43. Parita
Departed Galatz, Romania 13-Jul-1939, arrived 23-Aug-1939
ex- Bute, ex- City of Cork, ex- Merrannio, built 1881, 939 gross tons, iron steamer.
850 passengers
Ship was converted at S�te, sailed as Bute on 26 Jun with 80 refugees already on board, renamed Parita. Embarked refugees at
Constanta, sailed on 13 Jul 1939 with 850 total refugees including 540 Betar members. Many Czech refugees were still in their army uniforms. Arriving off Cyprus, the rendezvous ship was not there. She turned back running out of food, water, and fuel. At a port in Turkey passengers on the cruise ship Marco Polo collected money to help the refugees. On August 9th she was at Izmir with engines disabled and without provisions. Conditions on board were indescribable and Turkish authorities quarantined the ship. The passengers ordered the captain to head for Palestine. On August 23rd they let the crew leave and ran the ship onto the beach at Tel Aviv. Hundreds of people came down with clothing and food. Eventually thousands gathered in the streets to cheer the refugees as they headed for the Sarafand internment camp. Some evaded arrest.
Photograph source: Haganah Archives
42. Rim
Departed Constanta, Romania 26-Jun-1939, wrecked 3 Jul 1939
ex- Brato, ex- Firdo, built 1919, 522 gross tons, wood steamer
801 passengers
Organized by Betar
Rim sailed from Constanta amid scenes of desperation as several who could not get on board jumped into the water; 6 were drowned. Caught fire in the Aegean and off the west coast of Symi; passengers were able to save themselves by landing on an uninhabited island. They were saved by an Italian ship which brought them to Rhodes. Interned at Rhodes without their belongings, with no clothes and little food. Most of them were picked up there 10 August by Aghios Nicolaos (No.48).
Photograph source: Haganah Archives
41. Aghios Nicolaos 3
Departed Varna, Bulgaria Jun 1939, arrived 3-Jul-1939
ex- Glynn, built 1899, 1106 gross tons, steamer.
693 passengers
Detained by Romanian police at Balcik with 552 refugees on board. Passengers transferred to schooner, named Niko or Nicola, at sea. 697 refugees arrested at sea.
40. Las Perlas
Departed Constanta, Romania Jun 1939, arrived 1-Jul-1939
ex- Marmaras, ex- Aghia Anastassia, ex- Aspasia, ex- Sophia Couppa, built 1890, 389 gross tons, steamer.
370 passengers
A private venture, chartered by a local agent in Romania. Arrested by destroyer HMS Ivanhoe and taken into Haifa. Captain and crew imprisoned by passengers.
Photograph source: 75 Years of Hebrew Shipping
39. Marsis
Departed 16-Jun-1939, arrived 28-Jun-1939
schooner, 70 gross tons
724 passengers ??
Organized by Betar (Stavsky)
Refugees originally arrived on Astir (No. 23) but forced to leave. On Jun 13th owner of Astir commandeered the schooner at Piraeus, passengers transferred at sea. Landed south of Gaza. Schooner disabled, one mast missing, and taking water, taken in tow by destroyer HMS Icarus, but foundered before reaching Haifa. 303 refugees were arrested.
38. Dimitrios
Departed 1939, arrived 7-Jun-1939
schooner, 35 gross tons.
244 passengers
A small schooner named Aghios Dimitrios (or Aghios Yorghiyas) landed 248 refugees at Nahariya who had originally attempted to enter Palestine on the Assimi (No. 28). Refugees were transferred at sea 90 miles off the Palestine coast.
37. Frossoula
Departed Sulina 29-May-1939, arrived Aug 1939
ex- Kilbane, ex- General Leman, ex- Hussar, built 1903, 1282 gross tons, steamer.
658 passengers
Organized by Revisionists
Sailed from Romania with 658 refugees who came down the Danube from Vienna to Bratislava in river boats Car Dusan and Petar Naslednik to Sulina. On July 6th she was reported at Tripoli, Lebanon, with epidemic, then Beirut. Remained in Lebanon without funds or provisions until passengers were transferred to the Tiger Hill (No. 47) on Aug 29th. This ship’s name as been rendered variously as Breslau, Preslo or Prosula.
36. Kraljica Marija
Departed Burgas, Bulgaria 27-May-1939, arrived 8-Jun-1939
350 passengers
Organized by Betar (Konfino). Landing undetected.
35. Atrato 7
Departed 20-May-1939, arrived 28-May-1939
Gross tonnage/Year built: 663/1911
ex-Irini Vernicos, ex-Iroise, ex-Tchernomore (Russian Navy), built 1911, 663 gross tons, former salvage vessel 430 passengers
Organized by Mossad
Transferred at sea from s.s. Colorado (No. 34). Arrested by HMS Sutton north of Jaffa.
Photograph source: Haganah Archives
34. Colorado 1
Departed Susak, Yugoslavia 19-May-1939, arrived 14-Jun-1939
ex- Lemnos, ex- Amvrakios, ex- Tessie, ex- Lelia, ex- Alb�tre, built 1918, 626 gross tons, passenger steamer.
379 passengers
Organized by Mossad
Chartered to pick up 400 passengers at Susak, with story they were going to Mexico. Passengers came by train from Vienna. Transferred at sea to Atrato (No. 35). When Colorado returned to port two days later without passengers, the Yugoslavs withdrew permission for her to board more refugees.
Photograph source: Haganah Archives
33. Liesel
Departed Tulcea 17-May-1939, arrived 3-Jun-1939
ex- Efterpi, ex- Alexandros A., ex- Efterpi, ex- Myconos, ex- Lamacta, ex- Guercif, ex- Faneromeni, ex- Freifrau, ex- Sea Hound, built 1901, 1090 gross tons, steamer.
906 passengers
Organized by Betar
Refugees from Austria, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia. 574 including 50 children traveled on river steamer Helios. Many
passengers felt mistreated by 200 Betar on board. Ship arrested by HMS Pangbourne and brought into Haifa.
Photograph source: 75 Years of Hebrew Shipping