SLNS Ranaviru

SLNS Ranaviru (Ranaviru, in Sinhalese: Warrior) was an Shanghai class fast gun boat of the Sri Lanka Navy. The ship was sunk on 19 July 1996 when it was hit by two suicide crafts of the LTTE whilst protecting amphibious landing to relive the Sri Lanka Army base in Mullaitivu during the first battle of Mullaitivu.^[1]

References

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1994
Shipwrecks	15 Jan: American Star 25 Jan: HNoMS Oslo 3 Feb: Christinaki 4 Mar: Sally Albatross 23 Mar: Pallas Athena 29 Apr: Mtongwe 26 Jun: Apollo Sea, BOS 400 13 Jul: 13 de Marzo Aug (unknown date): Brown Bear 19 Sep: Marcilio Dias 20 Sep: SLNS Sagarawardena 28 Sep: MS Estonia 12 Nov: SAS Pietermaritzburg 30 Nov: Achille Lauro 2 Dec: Achille Lauro, Cebu City 9 Dec: Salvador Allende 21 Dec: HMAS Derwent 24 Dec: Murmansk
Other incidents	23 Mar: NOAAS Discoverer 31 Mar: Hairen 23 Sep: Algolake Unknown date: USS Sand Lance
1993 1995