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P450 - P451. P490 - P492. P497 - P497. Built by Colombo Dockyard for the Sri Lanka Navy. Arrow speed boats. Sri Lanka. 154+ [17] Small fast patrol/assault speed boat constructed by the Sri Lanka Navy for use by its littoral warfare units, the Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka) and the Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS) [18] Wave Rider class.
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 ...
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 4th Fast Attack Flotilla (aka Dvora Squadron) is a force element flotilla of the Sri Lanka Navy.The flotilla's mission is to provide heavily armed and fast patrol boat (called fast attack craft or FACs) capability to counter sea tiger movements along the coast and to protect naval and civilian shipping from sea tiger suicide crafts.
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 ...
Two Bay-class patrol boats were gifted to the Sri Lankan Navy. Corio Bay was transferred on 30 March 2014, [10] and Hervey Bay was handed over on 3 June that year. [11] Originally renamed as SLNS Oshadi and SLNS Omaya , [10] [11] the patrol boats were recommissioned on 9 July as SLNS Mihikatha and SLNS Rathnadeepa .
SLNS Samudura (P261) SLNS. Samudura. (P261) SLNS Samudura (P621) ( Sinhala: සමුදුර, romanized: Samudura) is a Sri Lanka Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel. Originally commissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1968 as the medium endurance cutter USCGC Courageous, she was donated to Sri Lanka in 2004 and commissioned on 19 February 2005.
In 2006, Navy confronted LTTE 21 times and in 2007 12 times and by 2008 (up-to-date) only 04 times as the Sea Tigers lost cadres and fighting platforms. [1] [2] [3] With the end of the war the NBBY has further expanded and have also exported boats to foreign militaries such as Nigeria and Seychelles .