Barbados Coast Guard

The Barbados Coast Guard is the maritime division of the Barbados Defence Force. Its responsibilities are patrolling Barbados' territorial waters as well as drug interdiction and humanitarian and life-saving exercises. The Barbados Coast Guard currently is based at its new home at HMBS Pelican in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados. The base consists of a partially enclosed base for the coast guard fleet to dock. It consists of a small fleet, including its flagship HMBS Trident.

The usual styling for the Barbados Coast Guard is HMBS which stands for His/Her Majesty's Barbadian Ship.

The Marine division of the Royal Barbados Police Force is co-located with the Barbados Coast Guard. Additionally, the Coast Guard base is home of the Barbados Cadet Corps Sea Cadets (the marine unit of the Barbados Cadet Corps).

HMBS Pelican can be seen while travelling along the Spring Garden Highway in Barbados. This new base was commissioned in September 2007 and is an ultra modern complex which caters to the maritime operational and training needs of the Barbados Defence Force and the other forces of the Regional Security System.

The Barbados Coast Guard is currently under the command of Lt Cdr M. Peterson.

The Barbados Coast Guard includes the following equipment; PO1 HMBS Trident (Damen 4207 class offshore patrol vessel)

PO2 HMBS Leonard C. Banfield (Damen 4207 class offshore patrol vessel)

PO3 HMBS Rudyard Lewis (Damen 4207 class offshore patrol vessel)

PO4 HMBS Endeavor (rigid hull inflatable)

PO5 HMBS Enterprise (Damen 1204 class inland patrol vessel)

PO6 HMBS Excellence (Damen 1204 class inland patrol vessel)

PO8 (Boston Whaler rigid hull inflatable)

PO9 (Boston Whaler rigid hull inflatable)

PO10 (Boston Whaler rigid hull inflatable)

2x Fairchild C-26 light transport aircraft

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