SS Dzhurma

History
Name	1921: Brielle; 1935: Djurma (also known as Dzhurma);
Owner	1921: Royal Netherlands Steamship Company; 1935: Dalstroi; 1953: Far East Shipping Company;
Operator	1921: Verenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij; 1935: Dalstroi;
Port of registry	1921: Amsterdam, Netherlands; 1935: Nogaevo, Soviet Union;
Builder	Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Nieuwe Waterweg, Schiedam
Launched	31 December 1920
Completed	April 1921
Fate	Scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	6,908 GRT
Length	122.7 m (402 ft 7 in) (pp)
Beam	17.8 m (58 ft 5 in)
Depth	34 ft 7 in (10.54 m)
Decks	3
Propulsion	1 x triple-expansion steam engine
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)

SS Dzhurma (Russian: «Джу́рма», IPA: [ˈdʑurmə]) was converted to a Soviet steamship in 1935 and occasionally used for transporting prisoners within the Gulag system. Because of an urban legend of an incident in 1933–34 in which 12,000 prisoners were said to have died, it has become the most infamous ship of the Dalstroy prison fleet. The ship was built in the Netherlands in 1921 as the SS Brielle and sold to the Soviet Union in 1935.