Where It All Began

The first such floating warehouse that attacked was stationed 120 nautical miles east of Kalmunai. That would be around 250 Km. SLN effectively engaged this target on the 17th of September2006. The Sri Lanka Air Force also supportedus in this operation. The second ship, which was a larger vessel, was located 180 nautical miles (365 Km) south of Dondra. It was destroyed on the 28th of February 2007.
As a result of these operations, the LTTE shifted their floating warehouses farther south. On the 18th of March 2007, SLN destroyed 2 vessels, both located about 1800 km away from the South Eastern shore of Sri Lanka and close to Indonesia. Then on the 10th and 11th of September 2007, SLN destroyed three more vessels within a span of 24 hours, all of which were located about 3100 Km from Sri Lanka, almost at the door step of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone. There had been a fourth ship that had managed to get away during the attack of the 10th and 11th of September. SLN managed to track it down. This vessel was destroyed on the 17th of October 2007. When engaged this last LTTE floating warehouse, she was located approximately 3400 Km south-southeast of Sri Lanka. Taking a well calculated risk this unprecedent mission in far away waters from home was ventured deploying available limited vessels with improved endurance, improvised weaponry sans any state of the art Corvettes, Frigates or Destroyers.