SS Selje was a Norwegian cargo ship on passage from Melbourne, Australia, to the United Kingdom with a cargo of grain when she collided with the steamship SS Kaituna soon after 11:00 pm on 29 March 1929. Kaituna hit her amidships and she sank 25 minutes later, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southwest of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia.[1] Kaituna had her bow badly battered.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Survivors of Sunken Ship Tell Graphic Story of Collision". The Mail (Adelaide, South Australia), Saturday 30 March 1929, p.1. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ^ "What Sank Selje". Cairns Post, Tuesday 2 April 1929, p.5. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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