3 August 2017 01:33 am
The Sri Lanka Navy’s first Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV), built at the Indian shipbuilding facility, Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), was commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Maithripala Sirisena, at a ceremony held at the Eastern Container Terminal, Port of Colombo yesterday evening. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana