List of active ships of the Sri Lanka Navy

Ships

The Sri Lankan Naval fleet consists of around fifty combat vessels, support ships and inshore patrol craft. This is a list of the current Sri Lankan Navy ships as of 2022:

Equipment

Shipboard weapon systems

• Gabriel anti-ship missile
• PJ33A 100 mm dual gun naval artillery
• Oto Melara 76 mm naval artillery
• Typhoon Naval Optronic Stabilized Weapon Platform
• CRN 91 Naval Gun
• Type 76 dual 37 mm automated antiaircraft artillery
• Type 61 shipboard antiaircraft artillery
• Type 58 antiaircraft gun
• M242 Bushmaster 25 mm (25x137mm) chain-fed autocannon
• Heckler & Koch GMG 40 mm automatic grenade launcher
• M2 Browning machine gun

• EMGEPRON 47mm saluting gun (ceremonial gun salutes)

Specialized land vehicles

• Unibuffel mine-protected APC
• Unicorn mine-protected APC
• Ideal Motors Combat All-Terrain Vehicles.

Rocket artillery

• Type 63 multiple rocket launcher

Radar systems

• Raytheon's HFSWR-503 (High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar) Sea Search System
• Mark 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System - SLNS Gajabahu

Mortars

• Type 84 (W84) 82 mm mortar
• Type 89 60 mm mortar

Small arms

Handguns

• Beretta M9 pistol

Assault rifles

• Type 56-2 assault rifle
• Type 81 rifle
• M16 assault rifle
• M4 Carbine
• QBZ-95
• SAR 21

Submachine guns

• H&K MP5 submachine gun
• Sterling submachine gun

Sniper rifles

• Dragunov sniper rifle
• Heckler & Koch SG3 sniper rifle

Machine guns

• PK machine gun (Chinese version of Russian PKM)
• Type 56 LMG (Chinese version of Russian RPD)

Grenade launchers

• M203 grenade launcher
• Milkor MGL

Rocket launchers

• RPO-A Shmel man-portable rocket launcher
• Type 69 RPG rocket launcher (Chinese version of RPG-7)

Shore establishments

Main shore establishments

• SLNS Parakrama (Flagstaff Street, Colombo) – Naval Headquarters
• SLNS Lanka (Welisara) -VNF HQ
• SLNS Gemunu (Welisara) – Naval Barracks & Naval Detention Barracks
• SLNS Mahasen (Welisara) – Logistic deport
• SLNS Tissa (Trincomalee)

Naval bases

• SLN Dockyard (Trincomalee) – Eastern Naval Command HQ
• SLNS Rangalla (Colombo Harbour, Colombo) – Western Naval Command HQ
• SLNS Dakshina (Galle) – Southern Naval Command HQ
• SLNS Ruhuna (Tangalle)
• SLNS Vijaya (Kalpitiya Fort, Kalpitiya, Puttlam)
• SLNS Elara (Karainagar, Jaffna) – Northern Naval Command HQ
• SLNS Thammanna (Talaimannar)
• SLNS Uttara (Kankasanturai, Jaffna)

Training establishments

• Naval and Maritime Academy (SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee)
• SLNS Thakshila (Welisara) – Naval Institute of Technology (NIT)
• SLNS Nipuna (Boossa) – Advanced Naval Training Centre
• SLNS Shilpa (Kandy) – Naval Recruit Training Centre
• SLNS Shiksha (Poonewa) – Naval Recruit Training Centre
• SLNS Pandukabaya – Naval Recruit Training Centre/Combat Training School

Land based naval contingents

• SLNS Walagamba
• SLNS Gajaba
• SLNS Agbo (Madangal)
• SLNS Vijayaba
• SLNS Kanchadewa (Kayts and Velani)
• SLNS Velusumana (Mandathivu)
• SLNS Gotaimbara (Punguduthivu)
• SLNS Perakumba (Sampur, Trincomalee)
• SLNS Vasaba (Delft Island)
• SLNS Pussadeva (Vankalai)
• SLNS Theraputta (Shilawathura)
• SLNS Bharana (Mullikulam)

Harbour defence units

• SLNS Mahaweli (SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee)
• SLNS Kelani (Colombo Harbour, Colombo)

Former shore establishments

• HMCyS Rangalla (Diyatalawa)
• HMCyS Parakrama 2 (Trincomalee)
• HMCyS Gemunu 2 (Kochchikade, Colombo)
• HMCyS Kalaru

See also

• List of Sri Lanka Army equipment
• List of Sri Lanka Air Force active aircraft

References

External links & sources

• Sri Lank Navy website
• Defenders of the ocean receive heroes’ welcome on their triumphant return to home base
• Sri Lanka Navy destroys the 10th LTTE arms ship 1700 km off Dondra
• lankanavy.blogspot.com