MV Tampa
MV Tampa at Papeete, French Polynesia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner | Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning |
| Port of registry | Norway |
| Builder |
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| Yard number | 248 |
| Launched | 10 October 1983 |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 2 August 2013 |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 262.3 m (860 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 32.26 m (105 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in) |
| Decks | 12 |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Crew | 25 |
| Notes | |
MV Tampa was a roll-on/roll-off container ship completed in 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning.
In 2001, the vessel was at the centre of the Tampa affair when its crew rescued 433 refugees in international waters, but the Australian government refused permission for them to disembark on Christmas Island.