Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club ( SLMCC) worked off at the Crsftsman Autodrome racing track in Sewanagala yesterday ( 13 May 2018).

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 28 persons engaged in illegal acts at several locations in the island during the past few days. These suspects were held for engaging in illegal fishing.

Three (03) Naval Dental lady officers belong to the 02/2017 Direct Entry Intake and Six (06) Service Entry candidates of 01/ 2017 intakes were commissioned at a colourful passing out ceremony held at the main parade ground of the Naval and Maritime Academy in Trincomalee on 11th May 2018 on completion of their training.

The awarding ceremony of appointment letters for sixty (60) Officer Cadets of 61st intake was held under the patronage of Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Admiral Somathilaka Dissanayake auditorium in SLNS Parakrama today (11th May).

The Defence Attaché for the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in India accredited to Sri Lanka, Colonel Slawomir Koltun paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval headquarters today (11th May).

Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP 18) made yet another mission stop in Trincomalee, with the arrival of USNS Mercy, the lead ship of her class of hospital ships in the United States Navy on 25th April 2018.