Maria Anick – Haporztim [The Breakthrough]
"The Breakthrough" sailed from Bandol port in France on November 22nd 1947, with 122 immigrants on board.
"The Breakthrough" Haapala ship had been previously used to transport cargo between the island of Corsica and France. The ship commander was Palyam member, Shalom Dolitsky. The 'Gidonim' were Merega Gordon and Binyamin Geffner (Geffen.) An additional escort was Yosef Schwartzman.
The "Breakthrough" sailed from Bandol port in France on November 22nd 1947, with 122 immigrants on board. A day later, opposite De Porto peninsula near Corsica, the ship met up with "Hachalutz" Haapala ship (later renamed "November 29") that left from Algiers. "The Breakthrough" absorbed the 44 additional immigrants and two escorts from "November 29," and headed for Israel with 168 people on board. Near Port Said, "The Breakthrough" ran into a British destroyer, which did not recognize its destination and took off.
"The Breakthrough" continued its voyage north and arrived at the disembarkation point by the Yarkon estuary near Tel-Aviv on December 4th at dawn. "Hapoel" Society boats were already waiting there, and helped to unload the immigrants who were dispersed in Tel-Aviv. Shortly after, the disembarkation was completed and ship returned to Europe along with its escorts. The British, who did not know about the ship's arrival, were out of sight.
The "Breakthrough" sailed from Bandol port in France on November 22nd 1947, with 122 immigrants on board. A day later, opposite De Porto peninsula near Corsica, the ship met up with "Hachalutz" Haapala ship (later renamed "November 29") that left from Algiers. "The Breakthrough" absorbed the 44 additional immigrants and two escorts from "November 29," and headed for Israel with 168 people on board. Near Port Said, "The Breakthrough" ran into a British destroyer, which did not recognize its destination and took off.
"The Breakthrough" continued its voyage north and arrived at the disembarkation point by the Yarkon estuary near Tel-Aviv on December 4th at dawn. "Hapoel" Society boats were already waiting there, and helped to unload the immigrants who were dispersed in Tel-Aviv. Shortly after, the disembarkation was completed and ship returned to Europe along with its escorts. The British, who did not know about the ship's arrival, were out of sight.