HMS Walney (M104)
.JPG) HMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006 | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Walney (M104) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 25 November 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 19 February 1993 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 October 2010 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Status: | Decommissioned |
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| Class and type: | Sandown class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 52.5 m |
| Beam: | 10.9 m |
| Draught: | 2.3 m |
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| Speed: | 13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric |
| Complement: | 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) |
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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.
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]
Career
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.[3]
It was announced on December 16, 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 layed up alongside HMS Endurance in 3 Basin. In 2014 the ship was listed for sale via the Disposal Services Authority.[5][6]
Affiliates
- Barrow-in-Furness
- The casualty department at Furness General Hospital
- TS Quantock, Marine Society and Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne
References
- 1 2 Baker 1998, p. 947.
- ↑ Saunders 2002, p. 780.
- ↑ "1000 lb WW II Bomb Discovered During Operation Roco". Irishseashipping. 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "MoD names ships cut from Navy". Defence Management. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ Listing for ex-HMS Walney https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sale-of-the-former-hms-walney-fibre-glass-vessel
- ↑ "Base Says Farewell To Mine Hunter". Royal Navy. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
Publications
- 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.
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