BCGS 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. She was formerly known as HMBS Leonard C Banfield (Her Majesty's Barbadian Ship) but after Barbados became republic she was renamed BCGS Leonard C Banfield (Barbados Coast Guard Ship).
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 Damenâ²s 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-jetâÂÂpowered 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. The BCGS Leonard C. Banfield is the first in a class that also includes the BCGS Rudyard Lewis, commissioned on the 13 of September 2008, and the BCGS Trident, commissioned on the 25 of April 2009.