{{Short description|Norwegian cargo vessel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} '''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&nbsp;March&nbsp;1929. ''Kaituna'' hit her amidships and she sank 25 minutes later, {{convert|25|nmi|lk=in}} southwest of [[Cape Otway]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59851996 |title=Survivors of Sunken Ship Tell Graphic Story of Collision |work=The Mail (Adelaide, South Australia), Saturday 30 March 1929, p.1|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref> ''Kaituna'' had her bow badly battered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40666114|title=What Sank Selje|work=Cairns Post, Tuesday 2 April 1929, p.5|accessdate=18 July 2012}}</ref>

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