SS Selje (1920) explained

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 soon after 11:00 pm on 29 March 1929. Kaituna hit her amidships and she sank 25 minutes later, 25nmi southwest of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia.^[1] Kaituna had her bow badly battered.^[2]

Notes and References

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