On directives of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the Sri Lanka Navy has been conducting a range of social responsibility projects throughout the country.

Marking yet another significant landmark in the naval history, the Sri Lanka Navy’s Inshore Patrol Craft (IPC) Construction Project was recognized with ISO 9001:2015 standards conferred by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.

The Sri Lanka Navy has been implementing several community service projects under the visionary leadership of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne made a visit to the Eastern Naval Command on 21st January 2017.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijayaba located in Nilaweli in the Eastern Naval Command and the lifesavers of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard rescued a child who was drowning in the Gopalpuram Seas yesterday (22).

Out of many community service projects conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy, installation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in the areas which are prone to the Chronic Interstitial Nephritis in Agricultural Communities (CINAC) has been recognized as a noble cause successfully executed throughout the last year.

On receipt of intelligence information, a group of naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijayaba located in Nilaweli in the Eastern Naval Command apprehended a person with 2.25 kg of Kerala Cannabis kept in his possession in the general area of Thorankadu today (22).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba located in Talaimannar in the North Central Naval Command arrested 3 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities using explosives in the seas off South Bar in Talaimannar yesterday (21).

Navy Sports Club recorded another impressive performance over the CH & FC in another second round game of Dialog Rugby League 2016/17 held at CRN & FC Grounds this evening (21).

Twenty six (26) Special Boat Squadron personnel belonging to the 23rd and 24th Intakes of the Special Boat Squadron (SBS), the elite force of the Sri Lanka Navy, passed out at the SBS Headquarters located at the Naval Dockyard Trincomalee, on successful completion of their training today (20).