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The Palmach was an elephant ship. It was named after the Palmach. The British have operated a hot weapon against an elephant ship and conducted a violent battle until its capture, for the first time since World War II.

“Dadiana Ariela” – a ferry from the coast
Adriana Ariella was built in 1901. There was a bilingual ship made of wood, designed for beaches. With a diesel engine from Ansaldo with 250 horsepower.

"Falm" - a boat from elephants

Purchase and preparation
The bachelors of the institution for the increase in B were Judah Erez,
Ada Sarney and Moshe Rabinovich, who also commanded the ship, in Viarju, Italy in early 1946.
The ship’s preparation team to sail Avraham is entitled and local Italian workers.
It was built in an iron coscive ship with 419 beds.

The captain and crew were all Italians. The commander of the ship was as mentioned by Moshe Rabinowitz, the Palmach man and his side was packed with Pinker from the Jewish Brigade.
The argument was Avignon Kupstein. They operated a transmitter and short wave shelter and a flying antenna built by refreshing Rubinstein.

The elephants.
611 elephants (including 197 elephants from the "Albertina" ship, which were transferred in the heart of sea) sailed on board the ship. They were survivors of the Holocaust, from Poland, Hungary and Romania, most of which were not organized, except for the groups of the Palestinian youth movement and the eastern worker. Most of them are older, and 15 children by the age of 14.
They were collected in UNRWA camp in southern Italy. The status of the authorities to the elephants and the ship was a fan.

Towards the hut, the ship was transferred to the Boca di Magra River, between it and Viargio. The area of the hut was a fairly stimulating embrace, Italy. The elephants were transported in an operation that lasted about an hour from the coast to the ship in large boats. After their rise to the deck, roles were divided between the elephants: in observations, in the distribution of food and quinone.
The elephants fell to the ship’s stomach to disguise its identity. The antenna of the contact device was also blocked, which made it difficult to absorb signals.

The cruise
The ship sailed from the Boka de dock at the port of La Spazia in Italy on September 11, 1946, 01:00. The planned cruise route passed along the Italian west coast, from the Strait of Siena, Crete, Rhodes, Cape Anmore, along the coast of Turkey, Cape Andreas (Cfrigerine), the coast of Syria, the coast of Lebanon and the Land of Israel.

The cruise program was to meet with the ship "Albertina" which fell the next day, on September 19, the morning, at the point of five miles south of Cape Nomore at the end of the Adelia Bay.

The meeting took place and the two ships sailed together.

On September 20, 4:00 p.m., 197 elephants from the “catana” were sent to the Palmach.
Moshe Rabinowitz moved to control of her, while seven Italian sailors moved to Katana and returned to Italy. "Falm" remains an Italian musician.

A confrontation with the British
On September 21, at 08:00 it was discovered by a British plane.
By 5 p.m., the ship moved Beirut. At 6:10, light on September 22, arrived at the Battle of the Cold Head.
At 00:30, a British minesman named Rowena appeared. It was decided to raise a flag of a Mediterranean state, and to cover all signs of identification that would affect the nature of the ship.

The elephants were ordered to hide in the belly of the ship and not make a sabotage in the ship at the heart of the sea. They were allowed to sabotage British ships if they were transferred to Cyprus, to sabotage the fall of the ship and to jump into the sea only two miles away from the coast and provided they could swim.
They were told that if they did not succeed, they should be thrown into the sea and they were ordered not to stop contacting the confrontation either.
On the ship, stones were concentrated and preservation boxes, in order to hang on the British.

The British miner was approaching and demanded the ship sail. The British lit up in the fountains, and the elephants turned up a Hebrew flag and began singing.