Ship Number 102: Dov Hos
	Departed La Spezia 8 May 1946, arrived 20 May 1946 Gross tonnage/Year built: 512/1946 675 passengers The passengers arrived at La Spezia, Italy, on 8 April 1946 and were blockaded by the British. Yehuda Arazi exploited the situation, and organized a hunger strike, then threatened to blow up the ship. After a truce, the British finally gave in, the passengers were given permits and arrived legally on Fede and Fenice. Refugees included 167 partisans from Poland, members of pioneer groups and ultra-Orthodox Agudat Israel, and 12 children. Name: Dov Hos (1894-1940) was a founder of the Haganah. Photo courtesy of Haganah Archives

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