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((Short description|Lighthouse in Colombo, Sri Lanka))
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| name            = Colombo Lighthouse<br />''Galbokka Point''
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| location        = Galbokka Point<br /> [[Colombo]]<br /> [[Sri Lanka]]
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| yearbuilt       = 1820s (first)
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'''Colombo Lighthouse''' is a [[Lighthouse]] in [[Colombo]] in [[Sri Lanka]] and it is operated and maintained by the [[Sri Lanka Ports Authority]]. It is located at Galbokka Point south of the [[Port of Colombo]] on the waterfront along the marine drive, in [[Colombo fort]].

==History==
[[File:Colombo Port Lighthouse.jpg|left|thumb|The Colombo lighthouse at Colombo Harbour]]
The current ((convert|29|m|ft|adj=mid|-high)) lighthouse was built in 1952 after the Old Colombo Lighthouse was deactivated when its light became obscured by nearby buildings as part of the Colombo Harbor Expansion project. It was opened by [[Rt Hon]] [[D. S. Senanayake]], the first prime minister of Ceylon. Built on a concrete base which is ((convert|12|m|abbr=on)) high, it has four statues of lions at its base.

Due to the panoramic view of the Indian Ocean it offered, it became a city landmark. With the escalation of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]], public access to the site was restricted. This was due to its placement in a high-security zone as it is across the street from the Naval Headquarters and close proximity of the Port of Colombo.

==Saluting battery==
Located at its base is a naval gun battery that is used by the [[Sri Lanka Navy]] for its traditional [[gun salute]]s.<ref>[http://www.island.lk/2010/02/09/news10.html Gun salutes by the Sri Lanka Navy]</ref> By tradition the Navy accords a 25-gun salute to the nation on the [[Independence Day (Sri Lanka)|National day]], which is 4 February each year. The tradition originated when the sailors of the [[Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force|Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] fired a 15- Gun Salute at the Galle Face Green on the first Independence Day on 4 February 1948. With the formation of the [[Royal Ceylon Navy]], [[HMCyS Vijaya]], the first warship of the navy according a 25-gun salute on 4 February 1951 with its single [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V|QF 4-inch naval gun]]. In 1952 two additional QF 4-inch naval guns were brought from the [[United Kingdom]] and mounted at Galle Buck Bay in the [[Port of Colombo|Colombo harbour]] in preparation of the [[Royal visit]] of [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]], which did not occur as she returned halfway due to the death of her father the King. Royal Ceylon Navy awarded a 56 gun salute on the day of the King's funeral. After HMCyS Vijaya was decommissioned its QF 4-inch naval gun was added to the battery. The guns were moved to the lighthouse and fired the gun salute since 2000. In 2000, three 52&nbsp;mm guns were installed, having been gifted from the [[Indian Navy]] which are used to fire the gun salutes till 2020. In 2021, the independence day gun salute was fired from [[SLNS Samudura]] and the tradition has been naval ships after the Colombo Lighthouse became landlocked aft the construction of the [[Colombo Port City]].<ref>((cite web |title=Naval gun battery booms on Independence Day to honour the nation |url=https://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2021/02/04/202102041445/ |website=navy.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Navy |access-date=9 February 2021))</ref>

==See also==
((stack|((Portal|Sri Lanka))((Portal|Engineering))))
*[[List of lighthouses in Sri Lanka]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.slpa.lk/ Sri Lanka Ports Authority] 
* [http://amazinglanka.com/wp/lighthouses-sri-lanka/ Lighthouses of Sri Lanka]

((Colombo fort|state=collapsed))
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[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1952]]
[[Category:Lighthouses in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Colombo]]
[[Category:Sri Lanka Navy]]
[[Category:Government buildings in Colombo]]

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