Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is situated south of Grenada off the northern edge of the South American mainland, off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west. The island of Trinidad was a Spanish colony from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1498 until Spanish governor Don José María Chacón
Actions of 5–6 May 1945 closed and dropped 13 depth charges in a single attack, which destroyed "U-881" with the loss of all hands. These were the last U-boats destroyed in action in American waters; on 8 May, the Germans surrendered, and the last active U-boats in American waters gave themselves up to units of the USN and RCN. Actions of 5–6 May 1945 The last actions of the Battle of the Atlantic in American waters took place on 5–6 May 1945. There were two such actions, against off the Rhode Island coast and , south of Cape Race, both sunk during the same period.