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| Ship image               = Wallenius Wilhelmsen - MV Tampa.JPG
| Ship caption             = MV ''Tampa'' at [[Papeete]], [[French Polynesia]]
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| Ship name                =*''Tampa''
*''Barber Tampa''
| Ship owner               = [[Wilh. Wilhelmsen|Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning]]
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| Ship registry            = {{NOR}}
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| Ship builder             =*[[Hyundai Heavy Industries]]
*[[Ulsan]], South Korea
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| Ship yard number         = 248
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| Ship laid down           =
| Ship launched            =10 October 1983
| Ship completed           = 1984
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| 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 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 | df=dmy-all }}</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 Australian government refused permission for them to disembark on [[Christmas Island|Christmas island]].

==Service history==
===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 438 Afghans from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters. The Afghans wanted passage to nearby Christmas Island. The [[Howard Government|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 |language=en}}</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'' 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, MV ''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 |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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