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The Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force('''SLVNF''') is the volunteer reserve force of the Sri Lanka Navy in Sri Lanka .Percent headquarters of the VNF is at SLNS Lanka in Welisara. MISSION STATEMENT The Mission Statement of the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force is
HISTORY The history of the Sri Lanka Navy lies with the history of the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force. The routes of witch goes back to the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (CNVF) from the colonial days. Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (CNVF) raised by "Volunteer Naval Defense Force" act 1. of 1937 under the command of Commander (Later Captain) WG Beauchamp, VRD, CBE with 12 officers and 18 sailors. The first headquarters of the force was set up only days before the out break of world war 2 at Kochchikade. Soon after The CNVF was mobilized, placed under the command of the Royal Navy and deployed in the defence of Colombo and Trincomalee harbours. On 1st October 1943 it was renamed the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. In 1946 it was brought back under the command of the Government of Ceylon. Royal Ceylon Volunteer Force was sanctioned and formed in 1952 under the Navy Act 34 of 1950. The officers and sailors the CRNVR who were not on active service on the date immediately preceding Navy act came in to operation formed the nucleus of the Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force (RCVNF). In 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic the , Royal Ceylon Volunteer Naval Force became the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force (SLVNF). Since then officers and sailors of the SLVNF have taken part in many operation carried out by the Sri Lanka Navy. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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