Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Salvador סלבדור Registered name: Tsar Krum was a small, wooden Bulgarian Schooner
Dahlia Ofer cites: Tsar Krum Salvador סלבדור was a very old boat, lacked an engine and was in extremely poor condition.
Built: in 1912
Length: 20 meters
Capacity: 65 tons
She came from Uruguay.
Tsar Krum was named after Tsar Krum the Terrible, who, in 809, united the Bulgarian states of Misia and Macedonia.

Baruch Konfino acquired Tsar Krum from Angel Paskeliv.
The hull of Tsar Krum Salvador סלבדור was to be repaired, and an engine was to be installed, but the plans were not carried out.
She was old, without beds, no cabins, no weather instruments, no compass,no life jackets, only 80 life belts.
She was fit to transport no more than 30 to 40 passengers, and Baruch Konfino required the passengers to sign statements that they were boarding on the ship voluntarily, and were accepting all risks of the travel.
Dahlia Ofer cites passengers were put aboard with the promise that a tugboat would be substituted for a motor, the tugboat would tow Tsar Krum Salvador סלבדור to Istanbul, where another tugboat would take her to the Mediterranean.

On November 30, 1940, His Majesty's Minister, Mr. Rendel, at Sofia София, was informed of the planned sailing of Tsar Krum, carrying 250 Maapilim from Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, intending to run the Palestine Blockade.
Peter Huemos cites Mr. Rendel had previously requested Bulgarian assistance in stopping the departure of Jewish vessels headed for Palestine.

On December 3, 1940, Salvador סלבדור sailed from Burgas Бургас, under Panamanian flag, carrying 327 passengers (sources cite between 327 and 360), organized by Baruch Konfino in Bulgaria.
Peter Huemos cites "Bulgaria acceeded to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea in 1933 and that in letting the ship sail the Bulgarian authorities must be regarded as bearing a heavy responsibility for the great loss of life."
Wikipedia cites Salvador סלבדור sailed from Varna Варна, carrying 352s.
JSS cites Salvador סלבדור was a boat designed to carry up to 40 passengers, but carrying 342 passengers.
Abraham J. Edelheit and Hershel Edelheit cite Salvador סלבדור sailed from Varna Варна, carrying Bulgarian Jews, with a few Eastern European and German Jews.
The עמותת חיל הים cites Salvador סלבדור sailed from Varna Варна, carrying 325 passengers.
Dahlia Ofer cites Salvador סלבדור was towed from Varna Варна, on December 3, 1940, carrying 350 passengers (it had been decided that no more than 250 passengers would go aboard, but actually, 350 passengers sailed from Varna Варна, and she was meant to pick up 50 survivors of the Pencho wreck, on Rodos Ρόδος.
Yehuda Bauer cites: Salvador סלבדור "sailed out of Varna in Bulgaria in early December with 320 refugees."
Peter Huemos cites the Bulgarian police confiscated all the passports from the Maapilim aboard Salvador סלבדור, apparently to forestall any attempts to return to Bulgaria.

On December 6, 1940, three days after departure, Salvador סלבדור entered Istanbul, requesting to remain until the storm blew over.
Wikipedia cites Salvador סלבדור docked in the Bosphorus for 5 days.

On December 12, 1940, after a week at Istanbul, Salvador סלבדור was towed outside the Bosphorus and left adrift in the Sea of Marmora. where, a few hours later, she was caught in another violent storm.
Wikipedia cites Salvador סלבדור sailed from the Bosphorus on december 11, 1940, encountered another storm on the Sea of Marmara, and attempted to return to port on the morning of December 12.
The waves threw her on the rocks of Djambaz Tepe, near Silivri.
223 persons, some souces cite 246 Romanian and Bulgarian passengers, including 66 children, lost their lives.
Wikipedia cites 239 passengers lost their lives.
JSS cites no less than 219 bodies were recovered the next day off Silivri.
Amutayam.org.il cites 202 Maapilim from Salvador סלבדור drowned, many of them children.
Yehuda Bauer cites: "The Salvador reached the Sea of Marmara and sank. Only 125 people were saved, among them 20 children."
Peter Huemos cites 200 of the 380 Maapilim from Salvador סלבדור, including children, drowned.
Think-Israel cites 204 of her 327 passengers drowned.
The dead were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Silivri.
The survivors were taken to Istanbul. 125 survivors were deported back to Bulgaria.
JSS cites 63 of Salvador סלבדור's 123 survivors were deported to Bulgaria, while the remaining 70 survivors sailed on Darien דאריאן.

On August 31, 1964, the bodies of the Maapilim lost on Salvador סלבדור, were transported to Israel and buried on Mount Herzl הר הרצל.

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