ברכה פולד also see Eliyahu Golomb Enrico Alma Jocelyn Rotterdam Fenice Bracha Fuld

Street Welgelegen Scheepswert NV, Lange Lijnbaan 1
City Harlingen
State/ Province Friesland
Country Nederland
 
Alternate Locations
City Genova
Country Italia
 
City La Spezia
Country Italia
 
City חיפה (Haifa)
State/ Province חיפה
Country ישראל
 

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Narrative

Bracha Fuld ברכה פולד Fenice was a small, iron merchant motorboat, with three masts and sail.
Registered name: Enrico Alma Ex Jocelyn Ex Rotterdam
Built :1916, by Welgelegen Scheepswert NV, Harlingen
Gross tonnage: 298 tons
Amutayam.org.il cites: Tonnage = 500 tons
Length: 44 meters
Beam: 7.3 meters
Draft: 2.5 meters
Engine: Diesel - Humbolt
Speed: 7 knots
To disguise her, 2 masts were cut down, leaving the middle mast.

Narrative

In February, 1946, Bracha Fuld ברכה פולד was acquired in Genova, by Ada Sereni and Yehuda Arazi through an Italian agent, for Mossad leAliyah Bet, and refitted in La Spezia, to carry 340 Maapilim.
She was owned by the Italian company, Campagnia Genovese di Armamento.
She first sailed as Eliyahu Golomb.

References

  1. Canda, Mario
  2. דוליצקי Dolitsky Dolitzki, Shalom