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THE ENABLERS OF MARITIME POWER

RDU Sailors Engaged in Repairs

Naval Armament Department (NAD) and Sub Units

NAD is located in Trincomalee functioning directly under Naval
Headquarters for operational matters and the Area Commander for
administrative matters. Maintenance and repairs of all main armaments
on board the fleet were undertaken by the NAD with the taking over
of dockyard facilities by the RCyN in 1958. With the requirement of
maintaining and overhauling the weapons of Chinese FGB’s the need
of a specialised unit to maintain main armaments arose and over the
years the NAD expanded with new acquisitions to the fleet with state
of the art weapon systems and land weapons. Today, NAD is capable
of maintaining all types of weapons available with SLN with additional
workshops, maintenance tools and having personnel with specialised
skills.

Sub Units of NAD were initially established in 1999 with experienced
gunnery sailors to effect urgent repairs and routine maintenance
of all weapons fitted on the ships/craft and naval establishments in
the Northern and Western Naval areas within a short period of time
efficiently. They also stored limited stocks of ammunition and explosives
for urgent issuing and today expanded to other naval areas as well.

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