Ships
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:
Equipment
Shipboard weapon systems
- Gabriel anti-ship missile
- PJ33A 100 mm dual gun naval artillery
- Oto Melara 76 mm naval artillery
- Typhoon Naval Optronic Stabilized Weapon Platform
- CRN 91 Naval Gun
- Type 76 dual 37 mm automated antiaircraft artillery
- Type 61 shipboard antiaircraft artillery
- Type 58 antiaircraft gun
- M242 Bushmaster 25 mm (25x137mm) chain-fed autocannon
- Heckler & Koch GMG 40 mm automatic grenade launcher
- M2 Browning machine gun
- EMGEPRON 47mm saluting gun (ceremonial gun salutes)
Specialized land vehicles
- Unibuffel mine-protected APC
- Unicorn mine-protected APC
- Ideal Motors Combat All-Terrain Vehicles.
Rocket artillery
- Type 63 multiple rocket launcher
Radar systems
- Raytheon's HFSWR-503 (High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar) Sea Search System
- Mark 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System - SLNS Gajabahu
Mortars
- Type 84 (W84) 82 mm mortar
- Type 89 60 mm mortar
Small arms
Shore establishments
Main shore establishments
- SLNS Parakrama (Flagstaff Street, Colombo) – Naval Headquarters
- SLNS Lanka (Welisara) -VNF HQ
- SLNS Gemunu (Welisara) – Naval Barracks & Naval Detention Barracks
- SLNS Mahasen (Welisara) – Logistic deport
- SLNS Tissa (Trincomalee)
Naval bases
- SLN Dockyard (Trincomalee) – Eastern Naval Command HQ
- SLNS Rangalla (Colombo Harbour, Colombo) – Western Naval Command HQ
- SLNS Dakshina (Galle) – Southern Naval Command HQ
- SLNS Ruhuna (Tangalle)
- SLNS Vijaya (Kalpitiya Fort, Kalpitiya, Puttlam)
- SLNS Elara (Karainagar, Jaffna) – Northern Naval Command HQ
- SLNS Thammanna (Talaimannar)
- SLNS Uttara (Kankasanturai, Jaffna)
Training establishments
- Naval and Maritime Academy (SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee)
- SLNS Thakshila (Welisara) – Naval Artificer Training Institute
- SLNS Nipuna (Boossa) – Advanced Naval Training Centre
- SLNS Shilpa (Kandy) – Naval Recruit Training Centre
- SLNS Shiksha (Poonewa) – Naval Recruit Training Centre
- SLNS Pandukabaya – Naval Recruit Training Centre/Combat Training School
Land based naval contingents
- SLNS Walagamba
- SLNS Gajaba
- SLNS Agbo (Madangal)
- SLNS Vijayaba
- SLNS Kanchadewa (Kayts and Velani)
- SLNS Velusumana (Mandathivu)
- SLNS Gotaimbara (Punguduthivu)
- SLNS Perakumba (Sampur, Trincomalee)
- SLNS Vasaba (Delft Island)
- SLNS Pussadeva (Vankalai)
- SLNS Theraputta (Shilawathura)
- SLNS Bharana (Mullikulam)
Harbour defence units
- SLNS Mahaweli (SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee)
- SLNS Kelani (Colombo Harbour, Colombo)
Former shore establishments
- HMCyS Rangalla (Diyatalawa)
- HMCyS Parakrama 2 (Trincomalee)
- HMCyS Gemunu 2 (Kochchikade, Colombo)
- HMCyS Kalaru
See also
- List of Sri Lanka Army equipment
- List of Sri Lanka Air Force active aircraft
References
External links & sources
- Sri Lank Navy website
- Defenders of the ocean receive heroes’ welcome on their triumphant return to home base
- Sri Lanka Navy destroys the 10th LTTE arms ship 1700 km off Dondra
- lankanavy.blogspot.com
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