RIG : Two-masted ( initially three) converted schooner yacht.
TONNAGE (metric) : 146.66. (From others sources : 256.8 ).
LENGTH : 50 yds.     BREADTH: 18'-6"   DEPTH  of  hold : ~ 11 ft.
BUILT on year 1830, 1867 or 1902. ( ? )    BY :  ?
OWNERS : Compania Mediterranea de Vapores Limitanda. ( Jean D. Pandelis et Co ).
PORT OF REGISTRY : Constanza.     FLAG : Panama.

CONSTRUCTION :
FRAME WORK : Structural Steel Shapes. WALLS/SHELL : M.S. Plates. DECKS /
INSIDE PARTITIONS : Wooden beams,  boards, plywood, etc.

ENGINE :
( An old-salvaged and reconditioned three cylinders gas engine recovered from a motor
boat drowned in Danube ).
MAKER : Benz (Germany).  POWER : 250 or 300 H.P.
FUEL : A mixture of 75% Gasoline and 25% Lube Oil.
HEADWAY : ( average) 6 knots per hour.
FUEL CONSUMPTION ( per hour ) : Gasoline 17.5 Imp.Gall./ Lube Oil 1.2 Imp.Gall.

At Constanza in Rumania , when the engine was was installed and tested, it generated a lot of
trepidations. In order to overcome them, the engineers decided to increase the mass of the floor. A thick
coat of concrete aggregate was spread on the bottom of the ship thus solving the problems of
trepidations and depth of hold altogether.
At Istanbul ]n Turkey, the repair of the engine, etc., was commited to Messrs. MITEAHHIT On
MEKANISYIEN, Istanbul-Galata, Fermenciler 47-49. The project engineer was Mustafa Hami Yoluk.

GENERAL  ARRANGEMENT :
No blueprint of the modifications made inside the ship is available. None the static
calculations. They were incriminatory evidences and were destroyed in purpose after
Struma sunk. Therefore, a 100% accurate reconstitution is an impossible task. Hereby a
tentatively attempt:

Struma has three large floors ( decks ) : The lower bottom floor, the middle and the main
deck.
On the lower floor were:  The Engine Room, the Fuel Store, the largest dormitory nr.1
with 280 couches, Dormitory nr.3 of 180 couches, stairways ,etc.
On the middle deck were: Dormitory nr.2 with 120 couches, Dormitory nr.4 and 5 each
one with some 72 couches. At the stern the washing facilities (about 4 units), and the
latrines ( 8 units ).
On the Main (Top) Desk were : The Navigation Room including maps, compass,
steering wheel, the radio-telegraph desk and other nautical instruments. The Crew
Section and above them two life boats for 12 persons ea. The Provision Store. The
Passenger's luggages bound together to the 2nd mast and covered with a protecting
tarpaulin.  The Kitchen ,   The Drinking Water Cistern, The " Stack" ( vent tube) with a
conical head and, The Suprastructure. A wooden isolated shed with 8 or 6 cabins each
one equipped with 6 beds. There were also a Praying Corner and an Infirmary.