Royal BANGOR – the Sandown Class Minecountermeasure Vessel BANGOR, based at Faslane and part of  the 1^st Minecountermeasure Squadron has a Royal Visitor in the form of HRH Prince of Wales, known in Scotland as the Duke of Rothesay.   The Prince was briefed about the present day efforts of the Royal Navy’s mine warfare forces to keep the sea lanes during his visit to Faslane and the BANGOR and was shown the “battle proven” SEAFOX system, which the MoD describe as a “state of the art fire and forget system, capable of destroying mines in depths of up to 300 metres".     During his visit the Prince met Divers, Royal Marines, Submariners and Naval Base Staff, plus local schoolchildren.

It will be recalled that HRH Prince of Wales served in the Royal Navy for five years in the 1970s, and in the final ten (10) months of his Naval career was in Command of the Coastal Minesweeper BRONNINGTON.