Editing MV Tampa

{{Short description|Container ship built in 1984}}
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| Ship image               = Wallenius Wilhelmsen - MV Tampa.JPG
| Ship caption             = MV ''Tampa'' at [[Papeete]], [[French Polynesia]]
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| Ship flag                =
| Ship name                =*''Tampa''
*''Barber Tampa''
| Ship owner               = [[Wilh. Wilhelmsen|Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning]]
| Ship operator            = 
| Ship registry            = {{NOR}}
| Ship route               =
| Ship builder             =*[[Hyundai Heavy Industries]]
*[[Ulsan]], South Korea
| Ship original cost       =
| Ship yard number         = 248
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| Ship laid down           =
| Ship launched            =10 October 1983
| Ship completed           = 1984
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| Ship out of service      =
| Ship identification      =*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: LMWO3
*{{IMO Number|8204951}}
*[[Maritime Mobile Service Identity|MMSI no.:]] 257497000
| Ship fate                =Scrapped 2 August 2013
| Ship notes               =<ref>{{csr|register=SD|id=166504|shipname=Tampa|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref>
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| Ship type               = [[Container ship]]
| Ship tonnage             =*{{DWT|39,900}}
*{{GT|66,532}}
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| Ship length              = {{convert|262.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam                = {{convert|32.26|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| Ship draught             = {{convert|9.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| Ship decks               = 12
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| Ship speed               = {{convert|21|kn}}
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| Ship crew                = 25
| Ship notes               =<ref>{{cite web | title=MV ''Tampa'' | url=http://www.wilhelmsen.com/services/shipping/fleet/Pages/MVTampa.aspx | publisher=Wilh. Wilhelmsen | date=2010 | access-date=4 June 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204085357/http://www.wilhelmsen.com/services/shipping/fleet/Pages/MVTampa.aspx | archive-date=4 February 2010 }}</ref>
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'''MV ''Tampa''''' was a [[roll-on/roll-off]] [[container ship]] completed in 1984 by [[Hyundai Heavy Industries|Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.]] in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, [[Wilh. Wilhelmsen|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 [[Howard government|Australian government]] refused permission for them to disembark on [[Christmas Island]].

==Service history==
Tampa was launched in late 1983. It was a so-called [[Roll-on/roll-off|ro-ro]] ship. Ro-ro is an abbreviation of roll-on/roll off. These ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a [[self-propelled modular transporter]]. This is in contrast to [[lift-on/lift-off]] (LoLo) vessels, which use a crane to load and unload cargo.

===Tampa affair===
{{main|Tampa affair}}
[[File:ABC Tampa.ogv|left|thumb|[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] news report of the ''Tampa affair'' and its political context, October 2001.]]
In August 2001, under Captain [[Arne Rinnan]], a diplomatic dispute brewed between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia after ''Tampa'' rescued 433 Afghans from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters. The Afghans wanted passage to the nearby Christmas Island. The Australian government sought to prevent this by refusing ''Tampa'' entry into Australian waters, insisting on their disembarkment elsewhere, and deploying the [[Australian Special Air Service Regiment|Special Air Service Regiment]] to board the ship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jason Burke |first=Jason |last2=Brace |first2=Matthew |date=2001-09-02 |title=All Australia can offer is guano island |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/02/sandrajordan.jasonburke |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref><ref name=":0">[http://www.snl.no/Tampa-saken Tampa-saken] in [[Store norske leksikon]]</ref>

At the time of the incident, ''Tampa'' carried cargo worth {{A$|20 million}}, and 27 crew. The crew of ''Tampa'' later received the [[Nansen Refugee Award]] for 2002 from the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR) for their efforts to follow international principles of saving people in distress at sea.

===Cocaine smuggling bust===
In October 2006, ''Tampa'' was one of two Wilhelmsen ships involved in a cocaine-smuggling operation intercepted by the [[New Zealand Customs Service]] and the [[Australian Federal Police]]. {{convert|27|kg|spell=In}} of cocaine was allegedly attached to the side of the two cargo ships bound for Australia in purpose-built metal pods, although New Zealand authorities stated they did not believe the ship's crew or owners were involved.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crewdson |first=Patrick |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/tampa-one-of-two-ships-named-in-cocaine-bust/2006/10/26/1161749257097.html |title=''Tampa'' one of two ships named in cocaine bust |work=The Age|location=Melbourne |date=27 October 2006}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{MV|Taiko}}
* [[Ruddock v Vadarlis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* David Marr, Maria Wilkinson: ''Dark Victory – How a government lied its way to political triumph''. Allen & Unwin 2004, {{ISBN|978-1-74114-447-5}}.

==Further reading==
* [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2001/1297.html Decision of Justice North, Federal Court of Australia] 11 September 2001
* [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2001/1329.html Decision of Full Court] overturning decision of Justice North, 18 September 2001
*[[David Marr (journalist)|David Marr]] & [[Marian Wilkinson]] ''[[Dark Victory (book)|Dark Victory]]''. {{ISBN|1-74114-447-7}}
*{{cite book|first=Ian|last=McPhedran|author-link=Ian McPhedran|title=The Amazing SAS|isbn=0-7322-7981-X|publisher=HarperCollins|date=2005}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060920161759/http://blogs.news.com.au/news/news/index.php/news/comments/in_the_tampa_confusion_we_lost_our_moral_bearings/ News.com.au]: Reflections by Julian Burnside on Tampa with public comments published to coincide with 5-year anniversary of the event
*[[Daniel Ross (Australian philosopher and filmmaker)|Daniel Ross]], ''Violent Democracy'', ch. 5.
* Mary Elzabeth Crock: [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1433591 ''In the Wake of the Tampa: Conflicting Visions of International Refugee Law in the Management of Refugee Flows'']. Pacific Rim Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp.&nbsp;49–95, 2003.
* Peter Mares: ''Borderline: Australia's Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Wake of the Tampa''. UNSW Press 2002, {{ISBN|0-86840-789-5}}.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050624075827/http://www.nauruwire.org/nauru.htm NauruWire, an Australia based site] Update on status of detainees. Accessed 25 June 2005.

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