45. Dora
Departed Vlissingen, Netherlands 19-Jul-1939, arrived 12-Aug-1939
ex- Tjaldur, ex- Vega, built 1898, 584 gross tons, steamer
500 passengers
Organized by Mossad
Dora was the only ship to sail from western Europe. Left Dutch port of Vlissingen with 500 mostly German Jews who had escaped to Holland. 160 boarded in Antwerp. News reports said they were going to Siam, but they were successfully secretly landed at Shefayim in Palestine.