UK Royal Navy minehunter HMS Chiddingfold collided with HMS Bangor whereas maneuvering in Bahrain harbor on January 18th. Nobody was reported to be injured however Bangor was significantly broken, with a big gap ripped in its fiberglass hull.
Each ships are specialist minesweeper vessels, a part of the UK’s long-standing presence within the Gulf.
“We’re conscious of an incident regarding two minehunters alongside in Bahrain. There aren’t any casualties on account of this incident and it will be inappropriate to remark additional while investigations are ongoing,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence informed the BBC.
That is the second time that HMS Chiddingfold has been concerned in such an incident. In 2021, additionally off the coast of Bahrain, it struck HMS Penzance, a ship of the identical class as HMS Bangor.
HMS Bangor is because of be decommissioned subsequent 12 months. HMS Bangor is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1999.
HMS Chiddingfold is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel commissioned in 1984.
Due to Alaric Bond and Larry Witmer for contributing to this put up.
