The Jamaican Coast Guard operates vessels of the same design as the Leonard C Banfield. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMBS Leonard C Banfield |
| Builder: | Damen shipyard, Gorinchem |
| Acquired: | August 2007 |
| Commissioned: | 14 September 2007 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
| 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 and 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 September 14, 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]