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September 6th 1902
Haitian Admiral Hamilton Killick went down with his navy gunship "La Crete-a-Pierrot" instead of surrending to the Germans in Gonaives Haiti.
Haitian Admiral Hamilton Killick had previously threatened to blowup the vessel for the sake of national honor. The armed struggle of Admiral Hamilton Killickis known as the most celebrated and well known gesture of Haitian patriotism and grandeur." There was a major political struggle going on at the time between Nord Alexis and Anténor Firmin about who would come to power in Port-au-Prince after the precipitous departure of President Tirésis Simon Sam. Admiral Killick who commanded the patrol ship La Crête-à-Pierrot supported Firmin and consequently had confiscated a German ship transporting arms and munitions to the provisional Haitian government of Alexis. Not sharing the position of Hamilton Killick, the government ordered another German warship, the Panther, to seize the Crête-à-Pierrot. But it didn't realize the determination and courage of Admiral Killick. At Gonaïves, the Germans had the surprise of their life. When the German ship appeared off the roadsted of the city, Admiral Killick, who was then ashore, hurried on board and ordered his whole crew to abandon the ship. The Germans did not understand this maneuver. Once the sailors were out of danger, Admiral Killick together with Dr. Coles, who also did not want to leave, wrapped himself in the Haitian flag, like Captain Laporte in 1803, and blew the Crête-à-Pierrot up by firing at the munitions. (Haïti-Progrès, May 18, 2003) The Crete-a-Pierrot was a screw vessel of 940 tons, she was armed with one 2.6 inch guns, one 4.7 inch guns and four 3.9 inch guns, two maxim machine guns, and four Nordenfelt machine guns. (The New York Times, September 8, 1092)
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