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Body of sailor missing for 20 days found off Angulana

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Rescue teams recovered the body of Lieutenant Udayapriya, who disappeared when a Sri Lankan Navy P-4447 Dora boat crashed off Moratuwa.
  • Eleven of the 12 sailors aboard the vessel were rescued after the accident on August 15.
  • Navy divers found the missing sailor’s body inside the damaged vessel after it partially sank near Wellawatta.

The body of a Sri Lankan Navy sailor missing for 20 days was found inside the wrecked P-4447 Dora vessel off the coast of Angulana, Moratuwa, port police said.

The sailor was identified as 26-year-old Lieutenant Udayapriya, the vessel’s second-in-command and a resident of Werahera in Boralesgamuwa. The boat crashed about three kilometers from the coast on August 15 as 12 sailors returned to Colombo after completing a patrol.

Eleven sailors were found floating in the water in life jackets and were rescued by Angulana police, the Navy and the Air Force before being taken to hospital. Search teams also used an MI-17 helicopter and a Bell 412 helicopter to look for the missing sailor, without success.

The Navy later began moving the damaged vessel to Colombo Port. Police said it partially sank near Wellawatta when its vacuum system failed, leaving about 75 feet of the vessel underwater. Navy divers found Udayapriya’s body during a search inside the boat.

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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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