SLNS ''Parakramabahu'' (P625) () is a Type 053H2G class frigate of the

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. The ship is the second ship named after

King Parakramabahu I Parākramabāhu I ( Sinhala: මහා පරාක්‍රමබාහු, 1123–1186), or Parakramabahu the Great, was the king of Polonnaruwa from 1153 to 1186. He oversaw the expansion and beautification of his capital, constructed extensiv ...

, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan

Kingdom of Polonnaruwa The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa ( si, පොළොන්නරුව රාජධානිය, Polonnaruwa Rājādhaniya) was the Sinhalese kingdom that expanded across the island of Sri Lanka and several overseas territories, from 1070 until 1232. ...

. Gifted by the People's Liberation Army Navy, she was commissioned in August 2019, classed as an Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (equivalent to a traditional

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History

Built in 1991, the ship was commissioned in July 1994 as Tongling (铜陵) in the People's Liberation Army Navy and served until it was decommissioned in 2015. Refitted all three ships of its class were transferred to the

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, while Tongling was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy in 2019. The ship retained its gun armament of a PJ33A dual 100 mm gun and four Type 76A dual-37 mm AA guns; while its missile armament of 6-cell

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surface-to-air missile system and 6-box launchers for the

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SSM have been removed. It retains the Type 343 fire-control radar of the 100 mm gun and optical fire-control for the 37mm guns.

Operations

Based at the

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Trincomalee Trincomalee (; ta, திருகோணமலை, translit=Tirukōṇamalai; si, ත්‍රිකුණාමළය, translit= Trikuṇāmaḷaya), also known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee Dis ...

under the Eastern Naval Command, there had been speculation that the ship has been facing problems and haven't had any deployments in early 2021. A Chinese team had visited the ship in March 2021. The navy confirmed that the ship was operational and the Chinese team had visited to routine maintenance and running repairs.

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History

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