54 [Kladovo Group]
Departed Group delayed at Kladovo 3-Oct-1939,
1100 passengers
Kladovo Group. Refugees sailed on two Austrian river boats,. Uranus and Saturnus, from Bratislava on 3 Oct. On 15 Dec 1939 they transferred in midstream to Yugoslav boats Kraljica Marija, Car Dusan and Car Nikola II. Romania refused entry as no ship was ready for them. When Hilda (No. 57) arrived the river was already frozen over. These boats were trapped by ice at Kladovo on the Romania-Yugoslav border; In May 1940 the refugees were allowed to move ashore to Sabac. This group of about 1,100 remained in Yugoslavia as attempts were made to bring a ship to Romania for them. In winter of 1940-41 the Darien (No. 65) was scheduled to take them. 117 youths received certificates to leave for Palestine, Mar 1941. In May 1941 the Germans invaded Yugoslavia, after which some 915 of them were killed by the Germans.
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Book: “”Dead-End Journey: The Tragic Story of the Kladovo-ﾊabac Group”” by Dalia Ofer and Hannah Weiner (1996)
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53. Rudnitchar 2
Departed Varna, Bulgaria 30-Aug-1939, arrived 19-Sep-1939
ex- Aghios Nicolaos, ex- Demosthenes, ex- Serla, ex- Siri, built 1872, 269 gross tons, iron steamer
368 passengers
Organized by Betar (Konfino)
Refugees came down Danube Aug 3rd on river boat Helios to Bucharest. Landed by five rowboats near Tel Aviv.
Taken to Sarafand.
Photo courtesy of Haganah Archives
52. Noemijulia
Departed Sulina, Romania 29-Aug-1939, arrived 19-Sep-1939
ex- Noemi, ex- Barlby, built 1895, 2499 gross tons, steamer.
1136 passengers
Organized by Betar (Stavsky)
Departed from Romania before the war began, refugees mostly from Poland or Czechoslovakia. Refugees came down the Danube 3 Jul in steamers Erszebet Kiralnye and Car Dusan. Stopped by British and boarded at sea, after passive resistance. Sailed into Haifa harbor, refugees detained at Sarafand.
51. Krotova
Departed Fiume 20-Aug-1939
650 passengers
Organized by Betar. Passengers came down the Danube on steamer Petar Naslednik.
Photograph source: 75 Years of Hebrew Shipping
50. Tripoli
Departed 1939, arrived Aug 1939
700 passengers
Organized by Revisionists
49. Osiris / Syros
Departed Fiume, Italy Aug 1939, arrived 14 Aug 1939
Syros, ex-Adriaticos, ex-Caloric, built 1885, 1003 gross tons, steamer (probable identification)
593 passengers
Or Syros. Last transport from Italy. German refugees. At Beirut 17 Jul, British agreed to admit refugees overland, 14 Aug.
48. Aghios Nicolaos 4
Departed Constanta 8-Aug-1939, arrived 19-Aug-1939
ex-Glynn, built 1899, 1106 gross tons, steamer.
809 passengers
Picked up survivors of the Rim (No. 42) at Rhodes, 10 Aug, offloaded in 3 boats Tassos and Rosetta.
47. Tiger Hill
Departed Constanta, Romania 3-Aug-1939, arrived 1-Sep-1939
ex- Ellinico Ypethro, ex- Kypros, ex- Pilion, ex- Eustratios, ex- Thraki, built 1887, 1499 gross tons, steamer
1417 passengers
Organized by Mossad
Sailed with about 729 refugees including 501 by train from Poland and 158 Romanians. Three weeks later took on the passengers from Frossoula (No. 37), marooned in Lebanon on 29 Aug. The first day of the war she ran up on Tel Aviv beach after being fired upon by police boats. 2 refugees were killed. Passengers taken to Sarafand.
Photograph source: CZA – USHMM
46. Rudnitchar 1
Departed Varna, Bulgaria 1-Aug-1939, arrived 18-Aug-1939
ex- Aghios Nicolaos, ex- Demosthenes, ex- Serla, ex- Siri, built 1872, 269 gross tons, iron steamer
305 passengers
Organized by Betar (Konfino)
Bulgarian vessel with 305 people mostly from Czechoslovakia secretly landed in 5 rowboats. They were put in the boats several miles from shore, with lifebelts and packed so tightly they could not all sit, bailing constantly. Rescued by police boats, without their luggage.
Photograph source: Haganah Archives
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.
44. Colorado 2
Departed Varna, Bulgaria 14-Jul-1939, arrived 28-Jul-1939
ex- Lemnos, ex- Amvrakios, ex- Tessie, ex- Lelia, ex- Alb�tre, built 1918, 626 gross tons, passenger steamer.
Details No. 38
378 passengers
Second voyage of the Colorado; took on Polish & Romanian passengers in Romania and Bulgaria. Arrested by HMS Imperial and brought into Haifa. Refugees were not released until 28 Aug.