Antigua and Barbuda

30.06.1956: separate colony
27.02.1967: dependency of Antigua and Barbuda (associated state)
01.11.1981: independence
11.11.1981: member of United Nations

Area: 442 km²
Population: 68,320 (2004)
Capital: Saint John's
Currency: 1965 East Caribbean dollar (XCD, EC$) = 100 cents
GDP per capita: 10,900 $ (2005)
Ethnic groups: black and British 97%, Portuguese 2.3%, Lebanese and Syrian 0.6%
Official languages: English

Merchant marine: 8 ships, 9,204 Grt/11,654 Dwt (1996)
Coastline: 153 km
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Military service age and obligation: voluntary
Military expenditures: N/A

Governor-General: Louise Lake-Tack (17.07.2007)
Prime Minister: Winston Baldwin Spencer (24.03.2004)

1982/83: Antigua & Barbuda Coast Guard
01.05.1995: Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force Coast Guard

Personnel: 44 (1995), 50 (1996), 5+28 (2000), 6+48 (2001), 6+40 (2004)

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Ranks insignia

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3 Patrol Boats


1 "Commercial Cruiser" 65 ft class
Swiftships Inc. - Morgan City, 32/36 t, 20×5.6×1.5 m, 22 kt, 1xII 12.7mm MG, 1xII 7.62mm MG, 9 p.
P-01  Liberta 11.1983/12.1983/04.1984

1 "Dauntless" class
SeaArk Marine - Monticello, 12/15 t, 12.2×4.3×1.3 m, 27 kt, 1xII 7.62mm MG, 4-5 p.
P-02  Palmetto 1994/1995/07.1995

1 "Point" class: "C" series
J. M. Martinac SB Corp. - Tacoma, 66/69 t, 25.3×5.2×1.8 m, 23 kt, 2x 12.7mm MG, 10 p.
P-03  Hermitage /04.1967 #160 07.1998 ex- WPB-82359 Point Steele

4 Rigid Inflatable Boats

2 "Guardian" type
Boston Whaler Inc. - Rockland, 2.2 t, 8.2×3×0.5 m, 30 kt, 2 p.
071 1988
072

1 "Hurricane" type
Zodiac Hurricane, 35 kt.
081 1990

1 type A-920
Zodiac Hurricane, 8-9×.×. m.
... 2003

Queen:
11.1981- HM Elizabeth II (of the United Kingdom)

Administrators:
1954-1958 Alec Lovelace
10.1958-1964 Ian Graham Turbott
03.1964-02.1967 Sir David James Gardiner Rose
Governor:
02.1967-11.1981 Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs
Governors-general:
11.1981-06.1993 Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs
06.1993-07.2007 Sir James Beethoven Carlisle
07.2007- Louise Lake-Tack

Chief Minister, 02.1967 Premiers, 11.1981 Prime Ministers:
01.1960-02.1971 Vere Cornwall Bird
02.1971-02.1976 George Walter
02.1976-03.1994 Vere Cornwall Bird
03.1994-03.2004 Lester Bryant Bird
03.2004- Winston Baldwin Spencer

Commanding Officers of ABDF CG:
c.1992 Lt.Cdr. A. J. Gilmour, RN
c.1993-1995 Lt.Cdr. Mike Wright, RN
1995-1999 Lt.Cdr. Wayne A. Mykoo, JDF
1999-2001 Lt.Cdr. Paul W. Wright, JDF
2001- Lt. Nixon D. DeSouza, ABDF

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