Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

In 1936, kibbutz Sdot Yam קיבוץ שדות ים was established just north of Haifa.
In 1940, the kibbutz was moved to its present location, south of Caesarea קיסריה.
kibbutz Sdot Yam קיבוץ שדות ים was ostensibly based on fishing, but in reality, functioned as a Palyam פלי"ם‎ base, for smuggling Maapilim.

On August 16, 1946, Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט neared the coast at Caesarea.קיסריה, at 32° 32’ N 34° 50’ E
Yonatan Kinarti (Palyam) cites "During the night, Amiram Shochat set ashore her 180 passengers, and turned back to sea, returning outside territorial waters, where she could not be arrested."
Fritz Liebreich cites an unknown caique, believed to be the Ile de la Rose, renamed Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט, landed at Atlit עתלית on August 15/16, 1946.
Fritz Liebreich cites Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט landing ar Sdot Yam שדות ים (It had never been made clear whether Ile de la Rose and Idéros were in fact one and the same vessel.)
Three small boats, Tirza תרצה, Rivka רבקה and Dov דוב‎, rowed out to unload the passengers.
Passengers were taken to Hadera חדרה, Binyamina בנימינה, kibbutz Sdot Yam קיבוץ שדות ים, Neveh Haim נווה חיים‎, and the religious moshav, Kfar HaRoeh כפר הרא"ה.
Ilan Braun cites Serge Christian Texier stated that Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט was deliberately rammed by a British warship right after the landing in Palestine, and suffered much structural damage as well as damage to her engine.

Yossi Harel, of Exodus 1947, was buried at kibbutz Sdot Yam קיבוץ שדות ים.
Hannah Szenes Study Center, founded in the name of Hannah Szenes and the paratroopers who left Palestine for Europe in 1944, is located at kibbutz Sdot Yam קיבוץ שדות ים.