HMS Walney (M104)
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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.
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HMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Walney |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 25 November 1991 |
| Commissioned | 19 February 1993 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 2010 |
| Home port | HMNB Clyde |
| Identification |
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| Status | Awaiting disposal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 600 tonnes |
| Length | 52.5 m (172.2 ft) |
| Beam | 10.9 m (35.8 ft) |
| Draught | 2.3 m (7.5 ft) |
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| Complement | 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) |
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Construction and design
HMS Walney was one of four Sandown-class minehunters ordered from Vosper Thornycroft on 27 July 1987.[1] 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.[1][2]
Operational history
On 15 May 2006, HMS Walney and HMS Atherstone discovered a 1,000 lb (450 kg) World War II bomb whilst conducting a survey of the River Mersey.[3]
Decommissioning and final fate
It was announced on 16 December 2009 that Walney would be decommissioned sometime in 2010.[4] 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.[5][6]
As of 2025 HMS Walney failed to attract any bids when being auctioned off for scrapping, and the final fate of the ship was thus uncertain. She remained at Portsmouth Naval Base.[7]
Affiliates
- Barrow-in-Furness
- The casualty department at Furness General Hospital
- TS Quantock, Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne
