MV Tampa

History
Name
  • Tampa
  • Barber Tampa
OwnerWilhelmsen Lines Shipowning
Port of registry Norway
Builder
Yard number248
Launched10 October 1983
Completed1984
Identification
FateScrapped 2 August 2013
Notes[1]
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage
Length262.3 m (860 ft 7 in)
Beam32.26 m (105 ft 10 in)
Draught9.78 m (32 ft 1 in)
Decks12
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Crew25
Notes[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Tampa (166504)". Shippingdatabase.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ^ "MV Tampa". Wilh. Wilhelmsen. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

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