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MS Selandia

The MS Selandia was the most advanced ocean-going diesel motor ship in her time. 'Selandia' is the Latin name for the Danish island of Sjælland. The original MS Selandia was ordered by the Danish trading firm East Asiatic Company for service between Scandinavia, Genoa, Italy, and Bangkok, Thailand. She was built at Burmeister & Wain Shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark, and launched on 4 November 1911 before embarking on its maiden journey from Copenhagen to Bangkok on 22 February 1912. She is frequently referred to as 'the world's first ocean-going diesel-powered ship'. MS Selandia didn't have a funnel; instead smoke from her engines escaped through the rear mast. However, this claim was significantly challenged in 1996. There is evidence to say that the engine installation of MS Selandia was a world-first on numerous points, but she was not the world's first diesel-driven ocean-going ship, having been beaten to it by the Dutch "Vulcanus" two years earlier. However, she was certainly the largest and most advanced diesel-driven ship at the time of her maiden voyage in January 1912. Built for cargo and passenger carriage, Selandia had "very ample and rather luxurious" cabins for 20 first class passengers, single-berth cabins of "exceptional size, with toilet and bath for every two cabins, and an extra feature is the servants' rooms, arranged in connection with private cabins." She was sold to Panama in 1936 and renamed Norseman, and Tornator in 1940.

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