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| name = H. A. Silva<br />
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[[Vice Admiral]] '''Hikkaduwage Ananda Silva''', [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]] (4 January 1936- 24 November 1999) was a senior Sri Lankan naval officer who was the 11th [[Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
Educated at [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]], Silva excelled in sports and studies. He won several prizes and won colours for cricket, athletics, boxing and also was the Vice Captain of the College Boxing Team.<ref name="I1">{{cite news |last1=Attanayake |first1=Ivan |title=Admiral H. A. Silva VSV |url=http://www.island.lk/2000/11/30/featur03.html |access-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Island}}</ref> His brother was Major General [[Gratian Silva]].<br />
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==Naval career==<br />
Silva joined the then [[Royal Ceylon Navy]] as an [[officer cadet]] on 12 October 1953 at the age of 17. He was selected for officer training at [[Britannia Royal Naval College]] in [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]] and graduate in 1956 at the top of his batch. Subsequently as an [[Sub-Lieutenant|acting sub lieutenant]], he completed the Junior Naval Officers (Lieutenants) Course at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] and attended [[HMS Mercury (shore establishment)|HMS Mercury]] and the [[Royal Naval Engineering College]] for specialist training. He undertook his sea training on board [[Royal Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]] [[HMS Triumph (R16)]] in the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[North Sea]].<ref name="I1"/><br />
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On his return to Ceylon, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant]] and served in several staff appointments at sea and on shore. As [[Lieutenant Commander]], he attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]] in 1972. Between 1975 and 1980, with the rank of [[Commander]] he served as the Commanding Officer of [[SLNS Gajabahu]], SLNS Sanudra Devi and the shore establishments SLNS Tissa, SLNS Elara and SLNS Gemunu. Promoted to [[Captain]], he was appointed Naval Officer in Charge, [[Trincomalee]]. He also held appointment as Master of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation ship MV Lanka Kanthi. In 1981, he graduated from the [[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]], [[New Delhi]].<ref name="I1"/><br />
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He was appointed Chief of Naval Staff with the rank of [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] on 1 June 1983. On 1 August 1986, he was promoted to the rank of [[Rear Admiral]] and was appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy 1 November 1986. His tenure saw an increase in naval activity due to the escalation of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]. In May - June 1987, the Sri Lankan Armed Forces launched the [[Vadamarachchi Operation]] to defeat the [[LTTE]] in Jaffna. At the highlight of the operation, India intervened to pressure the Sri Lanka Government to stop the offensive. The Indian government supported a flotilla of boats that sailed from Tamil Nadu, claiming to bring relief supplies, which the Sri Lankan Navy forced to turn back. India then responded with an air drop of 22 tons of humanitarian relief supplies violating Sri Lankan sovereign airspace with [[Operation Poomalai]]. Indian forces landed in Sri Lanka on July 29 with the signing of the [[Indo-Sri-Lankan accord]]. Silva retired on 31 October 1991 and was promoted to the rank of [[Vice Admiral]]. He was succeeded by [[Clancy Fernando]].<ref name=Past>{{cite web|title=Past Commanders|url=http://www.navy.lk/past-commanders.html|publisher=navy.lk|access-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902032132/http://www.navy.lk/past-commanders.html|archive-date=2 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="I1"/><br />
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During his long career in the navy he received the [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya]], the [[Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal]], [[Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal]], [[Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal]], [[Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal]], [[President's Inauguration Medal]] and the [[Vadamarachchi Operation Medal]].<ref name="I1"/><br />
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[[File:Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya medal bar.svg|110px]]<br />
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[[File:Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal ribbon bar.svg|110px]]<br />
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[[File:Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal ribbon bar.svg|110px]]<br />
[[File:President's Inauguration Medal.svg|110px]]<br />
[[File:Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal ribbon bar.svg|110px]]<br />
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[[Category:Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College]]<br />
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]<br />
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