160. Bonim v’Lochamim — Rondine
type: schr
Departed Bakar, Yugoslavia 18 Feb 1948, arrived 28 Feb 1948
ex-Rondine, built 1945, 410 gross tons (see No. 109)
982 passengers
This was Rondine’s third trip. Carried 511 men, 286 women, 172 children. Intercepted off Cape Carmel by the destroyer Venus. Refugees sent to Cyprus on the Empire Rival.
Name means “Builders and Fighters.”
Photograph source: http://palyam.org