Montserrat
Montserrat is one of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern
Caribbean, lying 27 miles southwest of Antigua and 40 miles
northwest of Guadeloupe. The island is eleven miles long and seven
miles wide entirely volcanic and very mountainous.
Named after a monastery in Spain by Christopher Columbus during
his second great voyage in 1493, the island became a British Colony
in 1632.
Montserrat is is a member of the British
Red Ensign Group and operate as a Category Two Red Ensign (British)
Registry, which can register ships of up to 150 gross tons (GRT)
and pleasure vessels, that is, those not operated commercially, of
up to 400 GRT. Pleasure vessels, by definition, refer to ships used
for sport or pleasure, which are not operated
commercially.