St. Lucia is in the Windward Islands north west of Barbados and north of St. Vincent. It was colonized by the French but they lost the island to the British during the French Revolution then by treaty in 1815. The British then established a major naval base there at the port of Castries.

Further on History of St. Lucia: The link below takes you to a fine job on the subject: http://www.un.int/stlucia/history.htm Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saint_Lucia Cod -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 379 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len