New Naval Ship ‘’Sayurala’’ Commissioned by the President 

The Sri Lanka Navy’s first Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV),  built at Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), was commissioned by President Maithripala Sirisena, at the Eastern Container Terminal, port of Colombo yesterday (2).

At the simple ceremony  organized, Captain (N) Nishantha Amarosa received the commissioning warrant from the President. Followed by this, , the President got onboard ship and unveiled the ship’s crest and name board to designate the new AOPV as Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) ‘’Sayurala’’.

Ministers, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne participated on this occasion.