9th Mine Counter-Measures Squadron
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The 9th Mine Countermeasures Squadron is a front-line squadron of the Royal Navy with responsibility for mine warfare in the Persian Gulf region. The squadron is based in Bahrain and, as of mid-2025, was equipped with two mine countermeasure vessels. Normally, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) support ship has also been assigned to the squadron. However, in late 2024 the squadron's normal support ship, RFA Cardigan Bay, returned to the UK for refit and acute personnel shortages in the RFA made her replacement in the Gulf uncertain. In early 2025 the mine countermeasures vessel HMS Chiddingfold was also returned to the U.K. while the minehunter HMS Bangor was inactive due to damage sustained in a collision. HMS Bangor was returned to the Clyde naval base on a heavy-lift vessel in preparation for refit in late November 2025.
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