Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force

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Blue Ensign flown by merchant vessels commanded by officers in the SLVNF.

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. 95% of the members of the Volunteer Naval Force are now in the active service and deployed in almost all the bases of Sri Lanka Navy. The current Commanding Officer of VNF is Captain V. Jayarathne PSV, BA, LLB.

1 Mission Statement
2 History
3 Awards and decorations
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Mission Statement

**Sri Lanka Navy**
Components

Sri Lanka Navy
Volunteer Naval Force
Fast Attack Flotilla
Naval Patrolmen
Special Boat Squadron
History
History of the Sri Lanka Navy
Ships
Current Fleet
Historic Ships
Personnel
Commander of the Navy
Naval Ranks

The mission statement of the Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force is

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To supplement and to provide the Regular Naval Force with the required assistance in the execution of the role and tasks of the Navy drawing expertise from diverse fields in the civilian expertise. ^[1]

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[edit] 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) W.G. 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).

To keep the Port safe, Port Commission Officers were commissioned as a separate division of the VNF, H.M.Cy.S. TISSA, with Captain M. Chandrasoma OBE as Commanding Officer. This Division was disbanded in 1956.

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.