Gulf/Caribbean Naval Activity?

[dragoon500ly]

Here's a brief listing of some of the other players in the Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean (source is Combat Fleets of the World, 1993)

The Bahamas. The Police Marine Division operates 15 patrol craft.

Barbados. The Coast Guard operates four patrol craft.
Belize. Operates 2 patrol craft (36.5 tons and 1 12.7mm hmg) for Anti-drug, inshore patrol and SAR missions.

Bermuda. The Bermudian Police operate 2 patrol craft.

Brazil. While not a Caribbean nation, they are included due to the occassional "showing the flag" patrol that they conduct into the southern portions of the Caribbean. 1 aircraft carrier (6 S-2E, 4-6 SH-3, 2 UH-11 and 3 UH-12 helos), 1+6 German Type 209/1400 subs, 3 ex-British Oberon-class subs, 1 exUS Guppy III sub, 1 exUS Guppy II sub, 2 exUS Gearing FRAM I-class DDs, 4 exUS Allen M Sumner-class DDs, 2+2 Ihjauma-class FF, 6 British Vosper Thornycraft Mk10-class FF, 4 exUS Garcia-class FF, 9 Imperial Marinheiro-class corvettes as well as 2 exUS Thomaston-class LSD and 1 exUS De Sotp County-class LST.

Colombia. 2 German Type 209/1200-class subs, 4 FS1500-class FF, 1 exUS Courtney-class FF.

Costa Rica. Operates 6 patrol craft

Cuba. 3 Soviet Foxtrot-class SS, 3 Koni-class FF, 13 Osa II-class PGM, 4 OSA I-class PGM, 1 patrol boat, 9 Turya-class torpedo hydrofoils and 2 Polnocny B-class LSM

Dominican Republic. 1 ex Canadian River-class FF, 3 exUS Cohoes-class corvettes, 8 patrol craft.

El Salvador. 4 patrol craft.

Grenada. 1 patrol craft

Guatemala. 9 patrol craft.

Guinea. 9 patrol craft.

Guyana. 4 patrol craft.

Haiti. 10 patrol craft.

Honduras. 11 patrol craft.

Jamaica. 4 patrol craft.

Nicaragua. 22 patrol craft.

Panama. 1 patrol craft.

Saint Kitts. 2 patrol craft.

Saint Lucia. 2 patrol craft.

Saint Vincent. 2 patrol craft.

Trinidad & Tobago. 9 patrol craft.

Venezuela. 2 German Type 209/1300-class SS, 6 Italian Lupo-class FF, 2 Almirante Clemente-class FF, 23 patrol craft, 4 Capana-class LST, 1 exUS Terrebonne Parish0-class LST.

Western Virgin Islands. 1 patrol craft.

[kalos72]

That surely seems like enough fleet to have action...even if its just small skirmishes locally.

I would even imagine a good many of them still active, if not limited to fuel and crew. At this stage of the war, they would be prime assets.

[Olefin]

I am actually working on how the Royal Netherlands Marines and the Navy in the Caribbean may have reacted to the war and the invasion of the Netherlands by France - including some naval action in the Caribbean between them

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by Olefin

I am actually working on how the Royal Netherlands Marines and the Navy in the Caribbean may have reacted to the war and the invasion of the Netherlands by France - including some naval action in the Caribbean between them

Would be interested to see what you come up with...it's something I've thought about a few times, especially somewhere like the island of St Martin, which is split between France and the Netherlands.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Barbados is a UK concern, but I can see it being basically neglected during the run up to '97 and then either left to wither and die (somewhat unlikely) or snapped up by the Franco/Belgians.

[kalos72]

Not sure if its a new thing but aren't there a fair amount of oil refinery/fields in the Caribbean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrotrin

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by kalos72

Not sure if its a new thing but aren't there a fair amount of oil refinery/fields in the Caribbean?

Trinidad and Tobago has fairly respectable oil reserves and a refinery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrotrin

Largest refineries appear to be on Aruba and Curacao, both of which are Dutch. Potentially they may have been large enough to warrant a nuke being dropped on them, but if intact and even semi operational could be of great interest to the French.

EDIT. We found the same link...