The Special Boat Squadron is the Sri Lanka Navy's elite special forces unit, modeled after the British Special Boat Service. It was raised in 1993.
Special Boat Squadron troops, during the Independence Day Parade.
Ravindra Wijegunaratne
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Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne, WV, RWP and Bar, RSP, VSV, USP, NI, ndc, psn, is a retired Sri Lankan admiral, and former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. He has also
Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka)
…Chief Petty Officer K. G. Shantha † - Awarded the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya posthumously Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne - First Commanding Officer of the unit. Lieutenant Commander Samantha Waruna Gallage † - Recipient of WWV, RWP, RSP. Killed in action in Vettalakerni…
Wijegunaratne in 2016
John Richardson and Ravindra Wijegunaratne
Overseeing a series of diving missions
Taking part in an infiltration exercise