For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bangor.
HMS Bangor is a Sandown-classminehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1999. Designed to hunt naval mines in depths of up to 200 m (660 ft) using the Sonar 2093 Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) meaning that she can conduct mine clearance operations throughout the continental shelf. She is named after the Northern Ireland seaside city of the same name, and the second Royal Navy vessel to bear the name. As of January 2024, she was the last vessel of her class in active Royal Navy service.
HMS Bangor sweeping Southampton Water in preparation for the International Fleet Review 2005.
In mid-2021, Bangor deployed with HMS Middleton to join the vessels of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron operating out of HMS Jufair in Bahrain. Both vessels were upgraded with the Oceanographic Reconnaissance Combat Architecture (ORCA) system which assists vessels with a higher level of mine detection at greater stand-off distances. Bangor and Middleton were to relieve their sister vessels HMS Brocklesby and HMS Shoreham, which returned to the UK.[6]
In January 2024, her fibreglass hull, designed to minimise risk from magnetic mines, was damaged in a collision with HMS Chiddingfold in Bahrain whilst the latter was attempting to moor.[7] The ship is reported to have suffered "significant" damage and, given her planned decommissioning by 2025, it was reported that she might not be repaired before being taken out of service. [8]
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^"Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
^"In focus: the Fleet Solid Support ship design". Navy Lookout. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^"UK operations over Libya continue". Ministry of Defence. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
^. Royal Navy. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
^Ferguson, Brian (16 May 2014). "Royal Navy to stage Glasgow 2014 show on Clyde". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
^"UK minehunter joins operations in region". ZAWYA. 28 July 2021.
^Allison, George (19 January 2024). "British minehunters collide in Gulf, damage to be assessed". UK Defence Journal.
^"A naval accident in context – Royal Navy minehunters collide in Bahrain". Navy Lookout. 22 January 2024.
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