Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

On July 17, 1947, Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב Bruma sailed from Marseille, carrying 685 passengers from Poland, Hungary and Romania.
Tzvi Ben-Tzur cites: "On July 9th 1947, the “Yod Dalet” arrived from the port of Marseilles, where it had been prepared to receive Ma’apilim, to the port of Migliareno, south of La Spezia, Italy. It intended to pick up the Ma’apilim there, but the local police prevented her from so doing. The vessel left port and marked time at sea, not far from Corsica."
Tzvi Ben-Tzur cites: "On July 16th 1947, 685 Ma’apilim were brought out to her, at sea, by another vessel of Ha’Mossad Le’Aliya Bet, the “Albertina”."
Fritz Liebrich cites: Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב sailed form Migliarico, near Lucca, between Pisa and Viareggio.
AmutaYam.org.il cites: In July, 1947, Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב sailed from Migliarino, carrying 690 passengers.
(There exists a Miglianico, in provinica di Chieti, Abruzzo, on the oppsite coast).
Eliezer Tal cites Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב Bruma boarded passengers at Milliareno, south of Livorno. Palmach Information Center cites Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב Bruma sailed on July 16, 1947, from Migliarino, in provincia di Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna.
Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב Bruma was supposed to rendez-vous with Shivat Zion שיבת ציון‎, which left a day earlier from Algiers الجزائر‎, and take aboard her passengers, but the ships never met due to communication problems between them.
Eliezer Klein Tal served as Palyam Commander aboard Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.
Shalom Dolitski served as Palyam Escort aboard Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.
Uri Horowitz served as Palyam Escort aboard Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.
Yitzchak Breuer served as Gidoni, wireless radio operator, aboard Yod Dalet Halalei Gesher haZiv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.

Eliezer Tal served as Palyam פלי”ם Commander מפקד aboard Yod Dalet(14) haLalei Gesher Akhziv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.

Yitzchak Breuer served as Gidoni גדעוני, wireless radio operator, aboard Yod Dalet(14) haLalei Gesher Akhziv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.

Shalom Dolitsky served as Palyam פלי”ם Escort מלווה aboard Yod Dalet(14) haLalei Gesher Akhziv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.

Zeev Paz served as Palyam פלי”ם Escort מלווה aboard Yod Dalet(14) haLalei Gesher Akhziv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.

On November 5, 1947, SS Kedma קדמה sailed from Pellestrina, commanded by Italian Captain and 8 Italian crewmembers, carrying 794 passengers.
The plan was to transfer the passengers on Albertina to SS Kedma before approaching Palestine, but the plan was abandoned because there were problems with radio communication.
Zeev 'Zeevke' Paz served as Palyam Commander מפקד.
Zeev Rotem, Nira Harari and Chaim Vinkler served as Palyam escorts מלווים.

 

Zeev Paz served as Palyam פלי”ם Escort מלווה aboard Yod Dalet(14) haLalei Gesher Akhziv י"ד חללי גשר א-זיב.