HMCyS Vijaya

HMCyS Vijaya, named in honor of Vijaya, the first king of Sri Lanka, was an Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Ceylon Navy, the first warship of that navy. Vijaya had been built as HMS Flying Fish (J370) for the Royal Navy during World War II, but was given to Ceylon by the United Kingdom upon the 1951 formation of Ceylon's navy.

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Wikidata
HMS Flying Fish; J370
minesweeper, Algerine-class minesweeper, Royal Navy, Sri Lanka Navy, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1943-10-30T00:00:00Z

1943-10-30T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1951-01-01T00:00:00Z

1951-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1944-02-16T00:00:00Z

1944-02-16T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

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