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Tuesday, October 27 2026
Tuesday, October 27 2026
MONETABRIEF – India's First Navy Squadron (1TS) made up of Naval Ships Tir and Sujata and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi will be visiting Colombo from 26 and October, the Indian High Commission said.
The goodwill visit is part of a long range training deployment including calls to Port Victoria, Seychelles and Male, Maldives before returning to the base port in Kochi.
The Squadron is responsible for imparting ab-initio sea training for Officer under Trainees of Indian Navy, Coast Guard and friendly foreign nations.
Five trainees from Sri Lanka Navy are part of this long range training deployment.
The Director General Training of Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Rohan Joseph will visit the ships on arrival at Colombo Port.
INS Tarangini, which is also part of the trading squadron had visited Sri Lanka in March 2026 to provide ocean sailing training and experience to the Sri Lanka Navy officer trainees from the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA),Trincomalee.
Cross-visits of Indian cadets to NMA, Trincomalee, and Sri Lanka Navy’s cadets to training ships are planned in the current visit.
A joint band performance by Indian Navy and Sri Lanka Navy will be held at Galle Face Green on 27 Oct 26. (Colombo/Oct26/2026)
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