Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard
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Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard |
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| Lineup | 3rd July 1963 |
| Country |
 Jamaica
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| Armed forces |
 Jamaica Defense Force
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| Armed forces | Naval forces |
| Type |
Armed Forces (since 1974; previously military type ) |
| Subordinate troops |
JDF Coast Guard ( National Reserve ) |
| Strength | ~ 190 (status: 2004) |
| Rod | Up Park Camp , Kingston |
| motto | Service for the Lives of Others Service for the lives of others |
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| Web presence | JDF Coast Guard |
| commander | |
| Commanding officer | Commander Antonette Wemyss-Gorman |
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| Naval war flag |
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The Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard (JDF CG) is the coast guard of the Jamaica Defense Force and represents, so to speak, the naval forces of the Jamaican armed forces .
history
With the re-establishment of national armed forces under the 1962 obtained independence of the country, was established in 1963 with the Seestaffel Jamaica Sea Squadron of the Jamaica National Reserve set up a national marine component for the first time.
The US government initially handed over three wooden 19.2 m torpedo fishing boats from the Second World War as patrol boats . Based on the British name HMS for Her Majesty's Ship , the boats were named HMJS for Her Majesty's Jamaican Ship and were given the baptismal names Yoruba ( ship identification P 1), Coromante (P 2) and Mandingo (P 3). The training staff at that time provided the Royal Navy .
In 1966 it was reclassified to the Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard. Badges of rank and uniform patterns were adopted by the Royal Navy, the White Ensign of the British naval forces modified accordingly. In addition, the torpedo fishing boats were decommissioned in 1966 and three 25.9 m aluminum bay-class patrol boats were put into service, the HMJS Discovery Bay (P 4) in 1966 and the HMJS Holland Bay BAY (P 5) as well the HMJS Manatee Bay (P 6) one year later. In 1974 - in the same year the Coast Guard became its own armed forces - the HMJS Fort Charles (P 7) and in 1985 the HMJS Paul Bogle (P 8), in order to be able to operate on the high seas. With the acquisition of three patrol boats of the so-called county class in 2006/2007, the boats of the bay class were decommissioned.
Basic training for Coast Guard personnel takes place at the JDF Training Depot in Newcastle , Saint Andrew Parish . In addition, the officer candidates are trained at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth and on the training ship HMS Conway . Partnership programs are in place with the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada for specialized training. Since 2012, training has also been taking place at the Canadian-Jamaican Caribbean Military Maritime Training Center (CMMTC).
Commanders
| Period | commander |
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| Officers Commanding (CO) | |
| 1962-1969 | Lieutenant Commander G. Copeland |
| 1969-1972 | Lieutenant Commander LE Scott (acting) |
| 1972-1974 | Commander James A. Farnol |
| Commanding Officers (CO) | |
| 1974-1988 | Commander LE Scott |
| 1978-1979 | Lieutenant Commander Peter Lorenzo Brady psc (N) |
| 1979 | Lieutenant Commander John McFarlane psc (N) (acting) |
| 1979-1988 | Commander Peter Lorenzo Brady psc (N) |
| 1988-1990 | Lieutenant Commander Hardley McCarlay Lewin psc (N) (acting) |
| 1990-2000 | Commander Hardley McCarlay Lewin psc (N) |
| 2000-2002 | Lieutenant Commander Errol A. Taylor psc (N) |
| 2002 | Commander Errol A. Taylor psc (N) |
| 2002-2007 | Commander Sydney Richard Innis psc (N) |
| 2007-2010 | Commander Kenneth Anthony Douglas psc (N) |
| 2010–2012 | Lieutenant Commander David Chin-Fong psc (N) (acting) |
| 2012-2014 | Commander David Chin-Fong psc (N) |
| since 2014 | Commander Antonette Wemyss-Gorman psc (N) |
Sea vessels
Current boats
| Ship name (ship identification) |
length | V (max.) | Crew / capacity | class | shipyard | delivery | image |
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| HMJS Cornwall HMJS Middlesex HMJS Surrey |
42.8 m | 26 kn | 12 + 4 | County-class patrol boat | Damen Shipyards Group | 2006 |
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| HMJS Fort Charles (P 7) |
35.3 m | 32 kn | 16 | Fort class | Swiftships | 1974 | |
| HMJS Paul Bogle (P 8) |
32.3 m | 30 kn | 17th | Hero class | Lantana Boatyard | 1985 |
- Small boats
- 9-meter Boston Whaler
- 6-meter Boston Whaler
- Rigid inflatable boats
- 12 m inland patrol boats (ship identification CG 121 - CG 124)
- Fast 13m Nortech coastal interceptors
Decommissioned boats
- HMJS Yoruba (P 1); from 1963 to 1966
- HMJS Coromante (P 2); from 1963 to 1966
- HMJS Mandingo (P 3); from 1963 to 1966
- HMJS Discovery Bay (P 4); from 1966 to 200?
- HMJS Holland Bay (P 5); from 1967 to 200?
- HMJS Manatee Bay (P 6); from 1967 to 200?
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jamaica ; In: Peter Calvert: Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America , Routledge, 2004, p. 175.
- ^ "Service for the Lives of Others" - History , JDF.
- ^ Training , JDF.
- ↑ CMMTC , CMMTC.
- ^ Past Commanding Officers , JDF.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l p.sc: passed staff college ; (N) = Naval Staff College
- ↑ Equipment (Ships) ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , JDF.
- ↑ US Donates Patrol Boats to JDF Coast Guard , Jamaica Information Service, 13 January of 2008.
