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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 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 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.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMBS Leonard C Banfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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