Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (; ) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of and reported a population of 165,595 in the 2010 census. Its capital is Castries. The French were the island's first European settlers. They signed a treaty with the native Island Caribs in 1660. England took control of the island from 1663 to 1667. In ensuing
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