HMS Bangor (M109)
2000 Sandown-class minehunter of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bangor.
HMS Bangor is a Sandown-class minehunter 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.
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HMS Bangor sweeping Southampton Water in preparation for the International Fleet Review 2005. | |
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Name | Bangor |
Namesake | Bangor, County Down |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched | 16 April 1999 |
Commissioned | 26 July 2000 |
Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Sandown-class minehunter |
Displacement | 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons)[1] |
Length | 52.5 m (172 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1,523 shp (1,136 kW), diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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