HMS Walney (M104)

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.

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

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.

It was announced on December 16, 2009, that Walney would be decommissioned sometime in 2010. 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.

Affiliates

 * Barrow-in-Furness
 * The casualty department at Furness General Hospital
 * TS Quantock, Marine Society and Sea Cadet Corps in Ashton-under-Lyne