The Dutch shipbuilding firm The Damen Group, designs
and manufactures a wide variety of vessels, including a range of related patrol vessels known generally as the Damen Stan Patrol vessels.[1][2]
Design
The Damen Stan Patrol designs' names include a four-digit code, where the first two digits are the vessel's length, in metres, and the second two digits are its width.[1] Over a dozen nations have classes of vessels based on the Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel design, which are 42 metres (138 ft) long and 7 metres (23 ft) wide. The United States Coast Guard's Sentinel class cutters, based on the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel design, are 47 metres (154 ft) long and 8 metres (26 ft) wide.
In the late 1990s three 41 vessels were built for service in the Dutch Antilles, and experience with those vessels informed the later designs of the 4207 and 4708.[1]
Rather than design vessels that were strictly for naval use, the underlying Damen Stan Patrol designs do not include weapons, or a sensor suite.[1] The designs have been adapted for policing duties, and for fishery and environmental patrols. According to Sanjay Badri-Maharaj, of the -Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, described how adding an autocannon and military class sensor suite to the USCG's Sentinel class increased its cost per vessel from $20 million USD to $65 million.
In recent years Damen has developed Damen Stan Patrol vessels based on their Sea Axe bow design.[1]
The Stan 4207 design are 42.8-metre (140 ft) patrol vessels.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
They are 7.1 metres (23 ft) wide, and can travel at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph).
They are designed to carry a complement of approximately a dozen.
The Stan Patrol 4708 is 46.8 metres (154 ft) long, 8.11 metres (26.6 ft) wide, has a maximum speed of 23.8 knots (44.1 km/h; 27.4 mph), and carries a complement of 16-24.[10]
Albanian Naval Brigade patrol vessel Iliria, an Albanian Damen Stan type 4207 patrol vessel. Note the cannon on the bow is a water cannon, for fire-fighting
Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel CCGS Private Robertson V.C.
Vessels of this type have been supplied to, or ordered by a number of countries.[8]
As of December 2011 thirty five vessels had been built.
Many of the agencies that employ these vessels have them delivered without armament, or solely with small arms. They are equipped with water cannon. Many of the agencies that employ these vessels specified they should be equipped with a stern launching ramp, capable of launching and retrieving a 7.9-metre (26 ft) pursuit craft (RHIB) while underway. The vessels are equipped with a horizontal thruster in their bows, to aid maneuvering in tight conditions, such as mooring in crowded anchorages. The ships are well known for their sea handling capabilities and comfort. Many are powered by Caterpillar engines.
In 2001 the Netherlands ordered two vessels to serve in the Dutch customs' service. Visarend commissioned in 2001, Zeearend in 2002.[3] now operated by the Dutch Coast Guard
The three vessels which form the County class are HMJS Surrey, HMJS Cornwall and HMJS Middlesex.[1][4][9] They were built in the Netherlands, and the last vessel was delivered in December 2006 and traded in with Damen in 2016 and transferred to Nicaraguan Coast Guard in 2018
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) commenced the purchase of 58 cutters designated as the 154 ft (46.9 m) Sentinel class.[1][4][18][19][20][21][22] In September 2008, Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana, USA, was awarded US$88 million to build the prototype lead ship of class.[23] It was launched in April 2011 as USCGC Bernard C. Webber. By July 2014, the USCG had exercised options with Bollinger Shipyards for construction through 2017 of additional Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRC), bringing the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to 58.
The Mexican Navy – Armada de México – inducted the first two of several Tenochtitlan-class vessels in 2012. The two Stan Patrol 4207 patrol boats – ARM Tenochtitlan (PC-331) and ARM Teotihuacan (PC-332) were built at a cost of $9 million USD each at ASTIMAR 1 in Tampico, Tamaulipas and completed in April and May 2012.[1][24][25][26] A seventh vessel was ordered in September 2014. Three more were ordered in January 2016.[27]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force ordered four vessels together with four Stan Patrol 3007 Patrols and one Stan Lander 5612 Logistics Support and Landing Craft in April 2013.
The Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela ordered six vessels together with six Damen Ocean Patrol 5007 in March 2014.[1] They are being built in UCOCAR with the assistance of DAMEN Shipbuilding & Engineering, Cuba.
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The Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela ordered six vessels together with six Damen Stan Patrol 4207 in March 2014. They are being built in UCOCAR with the assistance of DAMEN Shipbuilding & Engineering, Cuba.[31]
The Qatar Armed Forces ordered six vessels together with one 52-metre (171 ft) diving support vessel on March 31, 2014. The vessels are to be built by Nakilat Damen Shipyard Qatar
Isla San Cristóbal (LG-30) and Isla Isabela (LG-31), ordered for the Ecuadorion Coast Guard in addition to four operational Damen Stan Patrol 2606 vessels.[1]
Following a 4-year acquisition programme the Government of Trinidad and Tobago agreed to purchase twelve vessels from Damen including four 5009s[1][32]
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Sanjay Badri-Maharaj. "Coast Guards in the Western Hemisphere – The Dutch Connection". Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Retrieved 2016-09-28. The popularity of Damen vessels in the region is surprising considering the decidedly modest capabilities of the basic vessels. Building to standard designs (known as Standard Patrol or SPa), Damen's construction process enables vessels to be fabricated in virtual kit form and assembled and integrated in a relatively short space of time.
^"Recent Stan Patrol 4207 deliveries". Damen Group. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01. Built at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, the Stan Patrol 4207 'Obzor' was delivered to the Bulgarian border police on July 16, 2010. This project was made possible through Schengen funding. The 'Obzor' will be the most sophisticated vessel in the fleet and will patrol the border from her home port in Sozopol.
^"Mexican Navy orders sixth Damen Stan Patrol 4207". Damen Group. 2014-04-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-10-28. This contract, the sixth patrol vessel of the Tenochtitlan class, underlines the excellent ongoing relationship between the Mexican Navy (Secretaria de Marina or SEMAR), and Damen. As all five previous vessels, this vessel will be built in the Mexican Navy Yard ASTIMAR 1 in Tampico, a city and port on the Gulf of Mexico.
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