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

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, 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

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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 Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, Norway. Renamed ''Selma'' in 1915. Mined and sunk off

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on 25 October 1915. * SS ''Selma'' (1919) was a 6,287-ton

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-constructed tanker built for the US government and completed in January 1920, by Ley in

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, USA. Wrecked off

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on 20 January 1922. * SS ''Selma'' (1921) was a 1,746-ton cargo ship launched on 17 June 1921, by

Howaldtswerke Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (often abbreviated HDW) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is part of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) group, owned by ThyssenKrupp. The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel in 183 ...

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, Germany. Renamed ''Rhön'' in 1924. Scuttled off

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, Norway on 8 September 1946. * SS ''Selma'' (1924) was a 1,377-ton cargo ship launched as the ''Hamlet'' on 30 September 1924 by Howaldtswerke in Kiel, Germany. Renamed ''Selma'' in 1927. Exploded and sank in Oslo, Norway, on 11 January 1944. * SS ''Selma'' (1937) was a 1,392-ton cargo ship launched on 23 September 1937 by

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, Norway. Renamed four times, broken up in

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, Italy, in May 1971

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