Diamond Rock

(Local Name: Le Diamant - Rocher du Diamant) Diamond Rock is located 3 km from mainland Martinique. In 1804 the British dropped sailors on the island and registered the rock as a ship, the HMS Diamond Rock. After 17 months of unsuccessful attacks on the rock, the French apparently set adrift a load of rum near the island. A short time later the French attacked the island of drunken sailors and retook the rock.