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The Commander of the Navy is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Navy. The current Commander of the Navy is Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera. It is a position equivalent to that of First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy or Chief of Naval Operations in the United States Navy . By convention, serving Navy commanders have a rank of vice admiral, and ...
The Sri Lanka Navy ( SLN) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā nāvika hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை கடற்படை, romanized: Ilaṅkai kaṭaṟpaṭai) is the naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to ...
Advisor to the President on National security. Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Kumar Jayadeva Karannagoda, RSP, VSV, USP, MRIN, MNI (born November 22, 1952) is a Sri Lankan naval officer. He served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy during the last phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War and Governor of North Western Province, Sri Lanka from 2021 ...
The following tables present the ranks and insignia of the Sri Lanka Navy.These ranks are similar to Royal Naval officer ranks and the ratings ranks. Sri Lanka does have an Admiral rank, but it is usually only awarded to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) or as an honorary rank; Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda was the only Sri Lankan naval officer to hold a full admiral rank while in active service.
He is a graduate of the US Naval War College, having passed the US Naval Staff Course in 2004 and the Defence and Strategic Studies Course at People's Liberation Army National Defence University in 2018. [2] He become the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy on 18 December 2022, after being elevated him to the rank of three-star Admiral.
The Chief of the Defence Staff ( CDS) is the most senior appointment in the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, and the highest-ranking military officer in service, outranking the heads of each service branch. [1] The CDS does not, however, have operational command authority over service branches, but rather oversees inter-service co-operation and ...
Commander, Northwestern Naval Area. Awards. Rana Sura Padakkama. Uttama Seva Padakkama. Jayantha Kularathna is a Sri Lankan admiral who is the incumbent Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy. [1] Prior to this, he was the Commander, Eastern Naval Area. [2]
Naval Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Navy (1950-1972). In January 1938 the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (CNVF) was created with Commander W. G. Beauchamp as Commanding Officer. On 31 August 1939, the CNVF was mobilized for war duties. Three years later, the CNVF was offered to, and accepted by the Royal Navy (RN) as a Volunteer Reserve, the "Ceylon ...