Navy essayists receive awards for their creative writing at Admiral Clancy Fernando Memorial Essay Competition -2018

The prize and certificate awarding to the winners of the Admiral Clancy Fernando Memorial Essay Competition 2018, organized by the Naval Research Wing, took place under the patronage of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at his office, Naval Headquarters on 29th May 2019.

This occasion was attended by Head of the Naval Research Wing Captain Prasad Kariyapperuma and the staff. Under mentioned officers and sailors secured 1st , 2nd and 3rd places respectively in the senior, junior and sailors category for their outstanding performances in the competition Accordingly, and the winners were awarded with cash prizes worth Rs. 100,000, Rs. 75,000, and Rs. 50,000 respectively along with the certificates.


Commander and above (English medium)

01stPlace - Commodore KMMP Karunathilake NRL 0648

02ndPlace - Captain(N) N Ranasinghe NRX 0910

03rdPlace - Commander(N)HAC Priyantha NRX 1046


Lieutenant Commander and below (English medium)

01stPlace - Lieutenant Commander (G) DDK Dayananda NRX 1884

02nd Place - Lieutenant Commander (C) DMS Jayathilaka NRX 1848

03rd Place - Lieutenant Commander (ND) JADRT Jayasooriya NRX 1724


Sailors (Sinhala medium)

01stPlace - Petty Officer PHHP Arunasiri XC 35712

02nd Place - Able Seaman PGS Senavirathna XS 86904

03rd Place - LIT CL Rajapaksha IT 49480

The essay competition which was organized in view of sharpening the written competencies of the naval personnel in the Sri Lanka Navy, has been named in his name since 2015 as a tribute to the late Commander of the Navy Admiral Clancy Fernando and continued annually and these winning essays will be published in the Bi-Annual Journal 2019.


Commander and above (English medium)


Lieutenant Commander and below (English medium)


Sailors (Sinhala medium)