Ship Number 106: Biriah
	Departed Sete, France 21 Jun 1946, arrived 2 Jul 1946 Gross tonnage/Year built: 294/1898 1108 passengers Refugees were members of Jewish organizations and wives of servicemen who sailed from Sete, France, on the Haganah (#107) and were transferred at sea west of Crete. Arrested by British destroyer Virago. Plague on board was suspected. I.F. Stone, the American journalist, was on board and wrote about it in his book "Underground to Palestine". Name: Biriah was a settlement in Galilee razed by the British and rebuilt in 1946. Photo courtesy of "Leaning Masts" by R. Aharoni

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