122. Katriel Jaffe — Maria Serra
type: barkentine
Departed Italy 30 Jul 1946, arrived 13 Aug 1946
ex-Maria Serra, built 1920, 335 gross tons, wood auxiliary barkentine
604 passengers
Captured at sea by British destroyer Talybont after resistance to being boarded. About 400 men, 200 women, 20 children.
Name: Katriel Jaffe was the commander of a Palmach unit (“the 23”) lost during the war.
Photograph source: Silverstone Collection
Katriel Jaffe