Fast Attack Flotilla

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**Sri Lanka Navy**
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Sri Lanka Navy
Volunteer Naval Force
Fast Attack Flotilla
Naval Patrolmen
Special Boat Squadron
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History of the Sri Lanka Navy
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Historic Ships
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The 4th Fast Attack Flotilla (aka Dvora Squadron) force element flotilla of the Sri Lanka Navy. The flotilla's mission is to provide heavily armed and fast patrol boat (fast attack crafts) capability to counter sea tiger movements along the coast and to protect naval and civilian shipping from sea tiger suicide crafts.

1 History
2 Organisation
3 Boat classes
4 External links

[edit] History

The Offshore Patrol Vessel SLNS Sagara escorted by two Fast attack crafts.

The flotilla was formed in the early 1980's with the Dvora class fast patrol boats to counter LTTE gun running in the Palk Strait from India. With escalation of the Sri Lankan Civil War the Sea Tigers began to poss a threat to the patrol boats of the Navy, with use of small fibreglass boats armed with machine guns. The flotilla was use a the primary offensive unit to counter these boats. When the Sea Tigers started to use boats for suicide bomber attacks the unit was used for defensive operations too, such as escorting larger naval ships and civilian ships in coastal waters off the norther and eastern provinces of the country.

[edit] Organisation

The flotilla is based at SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee, however boats operate out of all major harbors. Individual units come under the direct command of the flag office commanding that particular naval areas it is assigned to.