Departed Piraeus, Greece 30 Jul 1946, arrived 12 Aug 1946 Gross tonnage/Year built: 150/
536 passengers 150 passengers transferred at sea from the Rafi. Passengers included 180 children, 28 infants including 2 born on board, and 19 pregnant women. Passengers resisted capture by the destroyer Venus. Transferred to transport Empire Heywood for deportation to Cyprus. Name: Henrietta Szold (1860-1945) was an American Jew, founder of Hadassah, who had organized the rescue of Jewish children from Europe during the war.
Photo courtesy of Imperial War Museum
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