For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bangor.
| HMS Bangor (M109) | |
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 HMS Bangor sweeping Southampton Water in preparation for the International Fleet Review 2005. | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Bangor |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 16 April 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 26 July 2000 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M109 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update][1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 484 tons full |
| Length: | 52.5 m |
| Beam: | 10.9 m |
| Draught: | 2.3 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors diesel-electric drive Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp |
| Speed: | 13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric |
| Complement: | 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Type 1007 navigation radar Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar |
| Armament: |
1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers |
| Notes: |
Mine counter measures equipment: SeaFox Mine Disposal System Clearance divers |
HMS Bangor is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1999. She is named after the Northern Ireland seaside town of the same name, and the second Royal Navy vessel to bear the name.
Operational History[]
Operation Unified Protector[]
Through October 2011 Bangor conducted maritime security patrols off Misrata, Libya.[2][3]
Exercise Joint Warrior 2013[]
She is due to participate in Exercise Joint Warrior 2013.[4]
See also[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS Bangor (M109). |
References[]
- ↑ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Ships/Patrol-and-Minehunters/Sandown-Class/HMS-Bangor#
- ↑ http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/UkOperationsOverLibyaContinue.htm
- ↑ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Ships/Patrol-and-Minehunters/Sandown-Class/HMS-Bangor
- ↑ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/October/02/131002-joint-warrior
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