HMBS Leonard C Banfield
 The Jamaican Coast Guard operates vessels of the same design as Leonard C Banfield. | |
| History | |
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| Builder: | Damen shipyard, Gorinchem |
| Acquired: | August 2007 |
| Commissioned: | 14 September 2007 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel |
| Length: | 42.8 m (140 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Endurance: | 4 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | rigid hulled inflatable deployed via a stern launching ramp |
| Complement: | 12 |
| Armament: |
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HMBS Leonard C Banfield (P 02) is patrol vessel of the Barbados Coast Guard.[1][2] She was commissioned on 14 September 2007. She is built to the design of the Damen Group's Stan 4207 patrol vessel, a class of 42-metre (138 ft) 240 ton vessels.[1]
According to Aviation Week the vessel and her sister ships primary armament was a non-lethal water cannon, but she was also armed with machine guns.[1] They reported she was capable of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) and had an at sea endurance of 4 days. She is built to withstand sea state 8 conditions. She was built in the Netherlands at Damen′s Gorinchem Shipyards.
She and her sister ships are equipped with a stern launching ramp, like some other cutters built to Damen designs.[1] The stern launching ramp allows a water-jet–powered pursuit boat to be launched and retrieved without bringing the cutter to a halt.
Aviation Week reports that the local Barbadian Press reported the vessels cost $6 million each.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Joris Janssen Lok (2007-10-01). "Barbados Bound". Aviation Week.
- ↑ "Patrol boat replacement". Jane's Defense Weekly. 2008-03-17. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-26.