Koneswaram temple of Trincomalee (Tamil: திருக் கோணேச்சரம் கோயில்) or Thirukonamalai Konesar Temple – The Temple of the Thousand Pillars and Dakshina-Then Kailasam is a classical-medieval Hindu temple complex in Trincomalee, a Hindu religious pilgrimage centre in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.The most sacred of the Pancha Ishwarams of …

The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around Ceylon, but failed to locate and destroy the bulk of the British Eastern Fleet.

Geography. Trincomalee District is located in the east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province.It has an area of 2,727 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi). Administrative units. Trincomalee District is divided into 11 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further …

S. Sankathanai, Northern Province; Sarasavi Uyana, Central Province; Seeduwa, Western Province; Sewanapitiya, North Central Province; Slave Island, Western Province ...

Eastern Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean; British Pacific Fleet (HQ Sydney, Australia) – South West Pacific; East Indies Fleet, (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean; Reserve Fleet; Post World War II. East Indies Fleet (HQ Trincomalee, Ceylon) – Indian Ocean; Far East Fleet (HQ Singapore) (to 1971) Reserve Fleet

HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable.Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939. Her commissioning was delayed until 1941 due to the greater need for escort vessels for service in …

The MV Royal Iris is a twin screw, diesel-electric, Mersey Ferry.The vessel was built by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton (Yard No. 1448) and launched in December 1950, costing £256,000.. The engines were produced by Ruston & Hornsby Metropolitan-Vickers.Propulsion: 4 oil 4SA, each six cylinders driving four generators, each 300 kW/300v DC-connected to two …

Devonport Naval Base is the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy, located at Devonport, New Zealand on Auckland's North Shore.It is currently the only base of the navy that operates ships, and has been in use as a navy base since 1841. The base consists of HMNZS Philomel (the administration centre for the base), the Fleet Support Organisation, and the Fleet Personnel and …

Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka.Consists of 4812.7 km 2 48,1270 Hectares and Consists 30 Divisional Secretariats, 1610 Grama Niladari Divisions and 4476 total Villages. It consists of 14 Electorate Divisions, 02 Municipal Council, 19 Urban Councils, 15 Parliamentary Ministers, 47 Provincial Council Members, 15 Ministers and 337 Local Council …

History. Reports of the island's existence were known before the time of Alexander the Great as inferred from Pliny.The treatise De Mundo, supposedly by Aristotle (died 322 BC) but according to others by Chrysippus the Stoic (280 to 208 BC), incorrectly states that the island is as large as Great Britain (in fact, it is only about one third as big). The name was first reported to …