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{{Short description|Refrigerated cargo ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2018}}
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|Ship country= [[United Kingdom]]
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}}
|Ship name= ''Nottingham''
|Ship namesake= [[Nottingham]]
|Ship owner= [[New Zealand Shipping Company#Federal Steam Navigation Company|Federal Steam Nav Co]]
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|Ship registry= [[Port of London|London]]
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|Ship builder= [[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]]
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|Ship yard number= 653
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|Ship launched= 22 December 1949
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|Ship completed= 1950
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|Ship fate= Scrapped 1971
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|Ship type= [[Reefer ship|Refrigerated cargo ship]]
|Ship tonnage= {{GRT|6689}}, {{NRT|3701}}
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|Ship length= {{cvt|463.5|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{cvt|61.7|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= {{cvt|26.3|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship depth= {{cvt|25.9|ft|abbr=on}}
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'''MV ''Nottingham''''' was a [[Reefer ship|refrigerated cargo ship]] that was built in Scotland in 1949 for the [[New Zealand Shipping Company#Federal Steam Navigation Company|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 {{MV|Nottingham|1941|2}} was a motor ship that was launched in 1941 and sunk with all hands by enemy action on her maiden voyage.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=17338&vessel=NOTTINGHAM |title=Nottingham (1941) |work=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>

==History==
[[John Brown & Company]] built ''Nottingham'' in [[Clydebank]], [[Glasgow]]. She was launched on 22 December 1949 and completed in 1950. She was {{cvt|463.5|ft|abbr=on}} long, her [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] was {{cvt|61.7|ft|abbr=on}} and her depth was {{cvt|25.9|ft|abbr=on}}. She had a single [[Propeller|screw]], powered by a [[Single- and double-acting cylinders|single-acting]] [[two-stroke diesel engine]].<ref name=SBS>{{cite web |url= http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=3476&vessel=NOTTINGHAM |title=Nottingham (1949) |work=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>

''Nottingham''{{'}}s usual trade was carrying fruit from [[New Zealand]] to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{harvnb|Tysser|1972|p=}}{{page needed|date=April 2021}}</ref> On 11 August 1971 she arrived in [[Port of Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung]] in [[Taiwan]] to be scrapped.<ref name=SBS/>

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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last1=Laxon |first1=WA |last2=Farquhar |first2=IJ |last3=Kirby |first3=NJ |last4=Perry |first4=FW |year=1997 |title=Crossed Flags: The Histories of The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and The Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and their Subsidiaries |place=Gravesend |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=978-0905617879}}
*{{cite book |last=Tysser |first=Harry F |year=1972 |title=Fruit Trades World Directory |place=London |publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publishing]] |isbn=}}

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[[Category:1949 ships]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Clyde]]