SS Transylvania Transilvania Трансильвании
| Street | Burmeister & Wain Ltd. |
| City | København Copenhagen |
| Country | Danmark |
| Alternate Locations | |
|---|---|
| City | Constanţa |
| County | județul Constanța |
| State/ Province | Dobrogea |
| Country | România |
| City | חיפה Haifa |
| State/ Province | חיפה |
| Country | ישראל |
| City | Marseille |
| Church Parish | arrondissement de Marseille |
| County | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| State/ Province | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Country | Franec |
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SS Transylvania Transilvania, sistership of SS Basarabia, was operated by the Romanian State Maritime Service.
Nickname: Swan of the Mediterranean
Built: 1938, by Burmeister & Wain Ltd., in København Copenhagen
Tonnage: 6,700 tons
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The Istanbul press reported that the Soviet-Romanian Transport Company intended to sail Transylvania on October 22 with 1,054 Jewish emigrants on board.
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On March 8, 1939, SS Transylvania sailed through Turkey, carrying 54 Romanian passengers.
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In June, 1947, Gad Hilb was sent as a passenger to Marseille, with a false identity and false papers, aboard the Romanian passenger ship, Transylvania.
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On October 26, 1945, SS Transiyvania, under a Romanian master, arrived in Haifa, carrying 43 illegal passengers amongst her legal immigrants.
Prof. Ulvi Keser, Turkish Assistance Activities for the Jewish Immigrants and Jewish Immigrant Camps in Cyprus during World War II, cites 54 Romanian passengers.
The illegal passengers were transferred to Atlit Illegal Immigratants' Detention Camp.
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SS Transylvania sailed regularly between Romania and Israel, at the fare of fifty-five dollars per passenger - twice the regular fare, and the Joint Distribution Committee paid.
Twice a month SS Transylvania carried 600 passengers.
By June, 1949, departures increased to to four times per month, and by July, they increased to six times per month, and passenger numbers increased to 1,500 per voyage.
Central Intelligence Agency, Top Secret Security Information, February 4, 1952 cites: "The S.S. Transylvania is now making only three trips a month to Haifa instead of the former weekly voyages, and Rumania seems to be adopting a more stringent policy regarding documentation of emigrants, particularly for young men."
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In March, 1948, SS Transylvania sailed from Marseille to Haifa חיפה.
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At the end of 1975, SS Transylvania was sent to the Galati Shipyard for repairs, but the repairs are delayed.
On September 9, 1979, a hawser broke and SS Transylvania overturned andsunk because of low water level of Danube River.