158. Yerushaliyim Hanezura — Ambrosiano, Cicilo
type: brigantine
Departed Civitavecchia, Italy 3 Feb 1948, arrived 12 Feb 1948 check
ex-Cicilo, ex-Ambrosiana, ex-Chiavari, ex-Maria Madre, ex-Costanza, ex-Campofranco, ex-Gigino, built 1914, 197 gross tons, wood 3-mast brigantine
679 passengers
Intercepted off Haifa by the destroyer Cheviot. 402 men, 216 women, 61 children, deported to Cyprus on the Ocean Vigour.
Name means “Jerusalem Beleaguered.”
Yerushaliyim Hanezura