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.
.JPG) HMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Walney |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 25 November 1991 |
| Commissioned | 19 February 1993 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 2010 |
| Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
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| Status | Awaiting disposal |
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| Class and 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
editHMS 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
editOn 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]
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]
Affiliates
edit- Barrow-in-Furness
- The casualty department at Furness General Hospital
- TS Quantock, Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne
References
edit- ^ a b Baker 1998, p. 947.
- ^ Saunders 2002, p. 780.
- ^ Billinge, David (May 2006). "1000 lb WWII Bomb Discovered During Operation Roco". Irish Sea Shipping. Archived from the original on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "MoD names ships cut from Navy". Defence Management. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ Ministry of Defence (13 November 2014). "Sale of the former HMS Walney fibre glass vessel". Gov.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Base Says Farewell To Mine Hunter". Royal Navy. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
Bibliography
edit- Baker, A. D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
- Saunders, Stephen (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-24328.
External links
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- "HMS Walney". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007.
- "HMS Walney photo gallery". BBC Cumbria. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.