List of Sri Lanka Navy active ships

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:

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

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)

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 Artificer Training Institute
 * 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

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