Acquired August 2007 Beam 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) Endurance 4 days 0 hours | Commissioned 14 September 2007 Length 43 m Builders Damen Group, Gorinchem | |
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Status in active service, as of 2010 Type Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel Speed 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) | ||
HMBS Leonard C Banfield (P 02) is patrol vessel of the Barbados Coast Guard. 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.
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. 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. 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.