HMS Walney (M104)

HMS Walney docked at Liverpool in May 2006
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Walney
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	25 November 1991
Commissioned	19 February 1993
Decommissioned	15 October 2010
Homeport	HMNB Clyde
Identification	Pennant number: M104 IMO number: 4906733 MMSI number: 234640000 Callsign: GACT
Status	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
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)
Propulsion	2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors diesel-electric drive Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp (1,100 kW)
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) diesel 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) electric
Complement	34 (7 officers, 27 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 1007 navigation radar Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers
Notes	Mine Counter-Measures Equipment: SeaFox mine disposal system Clearance divers

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.