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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

shipbuilding firm The Damen Group, designs and manufactures a range of patrol vessels, of various sizes, including the Damen Stan 4207 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. Operators include: * Albanian Coast Guard (4) *

Royal Bahamas Defence Force The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) is the military of The Bahamas. Since The Bahamas does not have an army or an air force, its navy composes the entirety of its armed forces. Under The Defence Act, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has been m ...

(4) * Barbados Coast Guard * Bulgarian Border Police *

Canadian Coast Guard The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; french: links=no, Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues ...

* Honduran Navy *

Jamaica Defence Force The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is the combined military of Jamaica, consisting of an infantry Regiment and Reserve Corps, an Air Wing, a Coast Guard fleet and a supporting Engineering Unit. The JDF is based upon the British military model, with ...

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent armed forces of Mexico. The actual naval forces are called the ''Armada de México''. The ''Secretaría de Marina'' (''SEMAR'') (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the ''Armada'' itself and ...

* Netherlands Coast Guard *

Nicaraguan Navy The Nicaraguan Navy, officially the Naval Force of the Nicaraguan Army, ( es, Fuerza Naval del Ejercito de Nicaragua) is the naval service branch of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces. The navy's mission is to ensure the defense and security of the is ...

* United Kingdom Border Force *

Venezuelan Navy ) , mascot = , battles = Venezuelan War of Independence and the Battle of Lake Maracaibo , anniversaries = July 24, Birthday of Simon Bolivar, Navy Day and Battle of Lake Maracai ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

( Vietnam Maritime search and Rescue Coordination Center &

Vietnam Border Guard , ) or Vietnam Border Defence Force is a branch of the Vietnam People's Army. It is responsible for management and protection of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, order and national boundaries on the mainland, islands, sea and at the ...

) Some variants are equipped with deck guns, while others are equipped for peacetime duties like search and rescue, fishery protection, environmental monitoring, or intercepting smugglers.

Ships in class

References

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Damen Group The Damen Group is a Dutch defence, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands. Though it is a major international group doing business in 120 countries, it remains a private family-owned company. Dame ...

, date = 2014-04-01 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140728131826/http://www.damen.com/en/news/2014/04/mexican%20navy%20orders%20sixth%20damen%20stan%20patrol%204207 , archivedate = 2014-07-28 , accessdate = 2014-10-28 , url-status = dead , quote = 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. {{Cite web , url = http://www.janes.com/article/57030/mexican-navy-orders-three-more-damen-4207-patrol-vessels , title = Mexican Navy orders three more Damen 4207 patrol vessels {{! IHS Jane's 360 , website = www.janes.com, accessdate = 2016-01-06 {{cite news , url=http://www.damen.nl/Download.aspx?rId=1&type=Newsletter , title=Damen News 9 , publisher=

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, accessdate = 2011-12-01 , quote = 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. , url-status = dead , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111228194703/http://www.damen.nl/en/markets/interceptors , archivedate = December 28, 2011 {{cite news , url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:cd0c3339-d5a0-4158-b086-5d1d1c21ebad , title=Barbados Bound , publisher=

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, date=2007-10-01 , author=Joris Janssen Lok , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016095025/http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3Acd0c3339-d5a0-4158-b086-5d1d1c21ebad , archivedate=2012-10-16 , url-status=dead , access-date=2018-04-07 {{cite news , url=http://www.uscg.mil/ACQUISITION/newsroom/pdf/sentinelmediabrief.pdf , title=SENTINEL Class Patrol Boat: Media Round Table , publisher=

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, date=2008-09-30 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220012354/http://uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/pdf/sentinelmediabrief.pdf , archivedate=2009-02-20 , accessdate=2009-09-26 , url-status=dead {{cite news , url=http://ricochet.ru/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:project-number-damen-4207&catid=7:patrol-and-pilot-boats&Itemid=10 , title=Project number: DAMEN 4207 , publisher=Ricochet.ru , year=2005 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826051118/http://ricochet.ru/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:project-number-damen-4207&catid=7:patrol-and-pilot-boats&Itemid=10 , archivedate=2011-08-26 , accessdate=2009-09-26 , url-status=dead {{cite news , url = http://www.damen.com/news/2013/04/patrol-vessels-for-royal-bahamas-defence-force , title = Royal Bahamas Defence Force contracts Damen for fleet of long range patrol craft 19 Apr 2013 , publisher =

, date = 2013-04-19 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718152912/http://www.damen.com/news/2013/04/patrol-vessels-for-royal-bahamas-defence-force , archivedate = 18 July 2014 , url-status = dead , quote = In addition, eight patrol vessels, four of the Damen Stan Patrol 4207 type and another four type SPa 3007, will join the Bahamas’ fleet. , access-date = 7 April 2018 {{cite news , url = http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2013/06/lock-stock-and-a-sandy-bottom/ , title = Lock, Stock and a Sandy Bottom , publisher = Think Defence , date = 2013-05-13 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130815144744/http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2013/06/lock-stock-and-a-sandy-bottom/ , archivedate = 2013-08-15 , accessdate = 2014-07-18 , url-status = live {{cite news , url=http://www.dedalonews.it/it/mobile.php?p=11426&more=1 , title=Difesa albanese ordina 4 pattugliatori a Damen Shipyards , publisher=dedalonews , date=2007-11-15 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042430/http://www.dedalonews.it/it/mobile.php?p=11426&more=1 , archivedate=2011-10-04 , url-status=dead {{cite news , url=http://www.tos.nl/file/en/index.asp?pagina=319 , title=Iliria to Albania , publisher=Transport & Offshore Services , archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tos.nl%2Ffile%2Fen%2Findex.asp%3Fpagina%3D319&date=2009-10-04 , archivedate=2009-10-04 , url-status=dead {{cite web , url = http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/coast-guards-western-hemisphere-the-dutch-connection_sbmaharaj_270916 , title = Coast Guards in the Western Hemisphere – The Dutch Connection , author = Sanjay Badri-Maharaj , publisher =

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, accessdate = 2016-09-28 , quote = 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. {{cite web , url = http://products.damen.com/~/media/Products/Images/Clusters%20groups/High%20Speed%20Crafts/Interceptor/Documents/Brochure_Damen_Security_Naval_and_Patrol.ashx , title = Damen Security Naval and Patrol , publisher =

, accessdate = 2016-09-28 {{cite news , url=http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/New-Customs-Patrol-Vessels-DAM001100453IN.html , title=New Customs Patrol Vessels , publisher=Marine talk , year=2001 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120150601/http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/New-Customs-Patrol-Vessels-DAM001100453IN.html , archivedate=2008-11-20 , accessdate=2009-09-26 , url-status=dead Damen Group Patrol vessels