page_title: Barbados Coast Guard
hierarchical_section_title: Barbados Coast Guard
context_page_description: The Barbados Coast Guard is the maritime element of the Barbados Defence Force. Its responsibilities include territorial defence, patrolling Barbados' territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone, as well as conducting maritime law enforcement, counter-narcotic, search and rescue, fisheries and environmental protection and the enforcement of port & harbour regulations. The Barbados Coast Guard currently is based at its headquarters 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.
  HMBS PELICAN can be seen while travelling along the Spring Garden Highway in Barbados.
context_section_description: The Barbados Coast Guard is the maritime element of the Barbados Defence Force. Its responsibilities include territorial defence, patrolling Barbados' territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), as well as conducting maritime law enforcement, counter-narcotic, search and rescue, fisheries and environmental protection and the enforcement of port & harbour regulations. The Barbados Coast Guard currently is based at its headquarters 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.
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