The Sri Lanka Navy’s second Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) which is being built at the Goa Shipyards Ltd was launched to the water yesterday by the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in India, Her Excellency Chitranganee Wagiswara who is the daughter of Late Captain (S) VTD Amarathunga, a former Director Naval Supply and Secretariat held office from 04th March 1976 Until 26th April 1981.  

The state of the art ship which measures 105.7 m in length and 13.6 m in width, features a helipad which is capable of landing a helicopter. 

It also possesses the displacement capacity of 2350 tons. Besides the AOPV offers spacious accommodation for the comfort of 18 officers and 100 sailors. Befittingly the vessel has an endurance of 4,500 nautical miles in terms of carrying out its surveillance operations.

Deputy Chief of Staff of Sri Lanka Navy and Commandant of the Volunteer Naval Force, Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro, Chairman and Managing Director of Goa Shipyards Ltd, Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Mital, Director General Electrical and Electronics, Rear Admiral Wasantha Fernando, Commodore Dharmapriya Wijethunga and Commodore Kapila De Silva were also present on this significant occasion.