HMBS LAWRENCE MAJOR.
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) craft HMBS LAWRENCE MAJOR was damaged in Suriname on Saturday when a vessel registered to St Vincent and the Grenadines crashed into it, the RBDF reported.
According to the defence force, HMBS LAWRENCE MAJOR was moored alongside a floating dry-dock undergoing maintenance and repairs at the Suriname Dry-dock and Shipbuilding Shipyard in Paramaribo, Suriname, when the Motor Vessel (MV) Tropic Tide crashed into it around 8.30 am on Saturday, May 15, 2021, while transiting the Suriname River.
Initial damage assessments indicated that HMBS LAWRENCE MAJOR sustained structural damage to its superstructure portside upper deck railing, stairway and bow areas.
Boat collides with RBDF vessel during repairs in Suriname
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) said yesterday that a vessel collided with HMBS Lawrence Major, which was moored in Suriname for maintenance and repairs, on Saturday.
“Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship Lawrence Major was moored alongside a floating dry-dock undergoing maintenance and repairs at the Suriname Dry-dock and Shipbuilding Shipyard in Paramaribo, Suriname, when the Motor Vessel Tropic Tide collided into HMBS Lawrence Major around 8:30 a.m. on 15 May, 2021, while transiting the Suriname River,” the RBDF said.
“Initial damage assessments have indicated that HMBS Lawrence Major sustained structural damage to its superstructure portside upper deck railing, stairway, and bow areas.