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	Ship Number 120: Rafiah
	Departed Bakar, Yugoslavia 25 Sep 1946, arrived (5 Dec 1946) Gross tonnage/Year built: 273/1898 785 passengers Wrecked on Syrina Island in the Aegean in extremely bad weather. Reported the refugees were to be transferred to the Lochita (#119) at sea. Eight were lost, including three children. Survivors were rescued by the British minesweeper Providence and the Greek destroyer Themistocles, and taken to Cyprus. Women and children taken to Palestine in Feb 1947. Name: A strategic area near Gaza fought over during the war for indepencence.

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