South African Navy Ship Spioenkopcalls at Colombo Port

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Sri Lanka Navy Commander Vice Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne, Defence State Minister Ruwan Wijewardene and South African High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Geoff Doidge at the event – Pix by Upul Abayasekara

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SA War Ship At Clombo

South African Navy Ship Spioenkop arrived to Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit last week.

The Sri Lanka Navy accorded a traditional welcome upon its arrival at the Port of Colombo.

The valour class frigate Spioenkopis enroute to Goa to take part at the multinational naval exercise, IBSAMAR, involving the navies of India, Brazil and South Africa, after having participated at the International Fleet Review, hosted by the Indian Navy in Vishakhapatnam from 4 to 8 February.

SAS Spioenkop will stay in the island till 15 February and its crew is due to participate in several programs organised by the Sri Lanka Navy to strengthen mutual relations.