HMS Walney (M104) explained

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.^[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 discovered a 1000lb 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

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

References

Bibliography

• Book: Baker, A. D. . The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999 . 1998 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland, USA . 1-55750-111-4.
• Book: Saunders, Stephen . Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. 2002. Jane's Information Group. Coulsdon, UK. 0-7106-24328.

External links

• Web site: HMS Walney . Royal Navy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071226222032/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2133 . 26 December 2007.
• Web site: HMS Walney photo gallery . BBC Cumbria . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603151213/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/image_galleries/hms_walney_aboutship_gallery.shtml . 3 June 2013.

Notes and References

1. Baker 1998, p. 947.
2. Saunders 2002, p. 780.
3. Web site: 1000 lb WWII Bomb Discovered During Operation Roco . https://web.archive.org/web/20060623091241/http://irishseashipping.com/features/rnwwiibomb/rnwwiibomb.htm . usurped . 23 June 2006 . David . Billinge . May 2006 . Irish Sea Shipping . 27 October 2010.
4. Web site: MoD names ships cut from Navy . 26 October 2010 . Defence Management . 27 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709011101/http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=11648 . 9 July 2011 . dmy-all .
5. Web site: Sale of the former HMS Walney fibre glass vessel . Ministry of Defence . 13 November 2014 . . 16 March 2019.
6. Web site: Base Says Farewell To Mine Hunter . 26 October 2010 . Royal Navy . 27 October 2010.