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2. SLNS Gajabahu (P626) SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) In 2017, the US announced they would transfer one Secretary/ Hamilton -class cutter to the SL Navy. [ 1] The vessel arrived in Sri Lanka 2019 under the pennant number P626. [ 2] A second Hamilton -class cutter was transferred on 2021 under pennant number P627. [ 3]
The Sri Lanka Navy has five Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels (equivalent to a traditional patrol frigate), three Offshore Patrol Vessels, two missile boats, 40 fast attack crafts, more than 200 patrol boats, seven landing ships/craft, along with six auxiliary vessels.
SLNS Jayasena - Shanghai class fast gun boat. SLNS Jayesagra - Jayasagara Class patrol craft commissioned on 1983 Dec 9. K. SLNS Kandula - Landing Craft Medium commissioned in 1985. HMCyS Kotiya - Seaward defence boat commissioned on 1955 May 8 and sank at her moorings during the cyclone “Emily” on 1964 Dec 24.
6 × .50 caliber machine guns. ZU-23-2. SLNS Gajabahu (P626) ( Sinhala: ගජබාහු, romanized: Gajabāhu) is an Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is the second ship named after King Gajabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan Kingdom of Anuradhapura . Formerly, it was USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720) a ...
The Special Boat Squadron (abbreviated as SBS) (Sinhala: විශේෂ යාත්රා බලගණය, romanized: Viṣēśa Yāthrā Balagaṇaya; Tamil: சிறப்பு படகு படை, romanized: Ciṟappu Paṭaku Paṭai) is the Sri Lanka Navy 's elite special forces unit, modeled after the British Special Boat ...
SLNS Vijayabahu (P627) ( Sinhala: විජයබාහු, romanized: Vijayabāhu) is an Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship is named after King Vijayabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lanka who founded the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa . Formerly, USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) and USCGC Munro (WHEC-724), a ...
The Dvora class has become the work horse of the Sri Lanka Navy which has deployed it since the mid-1980s to counter LTTE operations at sea. Since then Dvoras have been made in Sri Lanka and has been the basis for the more advanced Colombo class fast patrol boat built by the Colombo Dockyard Limited and used by South Asian navies to counter terrorism.
3-5. Armament. 23 mm autocannon. PKM 7.62 mm machine guns. 12.7 mm ZPU-1. The Cedric class, formerly known as Arrow class, is a series of fast patrol/assault speed boats constructed by the Sri Lanka Navy for use by its littoral warfare units, the elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS) and the Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS). [3]