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| | SELANDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | That day the 6,800 dwt Selandia, the first oceangoing diesel engine-powered ship, was launched at Burmeister and Wain, Shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
 | | Delivered in February 1912, the 370 ft x 53 ft Selandia was one of three such ships ordered by the Danish trading firm East Asiatic Company for service between Scandinavia, Genoa, Italy, and Bangkok, Thailand. |
 | | Built for cargo and passenger carriage, the Selandia had "very ample and rather luxurious" cabins for 20 first class passengers-one-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." |
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