TTS Port of Spain explained
TTS Port of Spain, named after the capital of
Trinidad and Tobago,
Port of Spain, is a of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.
[1] The $126million contract to build two Cape-class patrol boats for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard was awarded to Austal in 2019.[1] The two boats, Port of Spain and, where delivered in May 2021 and reached Trinidad and Tobago on 7 July that year.[2]
The two vessels were commissioned into the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard in November 2021 by the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley. Delivery of the ships had been expected in 2020 but had been delayed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
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Notes and References
- News: . 19 August 2019 . Austal to build two Cape-class patrol boats for Trinidad & Tobago . Naval Technology . 18 July 2023.
- News: Gonzales . Elizabeth . Trinidad and Tobago to partner with Austal in ship-maintenance company . 18 November 2021 . Trinidad and Tobago Newsday . 17 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210717072053/https://newsday.co.tt/2021/07/17/trinidad-and-tobago-to-partner-with-austal-in-ship-maintenance-company/ . 17 July 2021.
- News: . 30 November 2021 . Cape Class vessels TTS Port of Spain and TTS Scarborough commissioned into Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard . Overt Defense . 18 July 2023.
