In Pictures: Emotional scenes as navy ship returns

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There were emotional scenes – and a proposal – as HMS Bangor returned to a naval base in Argyll and Bute following deployment in the Gulf.

Piper Iain Macpherson plays during a welcome home ceremony as the Royal Navy mine hunter returns to HM Naval Base Clyde
Piper Iain Macpherson plays during a welcome home ceremony as the Royal Navy mine hunter returns to HM Naval Base Clyde
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
The crew with the Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Bangor as it returns to HM Naval Base Clyde
The crew with the Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Bangor as it returns to HM Naval Base Clyde
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane

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