MV Mefküre
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MV Mefküre (often referred to as Mefkura) was a Turkish wooden-hulled[1] motor schooner chartered to carry Jewish Holocaust refugees from Romania to Istanbul, sailing under the Turkish[3] and Red Cross flags. On 5 August 1944 a Soviet submarine sank her in the Black Sea by shellfire, killing more than 300 refugees.
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Monument to the vessels Struma and Mefküre in Ashdod, Israel | |
History | |
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Name | MV Mefküre |
Operator | Jean D Pandelis[1] |
Port of registry | Istanbul or Şile[2] |
Launched | 1929[3] |
Out of service | 5 August 1944[3] |
Fate | Sunk by Soviet submarine[3] |
General characteristics | |
Type | motor schooner[3] |
Tonnage | 52 GRT[1] or 120 GRT;[2] 40 NRT[2] |
Length | 35 m (115 ft)[1] |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft)[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | |
Crew | 7[1] |
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