Talk:Military history of Barbados

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I heavily doubt the following. So I removed it. A military command composed of 1/4 the country ? really ?

"Today as a fully independent country, Barbados posses a moderate sized military command comprised of around 20-25% of the country's population."200.108.27.197 21:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I too completely agree with this absolute fallacy. 25% of the population??? lol

Please correct or remove this nonsense. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.236.2.203 (talk) 23:33, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

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Another (outdated) factual error: "The Barbados Air Wing consists of one Cessna 402 aircraft based at Grantley Adams International Airport." This is no longer the case. Said Cessna aircraft was un-wisely given to GUYANA some decades ago(circa 1990?)

The Barbados Air Wing now consists of two METRO surveillance aircraft supplied by the U.S.Government, and stationed in individual hangars on the South Ramp at Grantley Adams International Airport. BathyMetrix (talk) 12:28, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

HMS Cornwallis
I attempted to find this ship in the Main Articles of ships named HMS Cornwallis. The latest ship was a Pre-dreadnought type battleship that was sunk by a Imperial German U-Boat in 1917 long before the 1942 date listed in the History section of Barbados. Its possible that the ship somehow vanished from General Wiki articles Magnum Serpentine (talk) 22:39, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * In the A~Z of Barbados Heritage (Under "Wrecks") I have "Divers and snorkellers can also explore a large section of the hull of the Canadian maritime freighter Cornwallis which was relocated to the proposed Carlisle Bay Marine Park in October 2000. The Cornwallis which was torpedoed in Carlisle Bay by the German U-Boat U-514 on 11 September 1942, was repaired but was once again torpedoed and finally sunk off the Maine coast in 1944 with the loss of five crewmen."  Perhaps it is mixed up with the French Berwyn (of 1916)?  CaribDigita (talk)

Perhaps it is badly confused with the sinking of STAVRONIKITA, off Fitts Village on the West Coast of the island, which was indeed intentionally sunk in Nov. of 1979 (I was there for that sinking,conducted by a U.S.Navy demolition team).

Cornwallis was hit by a torpedo or two in Carlisle Bay, and she went a-wallow, she was refloated, temporarily patched, and towed to the Swan Hunter shipyard in Chaguaramas, Trinidad, where she was repaired and then returned to active service. She was indeed SUNK, fer real, later in the war, but she was not sunk in carlisle bay and no part of her remains, although the propeller and engine section of one of the torpedoes that hit her remains in the Barbados Museum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.236.2.203 (talk) 23:40, 1 May 2014 (UTC) _________________________________ Further detailed info on Cornwallis that defies the rubbish displayed on the front page!

Cornwallis Canadian Steam merchant

Former name: Canadian Transporter.

Name Cornwallis Type: Steam merchant Tonnage 5,458 tons Completed 1921 - J. Coughlan & Sons Ltd, Vancouver BC Owner Canadian National Steamships Ltd, Montreal Homeport Vancouver Date of attack: 3 Dec 1944 Nationality: Canadian

Fate Sunk by U-1230 (Hans Hilbig) Position 43.59N, 68.20W - Grid BA 9572 Complement 48 (43 dead and 5 survivors). Convoy Route Barbados (20 Nov) - Sandwich, Massachusetts - St. John, New Brunswick Cargo Bagged sugar and molasses in barrels History Completed in October 1921 as Canadian Transporter for the Canadian Government. 1932 renamed Cornwallis for Canadian National Steamships Ltd, Montreal.

On 11 Sep, 1942, U-514 (Auffermann) fired a total of six torpedoes at Cornwallis and the Norwegian motor merchant Betancuria (2696 grt) in the harbour of Bridgetown, Barbados. At 22.37 hours, two G7e bow torpedoes were fired, one on each target from a distance of about 3500 meters, followed by single G7e bow torpedoes on each ship at 22.43 and 22.55 hours. The U-boat then turned around and fired both G7e stern torpedoes from a distance of about 2200 metres at 23.02 hours, again at both targets. Auffermann claimed the sinking of two ships with 7500 grt and 4500 grt, but he was not aware of the torpedo net off Carlisle Bay that caught most of the shots. Only the last torpedo fired at Cornwallis apparently passed a hole in the net made by a previous shot and hit the ship abreast of #2 hold, causing her to sink in shallow waters at 13°05N/59°36W. She was raised and after temporary repairs towed to Trinidad in December 1942 and later towed to Mobile, arriving on 24 Jan, 1943. The ship was repaired and returned to service in August 1943.

Notes on event: At 10.00 hours on 3 Dec, 1944, the unescorted Cornwallis (Master Emerson Horace Robinson) was torpedoed and sunk by a Gnat from U-1230 10 miles southwest of Mount Desert Rock in the Gulf of Maine. The master, 35 crew members and seven gunners were lost. Five survivors were picked up by the fishing vessel Notre Dame and landed at Rockland, Maine.

On board We have details of 43 people who were on board. Attack entries for Cornwallis Date U-boat Commander Loss type Tons Nat. 11 Sep 1942 U-514 Kptlt. Hans-Jürgen Auffermann Damaged 5,458 3 Dec 1944 U-1230 Kptlt. Hans Hilbig Sunk 5,458 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.236.2.203 (talk) 11:59, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

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