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|8 || || [[Rear Admiral]] || [[Henry Perera]] || 1 June 1979 || 31 May 1983 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
|8 || || [[Rear Admiral]] || [[Henry Perera]] || 1 June 1979 || 31 May 1983 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
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|9 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Asoka de Silva (Admiral)|Asoka de Silva]] || 1 June 1983 || 31 October 1986 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
|9 || || [[Rear Admiral]] || [[Asoka de Silva (Admiral)|Asoka de Silva]] || 1 June 1983 || 31 October 1986 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
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|10 || || [[Admiral]] || [[H. A. Silva]] || 1 November 1986 || 31 October 1991 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
|10 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[H. A. Silva]] || 1 November 1986 || 31 October 1991 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
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|11 || || [[Admiral]] || [[Clancy Fernando]]{{KIA}} || 1 November 1991 || 16 November 1992 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
|11 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Clancy Fernando]]{{KIA}} || 1 November 1991 || 16 November 1992 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]]
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|12 || || [[Admiral]] || [[D. A. M. R. Samarasekara]] || 16 November 1992 || 27 November 1997 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|12 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[D. A. M. R. Samarasekara]] || 16 November 1992 || 27 November 1997 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|13 || || [[Admiral]] || [[H. C. A. C. Thisera]] || 28 January 1997 || 31 December 2000 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|13 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[H. C. A. C. Thisera]] || 28 January 1997 || 31 December 2000 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|14 || || [[Admiral]] || [[Daya Sandagiri]] || 1 January 2001 || 31 August 2005 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|14 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Daya Sandagiri]] || 1 January 2001 || 31 August 2005 || [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|15 || [[File:Wasantha Karannagoda.jpg|80px]]|| [[Admiral]] || [[Wasantha Karannagoda]] || 1 September 2005 || 15 July 2009 || [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|15 || [[File:Wasantha Karannagoda.jpg|80px]]|| [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Wasantha Karannagoda]] || 1 September 2005 || 15 July 2009 || [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|16 || [[File:Thisara Samarasinghe.png|80px]]|| [[Admiral]] || [[Thisara Samarasinghe]] || 15 July 2009 || 15 January 2011 || [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|16 || [[File:Thisara Samarasinghe.png|80px]]|| [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Thisara Samarasinghe]] || 15 July 2009 || 15 January 2011 || [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|17 || || [[Admiral]] || [[D. W. A. S. Dissanayake]] || 15 January 2011 || 27 September 2012 || [[Weerodara Vibhushanaya|WV]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|17 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[D. W. A. S. Dissanayake]] || 15 January 2011 || 27 September 2012 || [[Weerodara Vibhushanaya|WV]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|18 || || [[Admiral]] || [[Jayanath Colombage]] || 27 September 2012 || 30 June 2014 || [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|18 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Jayanath Colombage]] || 27 September 2012 || 30 June 2014 || [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|19 || || [[Admiral]] || [[Jayantha Perera]] || 1 July 2014 || 10 July 2015 || [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|19 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Jayantha Perera]] || 1 July 2014 || 10 July 2015 || [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|20 ||[[File:Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne.jpg|80px]] || [[Admiral]] || [[Ravindra Wijegunaratne]] || 11 July 2015 || 21 August 2017 || [[Weerodara Vibhushanaya|WV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|20 ||[[File:Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne.jpg|80px]] || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Ravindra Wijegunaratne]] || 11 July 2015 || 21 August 2017 || [[Weerodara Vibhushanaya|WV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|21 ||[[File:Travis Sinniah, Naval War College Lecture.jpg|80px]] || [[Admiral]] || [[Travis Sinniah]] || 22 August 2017 || 26 October 2017 || [[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]] (x3), [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|21 ||[[File:Travis Sinniah, Naval War College Lecture.jpg|80px]] || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Travis Sinniah]] || 22 August 2017 || 26 October 2017 || [[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]] (x3), [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|22 || [[File:SENIOR OFFICER AND COMMANDING OFFICER OF 1 TS CALLING ON VICE ADMIRAL SS RANASINGHE, COMMANDER OF SRILANKA NAVY - 2 (cropped).jpg|80px]] || [[Admiral]] || [[Sirimevan Ranasinghe]] || 26 October 2017 || 31 December 2018 || [[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
|22 || [[File:SENIOR OFFICER AND COMMANDING OFFICER OF 1 TS CALLING ON VICE ADMIRAL SS RANASINGHE, COMMANDER OF SRILANKA NAVY - 2 (cropped).jpg|80px]] || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Sirimevan Ranasinghe]] || 26 October 2017 || 31 December 2018 || [[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]]
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|23 || || [[Rear Admiral|Vice Admiral]] || [[Piyal De Silva]] || 1 January 2019 || Present ||[[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]] & Bar, [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], [[PLA National Defence University|ndc]]
|23 || || [[Vice Admiral]] || [[Piyal De Silva]] || 1 January 2019 || Present ||[[Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya|WWV]] & Bar, [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[Uttama Seva Padakkama|USP]], [[PLA National Defence University|ndc]]
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Revision as of 15:36, 30 May 2019

Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
නාවික හමුදාපති
Incumbent
Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva
since 1 January 2019
 Sri Lanka Navy
AbbreviationCofN
Member ofNational Security Council
Reports toMinistry of Defence
Chief of Defence Staff
SeatNaval Headquarters, SLNS Parakrama, Flagstaff street, Colombo 1
AppointerThe President
Term lengthNot fixed
Constituting instrumentNavy Act, No. 34 of 1950
Formation1 February 1938; 86 years ago (1938-02-01)
as Commander of the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force
First holderCaptain W. G. Beauchamp
(as Commander CNVF)
DeputyChief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy
Sri Lanka Navy
Components
History
Ships
Leadership and ranks

The Commander of the Navy is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Navy. The current Commander of the Navy is Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva. 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 will be promoted to the rank of Admiral on retirement or if appointed as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).

History

The post of Captain of the Navy was created through the Navy Act of 9 December 1950, which also established the Royal Ceylon Navy.[1]

In 1972, the "Dominion of Ceylon" became the "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" and the Royal Ceylon Navy was renamed the Sri Lanka Navy. The title "Captain of the Navy" was changed to "Commander of the Navy" through the Navy (Amendment) Law, No. 33 of 1976[2] in keeping with the terminology adopted by the other two services.

List of Commanders (including Commanders of the Royal Ceylon Navy)

No. Portrait Rank Name Appointment Left Office Decorations
Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (1938–1950)
1 Captain W. G. Beauchamp 1 February 1938 31 March 1946 VRD, CBE
2 Commander Royce de Mel 1946 1950 OBE
Royal Ceylon Navy (1950–1972)
1 Captain W. E. Banks 2 December 1950 25 November 1951 CBE, DSC
2 Captain J. R. S. Brown 26 November 1951 14 June 1953
3 Commodore P. M. B. Chavasse 15 June 1953 7 November 1955 DSC
4 Rear Admiral Royce de Mel 15 August 1955 15 November 1960 OBE, ADC
5 Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar 16 November 1960 1 July 1970 MVO, ADC
6 Rear Admiral D. V. Hunter 2 July 1970 22 May 1972
Sri Lanka Navy (1972-present)
6 Rear Admiral D. V. Hunter 22 May 1972 31 March 1973
7 Rear Admiral Deshamanya Basil Gunasekara 1 April 1973 31 May 1979
8 Rear Admiral Henry Perera 1 June 1979 31 May 1983 VSV
9 Rear Admiral Asoka de Silva 1 June 1983 31 October 1986 VSV
10 Vice Admiral H. A. Silva 1 November 1986 31 October 1991 VSV
11 Vice Admiral Clancy Fernando † 1 November 1991 16 November 1992 VSV
12 Vice Admiral D. A. M. R. Samarasekara 16 November 1992 27 November 1997 VSV, USP
13 Vice Admiral H. C. A. C. Thisera 28 January 1997 31 December 2000 VSV, USP
14 Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri 1 January 2001 31 August 2005 VSV, USP
15 Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda 1 September 2005 15 July 2009 RSP, VSV, USP
16 Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe 15 July 2009 15 January 2011 RSP, VSV, USP
17 Vice Admiral D. W. A. S. Dissanayake 15 January 2011 27 September 2012 WV, RSP & Bar, VSV, USP
18 Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage 27 September 2012 30 June 2014 RSP, VSV, USP
19 Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera 1 July 2014 10 July 2015 RWP, VSV, USP
20 Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne 11 July 2015 21 August 2017 WV, RWP & Bar, RSP, VSV, USP
21 Vice Admiral Travis Sinniah 22 August 2017 26 October 2017 WWV, RWP, RSP (x3), USP
22 Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe 26 October 2017 31 December 2018 WWV, RWP, USP
23 Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva 1 January 2019 Present WWV & Bar, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navy Act". Srilankalaw.lk. Blackhall Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Navy (Amendment) Law (No. 33 of 1976) - Sect 3". ComonLII.com. Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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