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SS Selma (1896)
Several steamships have borne the name ''Selma'': * SS ''Selma'' (1871) was a 1,172-ton cargo ship launched as the ''Elf'' on 19 August 1871, by William Doxford & Sons, Pallion, England. She was renamed several times, in 1900 ''Selma''. She was wrecked on 31 March 1901, while carrying a cargo of phosphate. * SS ''Selma'' (1896) was a 3,480-ton cargo ship launched on 15 February 1896, by William Doxford & Sons, Pallion, England. Wrecked off Cape Frio on 17 September 1910. * SS ''Selma'' (1906) was a 1,629-ton cargo ship launched as the ''Cassiopeia'' on 2 November 1906, by Nylands Verksted in Oslo, Norway. Renamed ''Selma'' in 1915. Mined and sunk off North Foreland on 25 October 1915. * SS ''Selma'' (1919) was a 6,287-ton concrete-constructed tanker built for the US government and completed in January 1920, by Ley in Mobile, USA. Wrecked off Galveston on 20 January 1922. * SS ''Selma'' (1921) was a 1,746-ton cargo ship launched on 17 June 1921, by Howaldtswerke in Kiel, Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Selma (1868)
Several steamships have borne the name ''Selma'': *SS Selma (1868), SS ''Selma'' (1871) was a 1,172-ton cargo ship launched as the ''Elf'' on 19 August 1871, by William Doxford & Sons, Pallion, England. She was renamed several times, in 1900 ''Selma''. She was wrecked on 31 March 1901, while carrying a cargo of phosphate. *SS Selma (1896), SS ''Selma'' (1896) was a 3,480-ton cargo ship launched on 15 February 1896, by William Doxford & Sons, Pallion, England. Wrecked off Cape Frio on 17 September 1910. *SS Selma (1906), SS ''Selma'' (1906) was a 1,629-ton cargo ship launched as the ''Cassiopeia'' on 2 November 1906, by Nylands Verksted in Oslo, Norway. Renamed ''Selma'' in 1915. Mined and sunk off North Foreland on 25 October 1915. *SS Selma (1919), SS ''Selma'' (1919) was a 6,287-ton Concrete ship, concrete-constructed tanker built for the US government and completed in January 1920, by Ley in Molbile, Alabama, Mobile, USA. Wrecked off Galveston on 20 January 1922. *SS Selma (1921) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galveston
Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county. It is also within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area at its southern end on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Galveston, or Galvez' town, was named after 18th-century Spanish military and political leader Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez (1746–1786), who was born in Macharaviaya, Málaga, in the Kingdom of Spain. Galveston's first European settlements on the Galveston Island were built around 1816 by French pirate Louis-Michel Aury to help the fledgling empire of Mexico fight for independence from Spain, along with other colonies in the Western Hemisphere of the Americas in Central and South America in the 1810s and 1820s. The Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see '' formannskapsdistrikt''). The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, and Rolvsøy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994. The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak, about from the Sweden border. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As of 30 September 2021, according to Statistics Norway, these two municipalities have a total population of 141,708 with 83,761 in Fredrikstad and 57,947 in Sarpsborg. Fredrikstad was built at the mouth of Glomma as a replacement af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted
Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see ''formannskapsdistrikt''). The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, and Rolvsøy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994. The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak, about from the Sweden border. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As of 30 September 2021, according to Statistics Norway, these two municipalities have a total population of 141,708 with 83,761 in Fredrikstad and 57,947 in Sarpsborg. Fredrikstad was built at the mouth of Glomma as a replacement aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
