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MARITIME FIGHTING POWER
SLNS Parakramabahu
Patrol Craft
Smaller vessels are designed to operate for much shorter periods. Their
tasking is usually to cover the maritime jurisdiction of the country. Patrol
craft are small, fast and robust vessels armed with medium and short
ranged surface and anti-air weapons. With a relatively lesser draught and
high manoeuvrability, these craft are optimized for coastal and offshore
defence and also suitable for constabulary tasks closer to the coast or
other shallow areas where the larger patrol vessels are constrained by
their draught. SLN possesses with different types of patrol craft and
deployed mostly in island’s territorial waters and her EEZ.
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