Haiti - British warship arrives in Cap-Haitien, 21-Gun salute creates panic in the city

Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke Pays Visit To Haiti

KREYOL: Men Nouvel... Haiti - Yon bateau de Guerre Anglais rive nan ville Cap-Haitien dimanche la, 23 Novanm 2014, yoo tire 21 kout canon pou yon salutation militaire epi sa-w tande a... panic total nan ville la... Kisa-w panse?

Le Nouvelliste writes: "some people thought it was the end of the world" according to witnesses...

Many of the citizen of the city of Cap-Haitien were not aware of the this visit from The Royal Navy frigate (warship) HMS Iron Duke; however, the Haiti Ministry of Defense was certainly aware. in fact they twitted about it.

Ministère Défense HT (@MDefenseHaiti) tweets:

"Royal Navy warship #HMSIronDuke to arrive in #Haiti today, on return from a 6-month deployment of the South Atlantic." (November 23, 2014)

The British Government, via the British Embassy in Port-au-Prince, released an article] on 21 Nov that, in in fact, the Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke was to arrive in Haiti on 23 November while on her return from a six-month deployment of the South Atlantic as part of "Promoting strong relations between the UK and The Republic of Haiti"

In the article, the British Govt said:

"It has been a long time since a Royal Navy Warship last visited Haiti and we will be firing a 21 gun salute when we arrive to mark the occasion."

I guess the people in Cap-Haitien didn't get the memo because the media made it look like it was a total surprise.

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