HMBS Leonard C Banfield
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]
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Builder: | Damen shipyard, Gorinchem |
Acquired: | August 2007 |
Commissioned: | 14 September 2007 |
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Status: | in active service, as of 2010 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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: | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range: | 1800 nautical miles at 12 knots |
Endurance: | 4 days |
Boats & landing craft carried: | rigid hulled inflatable deployed via a stern launching ramp |
Complement: | 14 |
Sensors and processing systems: | 2x JRC radars |
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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] The HMBS Leonard C. Banfield is the first in a class that also includes the HMBS Rudyard Lewis, commissioned on the 13 of September 2008, and the HMBS Trident, commissioned on the 25 of April 2009.[1]
References
- Joris Janssen Lok (2007-10-01). "Barbados Bound". Aviation Week. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09.
- "Patrol boat replacement". Jane's Defence Weekly. 2008-03-17. Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-09-26.