the 2nd class was specially comfortable equipped, with cabins on the lower deck, equipped with a toilet and a bathroom. in 3rd class there were 15 cabins with accommodation for 90 passengers, and on the steerage there is accommodation for 410 passengers. the rooms were well-equipped, bright and well ventilated. the ship was equipped with modern installations as a device which controls the electric lanterns, which can not go out without setting off an alarm which will notify the duty officer. the ship was mastered by captain pepper since 1906, who before was the master of the christiania route ship "montebello".