Ship Number 117: Latrun
	Departed La Ciotat, France 19 Oct 1946, arrived 1 Nov 1946 Gross tonnage/Year built: 733/1871 1279 passengers Formerly Swedish coastal steamer Sodra Sverige. Arrived leaking and listing heavily. Despite resistance, with use of tear gas, ship was captured by the destroyer Chivalrous. Refugees were taken to Cyprus on the Empire Heywood and Ocean Vigour. Name: Latrun was an Arab fort on the road to Jerusalem, scene of several desperate battles in 1948. Photo courtesy of Algerine Association

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