Burma Navy

Dec 26th, 2007

During September,1988,one Burma Navy Patrol Boat was patrolling at delta area between Rangoon and Bassein.

The Boat sighted one Navy fleet near Burmese territorial water.

The Commander of the Boat sent the following message to Rangoon
Naval Head Quarters.

To,
Commander,
Naval Head Quarters,
Rangoon.

ENEMY NAVAL FLEET SIGHTED.ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER INCLUDED.
REQUEST PERMISSION TO ATTACK  THE ENEMY FLEET.

CO/Patrol Boat.

Naval Head Quarters was surprised and replied immediately as
follows.

NOT PERMITTED.
YOU HAVE ONLY ONE 40 MM CANNON.
ENEMY FLEET HAS AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
PLEASE RUN AT FULL SPEED TO NEAREST NAVAL BASE,RANGOON OR BASSEIN.

_ By Thein Win

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One Response to “Burma Navy”

  • #1 KT Lwin Says:
    September 14th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    I used to be a member of the Burma Navy and Burma RNVR from 1944-1952.
    Just after WWII in 1946 ,our flotilla of six Fairmile type MLs in which I was in command of one of them, were on exercises off the Arakan coast , and we received a ( fake) s.o.s signal from a position midway in the Bay of Bengal
    ( which was sent out by R.I.N.mutineers in Bombay ) to get the ships out to sea.

    WE proceeded at top speed to the s.o.s position , reached at night and saw some lights.
    All of a sudden , from the darkness there was some flashing challenging us

    ” What SHIP ”

    We were wondering what is this cocky merchant ship wanting to know us -

    so we replied ” N A V Y “.

    We were answered from the same source ” WHAT NAVY ”

    We thought, this Guy is getting cockier – so answered ” BURMA NAVY ” and expected that would be the end of the exchange.

    All of a sudden , we were answered by brighter 20 inch signalling searchlight with brilliant beam ” WE ARE ROYAL NAVY EASTERN FLEET ”
    YOU BOYS GO BACK HOME TO MAMA – GOOD NIGHT ”
    It turned out to be the British battlleship H.M.S ” Queen Elizabeth ” which was also tricked by the same faked s.o.s signal to get them out of Trincomalee Naval Base.

    Times have changed since then!

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