Two Japanese naval ships, "Uraga" and "Takashimayaeyama", arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill and replenishment visit on 11th May 2016.

Navy arrested 14 persons who engaged in illegal fishing activities in two separate incidents.

The Commander, Deployment of Air-Force for Counter Piracy Enforcement (DAPE) Captain Masahisa Motomura, JMSDF called on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (10).

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the construction of a new church in the Island of Kachchative, was presided over by the Jaffna Vicar General Rev. Fr. Joshep Das Jebarathnam along with parish priest Rev. Fr. Antony Jeyaranjan, assistant parish priest Rev. Fr. Nixon Colin and the Commander Northern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva on 09th May 2016.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Thammana in Thalaimannar belonging to the North Central Naval Command, arrested 4 fishermen engaged in Bottom Trawling in the seas off Thalaimannar yesterday (9).

In order to help combat the Chronic Kidney Disease in the areas where a high prevalence of the disease is recorded, Sri Lanka Navy has been installing Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants, for the benefit of the people in such areas, in the recent past.

Naval personnel onboard P 4445 attached to Eastern Naval Command arrested 6 local fishermen engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers in the seas east of Chalai on 7th May 2016.

Winning one of the biggest defence contracts in the naval history, Sri Lanka Navy sold 9 small patrol craft, indigenously built by the Inshore Patrol Craft Project of the Navy established at Welisara, to the Nigerian Government today (06) at its’ premises. Winning one of the biggest defence contracts in the naval history, Sri Lanka Navy sold 9 small patrol craft, indigenously built by the Inshore Patrol Craft Project of the Navy established at Welisara, to the Nigerian Government today (06) at its’ premises.

The Sri Lanka Navy sailing team, represented by Chief Petty Officer WAR Nishantha and Leading Seaman MGMU Gunawardana, clinched the overall championship in the “Trinco Blu Sailing Regatta” organized by the Royal Colombo Yacht Club in Trincomalee on 29th and 30th of April 2016.

Naval patrol craft deployed West of Silavathurai and Mullikulam area in the Northwestern Naval Command, apprehended five Indians along with a boat who were transferring approximately 120 kg of Kerala Cannabis by sea on 4th May 2016.