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.