HMS Bangor is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 2000, which was designed to hunt naval mines in depths of up to 200 m (660 ft) using the Sonar 2093 Variable Depth Sonar (VDS).

Through October 2011 Bangor conducted maritime security patrols off Misrata during the NATO military intervention in Libya.

For the duration of the games the general public were allowed on board for a free tour.

[6] In January 2024, her fibreglass hull, designed to minimise risk from magnetic mines, was damaged in a collision with HMS Chiddingfold in Bahrain whilst the latter was attempting to moor.

[8] However, as of August 2024, she was dry-docked for repair having suffered some further damage in a subsequent collision with USS Gladiator.