Navy celebrates 58th anniversary on Dec.9

The Sri Lanka Navy will be celebrating its 58th anniversary on a grand scale on December 9 where the main event will be held at the SLN Headquarters, Colombo presided over by the Navy Commander, Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda. The Sri Lanka Navy will be celebrating their 58 years long service to the country amidst major victories achieved in the recent past.

Religious ceremonies are being held at all the main bases situated islandwide including special ceremonies on 09 December.

Protecting the waters of the country which approximately extends to 400,000 square meters is a mammoth responsibility. It is evident that the Sri Lanka Navy's most successful era, since its inception in 1950, could have been the recent past after 2005. Sri Lanka Navy successfully protected the country crushing the LTTE arms and ammunition supply. Within just nine months starting from February 2007 SLN destroyed seven ships carrying illegal arms and weapons to the LTTE terrorists. A large number of LTTE boats along with terrorists were destroyed since 2007 up to date in the duty of protecting civil and military passenger ships, cargo ships and strategically and economically important places. (DY)