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HMS Walney (M104)

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
imageHMS Walney (M104).JPG
image_captionHMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006
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countryUnited Kingdom
flag
nameWalney
builderVosper Thornycroft
launched25 November 1991
commissioned19 February 1993
decommissioned15 October 2010
homeportHMNB Clyde
identification*Pennant number: M104
statusAwaiting disposal
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement600 tonnes
length52.5 m
beam10.9 m
draught2.3 m
propulsion*2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors
*Paxman Valenta diesels, {{convert1,500shpabbronlk=in}}
speed* 13 kn diesel
complement34 (7 officers, 27 ratings)
sensors*Type 1007 navigation radar
armament*1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount
notes*Mine Counter-Measures Equipment:

  • Callsign: GACT

  • diesel-electric drive

  • Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp

  • 6.5 kn electric

  • Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar

  • 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns

  • Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers

  • Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers

  • SeaFox mine disposal system

  • Clearance divers

HMS Walney (M104) was a 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.

Construction and design

HMS Walney was one of four Sandown-class minehunters ordered from Vosper Thornycroft on 27 July 1987. She was laid down at Vosper Thoneycroft's Woolston, Southampton shipyard in May 1990, launched on 25 November 1991 and commissioned on 20 February 1993.

Operational history

On 15 May 2006, HMS Walney and discovered a 1000 lb World War II bomb whilst conducting a survey of the River Mersey.

It was announced on 16 December 2009 that Walney would be decommissioned sometime in 2010. 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 where she remains laid up in 3 Basin. In 2014 the ship was listed for sale via the Disposal Services Authority.

Affiliates

  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • The casualty department at Furness General Hospital
  • TS Quantock, Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne

References

Bibliography

References

  1. Baker 1998, p. 947.
  2. Saunders 2002, p. 780.
  3. Billinge, David. (May 2006). "1000 lb WWII Bomb Discovered During Operation Roco".
  4. (26 October 2010). "MoD names ships cut from Navy".
  5. Ministry of Defence. (13 November 2014). "Sale of the former HMS ''Walney'' fibre glass vessel".
  6. (26 October 2010). "Base Says Farewell To Mine Hunter".
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