Killick

This article is about the Haitian port. For the naval rank, see Leading Seaman. For the Newfoundland term, see Wooden anchor. For other uses, see Killick (disambiguation).
Killick, in relation to the city of Port-au-Prince

Killick (formerly the Admiral Killick Haitian Navy base;[1] also called Point Killick[2]) is the Haitian Coast Guard base in Port-au-Prince.[3] It is the main base for the Coast Guard.[4] It is the other port for the city, aside from the main Port international de Port-au-Prince. It is located about 10 miles outside of downtown Port-au-Prince, and is about a century old.[1] The base is named after Admiral Hammerton Killick of the Haitian Navy, who scuttled his own ship, the Crête-à-Pierrot, a 940-ton screw gunship, by igniting the magazine, and went down with the ship, instead of surrendering to German forces, in 1902, at Gonaïves, Haiti.

  1. ^ a b Washington Post, "Coast Guard cutter delivers medical supplies, help; 'we saved a lot of lives'" Spencer S. Hsu, 15 January 2010 (accessed 22 January 2010)
  2. ^ Jax Air News, "The angel boat gets due respect"[permanent dead link] Jose Irazuzta, 18 February 2010 (accessed 23 February 2010)
  3. ^ Associated Press, "Haiti to relocate 400,000 quake homeless" Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine Lynne Sladky, 21 January 2010 (accessed 22 January 2010)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference KN-2010-01-27 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).