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Encyclopedia > HMS Walney (M104)

HMS Walney (M104) is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Minehunters are mine-countermeasure ships that detects and destroys individual naval mines. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...



Sandown-class minehunter
Sandown | Inverness | Cromer | Walney | Bridport | Penzance | Pembroke | Grimsby | Bangor | Ramsey | Blyth | Shoreham

List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: HMS Walney (96 words)
Walney (Y04), launched in 1930 as USS Sebago, was a Banff-class sloop.
She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 and lost in 1942 in Operation Reservist, an attack on Oran that formed part of Operation Torch.
The second Walney (M104), launched in 1991, is a Sandown-class minehunter.
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