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Lutron was an elephant ship, named after the Balletn Detention Camp, in which the mayors of the settlement and activists of the “defense” and the IDF were assembled to protest the British Mandate authorities. She sailed from La Ciotat in southern France on 19 October 1946; was arrested by British Navy forces and fled to Haifa Port on 1 November 1946.

Esther Stratit-Word based the faction in the book "The Seven Menals" on the sailing of ballet.

History of her

"San Dimitrio" - freight ship
S.S. San Dimitrio was built around 1870 as a mixed cargo ship and was designated for beaches with two masts, one aroma. 3cylinder steam engine, the type of fuel - coal.

"Lutron" - an elephant ship

Purchase and preparation
The ship was acquired by the Mossad for an increase in B by means of an intermediary called razis in Sweden.
The preparations for the diaspora began in Sweden in August-September 1946, and continued until it moved to France. On 29 September, the ship arrived at Marseille, making repairs and changes.
A wooden range was installed in three floors, ventilation arrangements using two electric motors, power of the electricity system using a petrol engine seven horsepower that fueled a generator, installed a radio device, and brought gas masks.

The preparation team included Joshua Rabinovich-Kerib, the Ambishi of the House of the Method, Joseph, who transported it to France, the Palm team and local French graduates.

On 12 October 1946, news was published on the ship. The news came to the British.

Her crew were Spanish sailors. The lenders were the Palms. The ship's commander was Uri Goren (Gryblatt) of the Palmach, and alongside him Peace Schwartz - aboard officer, Benjamin Strasberg - a path (Hirmia) - mechanic, as well as responsible for the life management of the ship, and the dispute of Yitzhak Golan. At their disposal was a French-made contact device – a transmitter and a shelter for short waves, as well as a transmitter and resilience for an emergency. The two kilowatt transmitter operated by a 100-volt electric motor, and a shelter that operated on the 8-volt batteries.
The team was all Spanish Republican. Alvarlaimez Carrión, Chief Officer Jose Pacheo Saez, Manuel Fernández, and 14 sailors.

The elephants.
1,252 The elephants were from Poland, Hungary, Romania, France, members of organized youth movements: the builders, Dror, the young guard, Beiter, religious movements, and also unorganized. They included young people from the age of 16, as well as adults until the age of 50. They were collected in a few camps in the area of Marseille: San Jeiro, her nightmare, Keil West. The attitude of the authorities to them was sympathetic and cooperating. The British, who knew that the ship was designed for elephants as it was played in Marseille, tried to prevent passage from Belgium to France by appealing to the authorities, but failed. France allowed their visa to Ethiopia through Beirut.

The next day the ship's arrival at La Nightmare, on 18 October, the elephants were put on the ship's deck in order and in the organization by a lamb, and a French policeman was watching the order.
The elephants were organized in the ship in groups according to movement affiliation, and the accompanying staff and the movement guides ran the daily lives in it.

The cruise
La Ciotat sailed from the port of La Ciotat in southern France on October 19, 1946, at 12:00 pm. The sea cruise was difficult and accompanied by many technical malfunctions, especially the problem of stability. The ship went out without a router and without a collar. There was a strong wind that made the ship sink in the rocks at the port. At 3 p.m., she was able to sway herself and exit the open sea with three connections.

The route was selected according to the map of the marine mines; the ship turned towards the Azkasio capital of Cor