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Selja

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1907 Selja Wilhelm Jebson

Fate

On a voyage from Manila via Japan for Portland Oregon Selja was sailing from Yokohama to San Francisco with a cargo of general Chinese goods when she sank after a collision in thick fog with the American steamer Beaver off Point Reyes outside the San Francisco Bay on 22 November 1910. Master Olaf Lie. Both masters were found culpable. 2 lives were lost.