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).
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.
^"Navy Act". Srilankalaw.lk. Blackhall Publishing. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^"Navy (Amendment) Law (No. 33 of 1976) - Sect 3". ComonLII.com. Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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Sri Lanka Navy
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commander, navy, lanka, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, january, 2020, learn, when, remove, this, template, me. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Commander of the Navy is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Navy The current Commander of the Navy is Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera 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 Commander of the Sri Lanka Navyශ ර ල ක න ව ක හම ද පත IncumbentVice Admiral Priyantha Pererasince 19 December 2022 Sri Lanka NavyAbbreviationCofNMember ofNational Security CouncilReports toMinistry of DefenceChief of the Defence StaffSeatNaval Headquarters SLNS Parakrama Flagstaff street Colombo 1AppointerThe PresidentTerm lengthNot fixedConstituting instrumentNavy Act Chapter 358 Formation1 February 1938 85 years ago 1938 02 01 as Commander of the Ceylon Naval Volunteer ForceFirst holderCaptain W G Beauchamp as Commander CNVF DeputyChief of Staff of the NavyBy 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 Contents 1 History 2 Official Residence 3 List of Commanders including Commanders of the Royal Ceylon Navy 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe 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 Official Residence EditThe official residences of the Commander of the Navy is the Navy House in Colombo formerly the Navy House in Trincomalee List of Commanders including Commanders of the Royal Ceylon Navy EditNo Portrait Rank Name Appointment Left Office DecorationsCeylon Naval Volunteer Force 1938 1950 1 Captain W G Beauchamp 1 February 1938 31 March 1946 CBE VRD2 Rear Admiral Royce de Mel 1946 1950 OBERoyal Ceylon Navy 1950 1972 1 Captain W E Banks 9 December 1950 25 November 1951 CBE DSC2 Captain J R S Brown 26 November 1951 14 June 19533 Captain P M B Chavasse 15 June 1953 7 November 1955 DSC4 Rear Admiral Royce de Mel 15 August 1955 15 November 1960 OBE ADC5 Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar 16 November 1960 1 July 1970 MVO ADC6 Rear Admiral D V Hunter 2 July 1970 22 May 1972Sri Lanka Navy 1972 present 6 Rear Admiral D V Hunter 22 May 1972 31 March 19737 Admiral Deshamanya Basil Gunasekara 1 April 1973 31 May 19798 Admiral Henry Perera 1 June 1979 31 May 1983 VSV9 Vice Admiral Asoka de Silva 1 June 1983 31 October 1986 VSV10 Vice Admiral H A Silva 1 November 1986 31 October 1991 VSV11 Admiral Clancy Fernando 1 November 1991 16 November 1992 VSV USP12 Admiral D A M R Samarasekara 16 November 1992 27 November 1997 VSV USP13 Admiral H C A C Thisera 28 January 1997 31 December 2000 VSV USP14 nbsp Admiral Daya Sandagiri 1 January 2001 31 August 2005 VSV USP15 nbsp Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda 1 September 2005 15 July 2009 RSP VSV USP16 nbsp Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe 15 July 2009 15 January 2011 RSP VSV USP17 Admiral D W A S Dissanayake 15 January 2011 27 September 2012 WV RSP amp Bar VSV USP18 Admiral Jayanath Colombage 27 September 2012 30 June 2014 RSP VSV USP19 Admiral Jayantha Perera 1 July 2014 10 July 2015 RWP VSV USP20 nbsp Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne 11 July 2015 21 August 2017 WV RWP amp Bar RSP VSV USP21 nbsp Admiral Travis Sinniah 22 August 2017 26 October 2017 WWV RWP RSP x3 USP22 nbsp Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe 26 October 2017 31 December 2018 WWV RWP USP23 nbsp Admiral Piyal De Silva 1 January 2019 14 July 2020 WWV amp Bar RWP RSP VSV USP24 nbsp Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne 15 July 2020 18 Dec 2022 RSP amp Bar VSV USP25 Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera 19 Dec 2022 Present RSP USP ndu pscSee also EditSri Lanka Navy Navy House Colombo Navy House Trincomalee Commander of the Army Commander of the Air ForceReferences Edit Navy Act Srilankalaw lk Blackhall Publishing Retrieved 24 August 2017 Navy Amendment Law No 33 of 1976 Sect 3 ComonLII com Commonwealth Legal Information Institute Retrieved 25 August 2017 External links EditSri Lanka Navy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commander of the Navy Sri Lanka amp oldid 1175282887, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
