Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia) Pigeon Island (Saint Lucia) Pigeon Island is a islet located in Gros Islet in the northern region of Saint Lucia. Once isolated from the country in the Caribbean Sea, the island was artificially joined to the western coast of mainland in 1972 by a man-made causeway built from dirt excavated to form the Rodney Bay Marina. Composed of two peaks the island is a historic site with numerous forts such as an 18th-century British fort and Fort Rodney both used by the British to spy on French Ships from neighbouring Martinique. In 1979 it was named a national park and
HMS Saint Lucia (1803) "Saint Lucia", of 14 guns. She was commissioned in August under Commander Conway Shipley. On 16 August 1803, "Saint Lucia" captured the French privateer "Sally". "Sally" was armed with six guns and had a crew of 28 men. In August–September "Saint Lucia" captured three prizes: Around November, "Saint Lucia" recaptured the brig "Earl St. Vincent", which had been sailing from Dublin to Barbados, and a Swedish schooner. The French privateer "Harmonie", of Martinique, had captured them three days earlier. "Saint Lucia" was unable to capture the privateer which escaped by throwing her guns overboard and sawing down her gunwales. On