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GDFS Berbice
GDFS ''Berbice'' is a 115 of the Guyana Defence Force. It was Ceremonial ship launching, launched in 2023 shortly before the 2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis. Ship history Amid the renewed Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute in the 2010s when Guyana discovered offshore oil, Venezuela increased its aggression towards its eastern neighbor. Concerns about Guyana's aging flagship, GDFS ''Essequibo'', were raised. In May 2021, Guyana used emergency funds to make a down payment to commence the construction of the GDFS ''Berbice'', citing the need to defend its exclusive economic zone from Venezuela. On 4 August 2023, the ''Berbice'' was launched from the Metal Shark Boats production factory in Jeanerette, Louisiana. Months later on 30 October 2023, Metal Shark announced that the ship sailed to its shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The ''Berbice'' was incorporated into the Guyana Defence Force in Georgetown, Guyana on 12 November 2023. Venezuelan media criticized the incorporatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berbice River
The Berbice River , located in eastern Guyana, is one of the country's major rivers. It rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region and flows northward for through dense forests to the coastal plain. The river's tidal limit is between from the sea. Geography Obstructed by shallows at its estuary, the Berbice River's mouth is the location of Crab Island, opposite the mouth of the Canje River, the Berbice's main tributary. Quantity of water based on the streamflow of the gauging station at Itabu Falls (04'52'N0'50'13'W) is . History The Dutch established a foothold on the Berbice River as early as 1629 for trading with the Amerindians. Plantations formed along the river, and it later became the location of a major slave uprising. In 1627, the settlement of Nassau (the name was used for many of the Dutch forts in the seventeenth century) was founded by the Dutch West India Company. The area was passed over to the British in 1815 and merged with the neighboring British Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |