Back M/S Selandia Danish Selandia (Schiff) German M⁄S Selandia Esperanto اماس سلاندیا Persian M/S Selandia Finnish MS Selandia French MS Selandia Italian セランディア Japanese MS Selandia Malay Selandia (schip, 1912) Dutch
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| History | |
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| Name | MS Selandia |
| Namesake | Sjælland |
| Owner | East Asiatic Company |
| Route | between Scandinavia, Genoa, Italy, and Bangkok, Thailand |
| Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen |
| Yard number | 276[1] |
| Launched | 4 November 1911 |
| Completed | February 1912 |
| Fate | Wrecked Omaisaki, Japan 26 January 1942[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,800 dwt; 4,964 GRT |
| Length | 370 ft (112.8 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16.2 m) |
| Installed power | 2 x eight-cylinder, four-cycle, 1,250 hp diesel engines |
| Propulsion | twin-screw |
| Speed | 12 knots[1] |
Selandia (after the Latin name for the Danish island of Sjælland) was the name of three ships of the Danish East Asiatic Company, the best known of which, the first MS Selandia of 1912, was the most advanced ocean-going diesel motor ship of her time.
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