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MARITIME DOCTRINE OF SRI LANKA
cater the need of the growing Navy amidst the threat of terrorism. With
the Chinese built Shanghai Class Fast Gun Boats (FGB’s) joining the fleet
in early 1970’s and with increasing running repairs a TGBR (Team-Gun
Boat Repair) workshop was established in 1980. With Fast Attack Craft
(FAC) joining the fleet in 1986, a FAC repair workshop was established
and rapidly expanded with the increase of FAC joining the fleet. Likewise
a Deutz workshop at Welisara Naval Complex in 2003 and Central
Yanmar Repair Workshop at SLNS Pandukabaya at Medawachchiya was
established in 2007 to handle repairs of Inshore Patrol Craft (IPC) main
engines.

SLN Dockyard Trincomalee, the Premier Technical Organisation
Similarly the birth of the Electrical and Electronic branch was also
in 1957 with the RCyN taking over the Dockyard, Trincomalee and
its primary duties had been power generation, its transmission and
telecommunication network covering government, private and service
institutions between the Naval Dockyard and Clappenburg Bay. With
the acquisition of ships to the RCyN fleet the branch expanded rapidly
and by 1996 the department had a major role in providing advanced
secure communication to the Navy to overcome the frequent enemy
infiltration to the tactical communication network of SLN. Network
Centric Operations became more efficient and by 2007/2008 the
microwave backbone was commissioned by erecting masts which
facilitated the Maritime Domain Awareness project enabling continuous
VHF/UHF communication with units at sea in operational areas, greater

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