Maritime
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Naval |
Shipping - Export/Import |
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Man-O-War Boats
USA - U.S.S Galnard, Commander Richard Griswald, 7/01/63, 5 days stay. - U.S.S Dickson, Commander Barret V. Ajemian, 9/02/55, 4 days stay. - USS Dealey, LT. Commander Edward Whiteman, 5/28/61 UK - HMS Vidal, Captain E.G. Irving, 8/02/57 - HMS Ulster, Commadore W. J. Parker, 2/28 - 3/03, 1959. Canada. Captain William Bligh - Captain Bligh lived in Lucea, where he conducted the first charting of the Lucea Harbor. He and Fletcher Christian set sail for Tahiti to get the Breadfruit. It was on a return voyage that the famous "Mutiny on the Bounty" occurred. Captain Morgan Lord Horaito Nelson Britannia - In 1965 the Britannia sailed from Lucea to Montego Bay with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, after she completed her island tour in Lucea. Calico Jack |
Bananas - Ship weekly
from Lucea and Green Island to England via the Jamaica Producer and Jamaica Planter. Sugar - Export from storage houses in Lucea and Savanna-La-Mar. Rum - Exported from Kew Estate. Wood - Export Fustic, Bullet, Logwood from the Logwood area of Hanover. Dye - Export from the Logwood area of Hanover. Spices - Exported world wide, Pimento, Ginger, Turmeric, Yam - Export Lucea Yam to Panama for the Jamaican Canal workers as early as 1850. Cuba was also another destination. Rice - Imported from Guyana (British Guinea) and receive by Hanover Agency Ltd. Asphalt - Imported from Trinidad and Tobago, received by the Public Works Department and The Hanover Parish Council. Salt - Imported From Truks & Cacios by Hanover Agency Ltd. Lumber - Received by Hanover Agency Ltd and Henderson Moo Young. |
Easter Regatta -
During the 50's and early 60's there was a annual yacht race from Lucea to
Montego Bay. There could be as many as forty yachts. Fire Fly was a champion
boat built in Lucea. Boat Building - There was building of Schooners, Shools, Yawls, Lighters, Yacht and Launches in Lucea. Winslow - A schooner that carry Ice from Mo Bay to Lucea. Lighters - Were used to ferry cargo to and from the boats, they would be assisted at times by the launch "Dilly". Often times citizens would hire them out for Sunday evening cruise on the harbor, or the use for Granville Edwards Band, that would serenade the Town during the Christmas season. You could often see the Lighters going to the town of Green Island(12 miles away) to be used for the shipping of Bananas, Sugar and Rum. |
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