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]

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
Identification	IMO number: 9453951 MMSI number: 314254000 Callsign: 8PZB
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	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 & processing systems	2x JRC radars
Armament	fire fighting water cannon 2x 12.7mm(.50-cal.) machine guns 2x 7.62mm(.30-cal.) machine guns

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]