HMS Walney (M104)
HMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Walney |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 25 November 1991 |
| Commissioned | 19 February 1993 |
| Decommissioned | 15 October 2010 |
| Homeport | 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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Complement | 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament | |
| Notes |
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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.