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        HMS Bangor

        Minehunter HMS Bangor is one of seven Sandown-class mine countermeasures ships based in Scotland. In 2011 she deployed off Libya as part of the NATO operation Unified Protector to protect Libyan civilians under threat of attack.

        HMS Bangor’s ships company epitomise everything that is great about our men and woman, from their stoic response to her short notice activation to the professional and flexible manner in which they conducted operations; the country, the RN and their families should be proud.

        HMS Bangor

        During that operation, the small ship found a 2,400lb mine and a torpedo lying on the seabed off the Libyan port of Tobruk. Both were safely destroyed by Bangor's remote-controlled drone Sea Fox - and Bangor bore two shadowy silhouettes on her hull to mark the achievement.

        HMS Bangor spent most of 2012 in and around her home port of Faslane, with visits over to her affiliated town in Northern Ireland and demanding multinational exercises such as Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland.

        COMMANDING OFFICER

        Toby Shaughnessy

        Toby Shaughnessy
        RANK:
        Lieutenant Commander
        JOINED:
        1993
        SPECIALISATION:
        Warfare
        PREVIOUS UNITS:
        HMS Dauntless, HMS Shoreham
        Military experience

        Toby Shaughnessy joined the Royal Navy in January 1993 as a Naval College Entrant after completing his schooling in Suffolk.

        Following Fleet Training in HM Ship’s Cattistock and Edinburgh and subsequent OOW Training, he joined Dumbarton Castle as Gunnery Officer and BSFO, completing two years within the Fishery Protection Squadron.

        He sub-specialised as a Fighter Controller in 1996, joining Edinburgh as FC1 and completed Atlantic Patrol Task (S) and Standing Naval Force (Mediterranean) deployments as well as a busy UK programme.

        After four years in Edinburgh, Toby joined the Royal Navy School of Fighter Control at RNAS Yeovilton as an instructor. After two years in the arms of the Fleet Air Arm, Toby returned to sea as Executive Officer of HMS Lindisfarne, achieving notable success in Fishery Protection Operations before orchestrating her handover to the Bangladesh Navy in 2004.

        After a brief period of training, Toby qualified as a Principal Warfare Officer in 2005 and joined HMS St Albans as PWO(A) and Operations Officer thereafter.

        This assignment included deployments for Op Calash, Telic, and most memorably Op Highbrow in Lebanon.

        Thereafter specialising as an Air Warfare Officer, he joined HMS Gloucester as AWO and Operations Officer in 2007. After eighteen months in post, Toby became the first Operations Officer of the Type 45 HMS Dauntless, bringing her through build and generation into Fleet Service.

        In July 2010, he joined the Maritime Warfare School as Officer in Charge of the Principal Warfare Officer Training Element, responsible for the delivery of training to future PWO’s.

        Toby assumed Command of MCM1 Crew 4 in December 2011 and as Commanding Officer took HMS Shoreham to Operation Kipion in the Gulf. Toby assumed Command of HMS Bangor in January 2013.


        OPERATIONS

        Exercise Joint Warrior 131

        CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED
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        MISSION SUMMARY

        Joint Warrior (JW) Exercises are planned and conducted by the Joint Tactical Exercise Planning Staff (JTEPS) based at Headquarters Northwood. JTEPS which is a joint organisation parented by both HQ Air Command & Navy Command (NCHQ).

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        Operation Telic

        CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED
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        MISSION SUMMARY

        An ongoing UK commitment to clearing and maintaining a mine countermeasures force in the Gulf.

        ABOUT THE UNIT

        KEY STATISTICS


        Pennant

        M109

        Displacement

        600tonnes

        Complement

        34personnel

        Length

        52.5Metres

        Beam

        10.5metres

        Draught

        2.3metres

        Top Speed

        13knots

        Range (Nautical)

        2,500nautical miles

        Launch Date

        16/04/99

        Commissioned date

        08/12/99

        Sonar Average Detection Range

        1500metres

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        HMS Bangor HISTORY

        TRACK THE HISTORY OF SHIPS NAMED HMS Bangor
        • The First Bangor

          The current HMS Bangor is only the second Royal Navy ship to bear the name. The first HMS Bangor was lead ship of the Bangor-class minesweepers, built at Govan by Harland & Wolff. She was launched on 23 May 1940, commissioned on 19 October 1940 and allocated to the 9th Minesweeping Flotilla, Orkney and Shetland Command, based at Scapa.

        • Bombings

          On 12 February 1941, she was bombed whilst in the Moray Firth. No damage was done but her wireless telegraph was out of action and she retired to Aberdeen for repairs. On the morning of 19 May, Bangor and a group of minesweeping trawlers were attacked by nine Messerschmitt ME 109s. None of the ships were hit, but the ME 109s retired southwards, some making smoke and losing height.

        • Battle Honours

          In August 1942 HMS Bangor was involved in Operation Jubilee – the raid on Dieppe. As a large area of Dieppe was believed to have been mined by the enemy, the minesweepers opened proceedings for the raid by sweeping a broad swathe of the channel. Upon completion, they retired in good order, without having come under attack.

        • Battle Honours

          Operation Neptune, Normandy, June 24/25th 1944. As part of Task Force 129, the Naval component of the D-Day landings, HMS Bangor provided fire support against German positions in Cherbourg. The Germans, having anticipated this, returned fire with several batteries, forcing the minesweepers and thier destroyer escort to withdraw under smoke cover.

        • Royal Norwegian Navy

          In May 1945, HMS Bangor was involved in minesweeping operations to Norway, and in June was one of five Bangor-class minesweepers offered to the Royal Norwegian Navy on loan. She was transferred on 11 November 1945. In October the Norwegian government decided to retain the Bangor by purchase and was renamed the Glomma.

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