MV Nottingham (1949)

History
United Kingdom
NameNottingham
NamesakeNottingham
OwnerFederal Steam Nav Co
Port of registryLondon
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number653
Launched22 December 1949
Completed1950
FateScrapped 1971
General characteristics
TypeRefrigerated cargo ship
Tonnage6,689 GRT, 3,701 NRT
Length463.5 ft (141.3 m)
Beam61.7 ft (18.8 m)
Draught26.3 ft (8.0 m)
Depth25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsionsingle-acting two-stroke diesel

MV Nottingham was a refrigerated cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1949 for the Federal Steam Navigation Co and scrapped in Taiwan in 1971.

She was the second of two ships of this name in the Federal Steam fleet. The first Nottingham was a motor ship that was launched in 1941 and sunk with all hands by enemy action on her maiden voyage.[1]

History

John Brown & Company built Nottingham in Clydebank, Glasgow. She was launched on 22 December 1949 and completed in 1950. She was 463.5 ft (141.3 m) long, her beam was 61.7 ft (18.8 m) and her depth was 25.9 ft (7.9 m). She had a single screw, powered by a single-acting two-stroke diesel engine.[2]

Nottingham's usual trade was carrying fruit from New Zealand to the United Kingdom.[3] On 11 August 1971 she arrived in Kaohsiung in Taiwan to be scrapped.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Nottingham (1941)". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Nottingham (1949)". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Tysser 1972[page needed]

Bibliography

  • Laxon, WA; Farquhar, IJ; Kirby, NJ; Perry, FW (1997). Crossed Flags: The Histories of The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and The Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and their Subsidiaries. Gravesend: World Ship Society. ISBN 978-0905617879.
  • Tysser, Harry F (1972). Fruit Trades World Directory. London: Haymarket Publishing.