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In Pictures: Emotional scenes as navy ship returns

HMS Bangor has returned to HM Naval Base Clyde in Argyll and Bute.

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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 played during the welcome home ceremony as the Royal Navy mine hunter returned to HM Naval Base Clyde (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
The couple of four years, from outside Doncaster, Yorkshire, are expecting a baby girl in three weeks (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
Able seaman Robyn Lockwood, 19, met up with her 14-month-old niece Florence Slade (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Royal Navy sailors return to Faslane
It means those on board since January have had a longer-than-usual trip (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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