Damen Stan patrol vessel
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.
The Damen Stan patrol vessel 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. Over a dozen nations have classes of vessels based on the Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel design, which are long and wide. The United States Coast Guard's Sentinel class cutters, based on the Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel design, are long and wide.
In the late 1990s three 41 patrol vessels were built for service in the Dutch Antilles, and experience with those vessels informed the later designs of the 4207 and 4708.
Rather than design vessels that were strictly for naval use, the underlying Damen Stan patrol vessel designs do not include weapons, or a sensor suite. The designs have been adapted for constabulary 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 boosted 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.
The Stan 4207 design are patrol vessels.
They are wide, and can travel at.
They are designed to carry a complement of approximately a dozen.
The Stan 4708 are long, wide, have a maximum speed of, and carry a complement of 16-24.
Different variants
- Damen Stan 2600 patrol vessel
- Damen Stan 3007 patrol vessel
- Damen Stan 3307 patrol vessel
- Damen Stan 4100 patrol vessel
- Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel
- Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel
- Damen Stan 5009 patrol vessel
Vessels
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 stern launching ramp, capable of launching and retrieving a pursuit craft 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 ship are well known for their sea handling capabilities and comfort. Many are powered by Caterpillar engines.
Nation | Date | Quantity | Type | Notes |
Netherlands | 2001 | 2 | 4207 | In 2001 the Netherlands ordered two vessels to serve in the Dutch customs' service. Visarend commissioned in 2001, Zeearend in 2002. now operated by the Dutch Coast Guard |
United Kingdom | 2001 | 4 | 4207 | the UKBA 42m Customs Cutters,, and were operated by the UK Border Agency with responsibility potentially now being passed to Border Force. |
Honduras | 2013 | 2 | 4207 | Honduran Navy 2 patrol vessels 4207 and 6 Damen Interceptor 1102 in service 2013 |
Jamaica | 2005 | 3 | 4207 | The three vessels which form the are HMJS Surrey, and HMJS Middlesex. They were built in the Netherlands, and the last vessel was delivered in December 2006. |
Barbados | 2007 | 3 | 4207 | Built for the Barbados Coast Guard. and were scheduled to be delivered in 2008. was scheduled for delivery in 2009. |
Albania | 2007 | 4 | 4207 | and three other vessels:, and operated by the Albanian Coast Guard |
South Africa | 2004 | 3 | 4708 | :, and are employed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. |
Netherlands Antilles & Aruba | 1998 | 3 | 4100 | , and employed by the Netherlands Antilles & Aruba Coast Guard. |
Vietnam | 2004 | 3 | 4100 | SAR-411, SAR-412 and SAR-413 employed by Vietnam Coast Guard search and rescue service. |
Canada | 2009 | 9 | 4207 | In 2009 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced it would be purchasing 9 patrol vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard. The began entering service in 2011. |
Mexico | 2012 | 10 | 4207 | The Mexican Navy – Armada de México – inducted the first two of several vessels in 2012. The two Stan Patrol 4207 patrol boats – ARM Tenochtitlan and ARM Teotihuacan were built at a cost of $9 million USD each at ASTIMAR 1 in Tampico, Tamaulipas and completed in April and May 2012. A seventh vessel was ordered in September 2014. Three more were ordered in January 2016. |
Mexico | 2014 | 1 | 5009 | Fast Crew Supplier ordered in September 2014 together with a seventh Stan Patrol 4207. |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2015 | 4 | 5009 | Following a 4-year acquisition programme the Government of Trinidad and Tobago agreed to purchase twelve vessels from Damen including four 5009s |
United States | 2011 | 30 | 4708 | The United States Coast Guard commenced the purchase of 58 cutters designated as the . In September 2008, Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana, USA, was awarded US$88 million to build the prototype lead ship of class. It was launched in April 2011 as. By July 2014, the USCG had exercised options with Bollinger Shipyards for construction through 2017 of additional Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters, bringing the total number of FRCs under contract with Bollinger to 30. |
Bulgaria | 2010 | 1 | 4207 | The Bulgaria Border Police accepted delivery of Obzor on July 16, 2010. |
Venezuela | 2014 | 6 | 4207 | The Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela ordered six vessels together with six Damen Ocean Patrol 5007 in March 2014. They are being built in UCOCAR with the assistance of DAMEX Shipbuilding & Engineering, Cuba. |
Venezuela | 2014 | 6 | 5009 | 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 DAMEX Shipbuilding & Engineering, Cuba. |
Bahamas | 2013 | 4 | 4207 | The Royal Bahamas Defence Force ordered four vessels together with four Sea Axe 3007 Patrols and one Stan Lander 5612 Logistics Support and Landing Craft in April 2013. |
Qatar | 2014 | 6 | 5009 | The Qatar Armed Forces ordered six vessels together with one diving support vessel on March 31, 2014. The vessels are to be built by Nakilat Damen Shipyard Qatar |
Ecuador | 2014 | 2 | 5009 | Isla San Cristóbal and Isla Isabela, ordered for the Ecuadorion Coast Guard in addition to four operational Damen Stan Patrol 2606 vessels. |
Italy | 2013 | 2 | 5509 | The Guardia di Finanza naval service commissioned two vessels to on Damen 5509 plans. |
Greece | 2016 | 1 | 5509 | The Hellenic Coast Guard inaugurated LS090, a Damen 5509 vessel. |
Nicaragua | 2018 | 2 | 4207 | Build in 2005 ex Jamaican Coast Guard |