Daya Sandagiri

Daya Sandagiri
File:US Navy 050221-N-4702D-060 Machinist Mate 1st Class Michael A. Hohn shows the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Adm. D.W.K. Sandagiri, the different equipment a Sailor must monitor while on watch.jpg
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service/branch	Sri Lanka Navy
Years of service	1973- 2006
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy
Battles/wars	Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, Uttama Seva Padakkama, Purna Bhoomi Padakkama

Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. He was Born and bred in Veyangoda, Admiral Sandagiri had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and Kegalu Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle. He was enlisted in the then Royal Ceylon Navy on 14 November 1966 and was in the first batch of Naval Cadets to join the renowned Naval and Maritime Academy in Trincomalee on July 1, 1969 and was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the navy as a Sub-Lieutenant on 1 July 1973.

He was appointed Chief of Defense Staff with the rank of admiral on September 1, 2005.

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Military offices
Preceded by L. P. Balagalle	Chief of the Defence Staff 2005–2006	Succeeded by Donald Perera
Preceded by H. C. A. C. Thisera	Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy 2001–2005	Succeeded by Wasantha Karannagoda