HMS Walney (M104)

HMS Walney (M104)

HMS "Walney" (M104) is a "Sandown"-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the fourth of the Sandown-class minehunters, and the second ship to carry the name, which comes from the island off Barrow-in-Furness on the north-west coast of England.

She was launched on 25 November 1991 and commissioned on 19 August 1992.

HMS "Walney" has battle honours from the Atlantic in 1941-42 and Africa in 1942.

The ship is affiliated to the town of Barrow-in-Furness, the casualty department at Furness General Hospital and TS Quantock Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne.

External links

* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2133 Royal Navy site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/image_galleries/hms_walney_aboutship_gallery.shtml BBC Cumbria photo gallery]


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