| HMS Walney (M104) | |
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 HMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Walney (M104) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 25 November 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 19 August 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 October 2010 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Status: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Sandown class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 52.5 m |
| Beam: | 10.9 m |
| Draught: | 2.3 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors diesel-electric drive Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp |
| Speed: | 13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric |
| Complement: | 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Type 1007 navigation radar Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar |
| Armament: |
1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers |
| Notes: |
Mine Counter-Measures Equipment: SeaFox mine disposal system Clearance divers |
HMS Walney (M104) was a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She was the fourth of the Sandown-class minehunters, and the second ship to carry the name, which comes from the island off Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria on the north-west coast of England.
Career[]
She was launched on 25 November 1991 and commissioned on 19 August 1992. On 15 May 2006, HMS Walney and HMS Atherstone discovered a 1000 lb World War II bomb whilst conducting a survey of the River Mersey.[1]
It was announced on December 16, 2009, that Walney would be decommissioned sometime in 2010.[2] She was decommissioned in a ceremony on 15 October 2010 at her homeport, HMNB Clyde. Walney called in at her affiliated town of Barrow-in-Furness on her way to her final port of call, Portsmouth naval base.[3]
Affiliates[]
- Barrow-in-Furness
- The casualty department at Furness General Hospital
- TS Quantock, Marine Society and Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne
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References[]
- ↑ "1000 lb WW II Bomb Discovered During Operation Roco". Irishseashipping. 2006. http://www.irishseashipping.com/features/rnwwiibomb/rnwwiibomb.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "MoD names ships cut from Navy". Defence Management. 26 October 2010. http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=11648. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "Base Says Farewell To Mine Hunter". Royal Navy. 26 October 2010. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/sandown-class/hms-walney/news/base-says-farewell-to-mine-hunter. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
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