Μακεδονία [Πανορμίτης - Zingara, Panormitis, Macedonia, Asya]

[Nicholas Peppas]

Η θαλαμηγος Μακεδονια ηταν αρχικα το πλοιο Zingara (Τσιγγανα) με τα κατωθι χαρακτηριστικα

IDNo: 1068638 Year: 1875
Name: ZINGARA Keel:
Type: Yacht Launch Date: 9.75
Flag: GBR Date of completion:
Tons: 427 Link: 1585
DWT: 0 Yard No: 90
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 56.8 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 7.7 Builder: Steele, R.
Material of build: I Location of yard: Cartsburn
Subsequent History:13 PANORMITIS - 15 MACEDONIA - 24 ASYA
Disposal Data:BU 1950

Ιδου ενα δρομολογιο του πλοιου στηις 12 Νοεμβριου 1922! Αγνωστη για μενα ατμοπλοια

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Το Clydebuilt εχει μια πολυ ωραια φωτογραφια του πλοιου εδω http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuil...p.asp?id=17348

Με το ονομα Asya (Ασια) το πλοιο παρεμεινε σε Τουρκικα χερια μεχρι το 1950. Αν ειναι αληθεια, τοτε το πλοιο πηγε για διαλυση σε ηλικια 75 ετων

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Το πλοιο εγινε πασιγνωστο το 1946 καθως μετεφερε πανω απο 700 Εβραιους στην Παλαιστινη....
http://wertheimer.info/family/GRAMPS...0422a1007.html

Tel Hai (Asya Asia) תל חי

Tel Hai תל חי, Registered name: Asya, Asia

On March 17, 1946, Tel Hai, the first Haapalah ship to sail from a French port. left La Ciotat, a jewish community on the coast near Marseilles, carrying 736 passengers. She was crewed by three Greeks and nine Turks., and sailed under the Turkish flag.
On March 27, 1946, Tel Hai arrived.
Tel Hai was spotted by a British twin-engine Warwick reconnaissance plane, which contacted HMS Chequers. HMS Chequers intercepted Tel Hai, and sent out a boarding party. Tel Hai was escorted to Haifa.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...26tbs%3Disch:1

Turkish Motor Ship Carrying Jewish Survivors Original caption: 4/6/46-Haifa, Palestine: The Turkish motor vessel Asya, carrying 733 Jewish survivors of the Nazi's Dachau, Auschwitz, Bergenbelsen and Buchenwald camps, enters the harbor at Haifa, Palestine, after being intercepted by a British destroyer near the Palestine coast. The Jews, who were attempting to enter Palestine illegally when apprehended, were detained by immigration officials. They had boarded the vessel at a French Mediterranean port. The Hebrew name "Tel Hai" given to the ship by her passengers can be seen painted in Hebrew characters above the name "Asya."

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Πρεπει να παραδεχθουμε οτι αυτο το πλοιο Asya δεν μοιαζει καθολου με το Zingara που εχει ανεβασει το Clydebuilt αλλα αλλα στοιχεια για την ιστορια του λενε οτι ειναι το ιδιο!!!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...26tbs%3Disch:1

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Πηγη: http://books.google.com/books?id=Lsg...rmitis&f=false