 The Jamaican Coast Guard operates vessels of the same design asLeonard C Banfield. | |
| History | |
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| Builder | Damen shipyard,Gorinchem |
| Acquired | August 2007 |
| Commissioned | 14 September 2007 |
| Identification | |
| Status | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Leonard C. Banfield-class patrol vessel |
| Type | Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 200 tons |
| Length | 42.8 m (140 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 2.52 meters |
| Ramps | stern launching ramp for rigid-hulled inflatable boat |
| Installed power | 5600hp |
| Propulsion | 2x Caterpillar 3516B DITA diesels |
| Speed | 26knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 1800 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Endurance | 4 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | rigid hulled inflatable deployed via astern launching ramp |
| Complement | 14 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 2x JRC radars |
| Armament |
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HMBSLeonard C Banfield (P 02) is patrol vessel of theBarbados Coast Guard.[1][2]She was commissioned on 14 September 2007. She is built to the design of theDamen Group'sStan 4207 patrol vessel, a class of 42-metre (138 ft) 240 ton vessels.[1]
According toAviation Week the vessel and her sister ships primary armament was a non-lethalwater cannon, but she was also armed with machine guns.[1] They reported she was capable of 26knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) and had an at sea endurance of 4 days. She is built to withstandsea state 8 conditions. She was built in theNetherlands at Damen′sGorinchem Shipyards.
She and her sister ships are equipped with astern 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]The HMBSLeonard C. Banfield is the first in a class that also includes the HMBSRudyard Lewis, commissioned on the 13 of September 2008, and the HMBSTrident, commissioned on the 25 of April 2009.[1]