MS Selandia

Model of Selandia

The Selandia was the first ocean-going ship with a diesel engine and the first ship with electric winches, ( Siemens -Schuckert ).

Because the diesel engine could be dispensed with until then usual chimneys of steam engines. The exhaust gases are discharged through an exhaust pipe in a cross pole. Therefore, the ship was referred to as a "ship without steam and smoke " or ship with three bamboo sticks. "

History

The Danish Det Østasiatiske Kompagni (East Asiatic Company ) awarded in 1910 the contract to build the first ocean-going motor ship at the shipyard Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen. The launch took place on November 4, 1911, to the putting on 17 February 1912. Maiden voyage began on February 22, 1912 resulted in more than 22,000 nautical miles (about 37,875 kilometers ) from Copenhagen via London, Antwerp, Genoa, the Suez Canal and Bangkok to Japan and back again. Heading caught the Selandia its novelty drive quite a stir. In London, the then Secretary of the Navy Winston Churchill and other members of the Admiralty, visited the ship. In Bangkok, the traveling to Japan Mother of the King of Siam (Thailand) went on board. After four months, the Selandia was back in Copenhagen.

During the First World War, the Selandia in the Pacific was used and then drove in scheduled service Copenhagen - Bangkok. 1936, the ship was sold to Norway and renamed Norseman. Because of severe damage to the ship was decommissioned from 1938 to 1940. Finally, the Norseman (ex Selandia ) was sold in 1942 to Finland to Finland America Linjen O / Y in Helsinki. The ship was renamed to Japan recorded in Tornator and in the United States chartered. After running aground on January 26, 1942 in the Omaiski Bay at Omaizaka the Tornator broke (ex Selandia, ex Norseman ) in two and sank on 30 January 1942. All hands were saved.

Technical

The Selandia was a combined cargo and passenger ship, the riveted steel hull with double bottom had two continuous decks and five holds.

Was powered by two single-acting Selandia the eight-cylinder four -stroke diesel engines of type DM 8150 -X. The engine manufacturer Burmeister & Wain of Copenhagen manufactured the machines under license from the developer Rudolf Diesel. Both engines with a piston diameter of each 53 centimeters and a piston stroke of 73 centimeters reached at a maximum speed of 140 revolutions per minute, a power of 1250 hp / 920 kW. The power transmission without intermediate gear took place right on two fixed-pitch propellers. The ship had in addition an auxiliary diesel engine with 250 hp / 184 kW. The fuel supply was up to 900 tons.

Sister ships

  • Fionia (1911 ), 1912 to Hapag: Christian X.
  • Jütlandia (1912 )
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