Departed Sete 16 Mar 1946, arrived 27 Mar 1946 Gross tonnage/Year built: 427/1875
736 passengers Ship was re-engined in Istanbul with a U-boat engine. Captured by British destroyer Chequers 140 miles at sea. Passengers included 195 French immigrants and 548 members of a youth movement from Belgium. Name: Tel Hai was a settlement in northern Galilee, attacked by Arabs in 1920 when Joseph Trumpeldor was killed.
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