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Navy House, Trincomalee

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English translation by Capt Akram Alavi SLN, of the Sinhala article titled "Nawika Medura" written by Lieutenant Commander (Retd) HCL Caldera SLN for "The Quartermaster" magazine in the year 2000 coinciding with the Sri Lanka Navy's Golden
157:. On 15 October 1957, the Trincomalee Naval Dockyard was officially handed over by the Royal Navy to the Sri Lankan government and since then the property been a possession of the Sri Lanka Navy. 145:
The building was acquired for the Commander in Chief of the East Indies Station at a cost of £1,750 in 1810. A large bell, which was rung to summon sailors for duty, was donated by Rear-Admiral
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in 1850. The last British occupant of the building was Vice-Admiral
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This article about a building or structure in Sri Lanka is a
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Trincomalee
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Navy
official residence
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
SLN Dockyard
Trincomalee
Sri Lanka
HM Dockyard, Trincomalee
East Indies Station
Royal Navy

Charles Austen
Hilary Biggs
Ceylon Rifle Regiment
Navy House, Colombo




"Admiralty House - 200 years of naval tradition"
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