HMBS Leonard C Banfield

HMBS Leonard C Banfield
The Jamaican Coast Guard operates vessels of the same design as Leonard C Banfield.
History
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:
  • fire fighting water cannon
  • machine gun(s)

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Joris Janssen Lok (2007-10-01). "Barbados Bound". Aviation Week.
  2. "Patrol boat replacement". Jane's Defense Weekly. 2008-03-17. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
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