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wikipedia the free encyclopedia steamship that carried jewish refugees to palestine tiger hill on frishman beach at tel aviv history name 1887 thrace 1910 thraki 1916 eustratios 1930 pilion 1933 cyprus 1935 kypros 1938 ellinico ypethro 1939 tiger hill namesake 1887 thrace 1910 thrace 1930 pelion 1933 cyprus 1935 cyprus owner 1887 panhellenic steamship co 1916 pandeli brothers 1930 hellenic coast lines 1938 theo papadimitrou 1939 general steamships co ltd port of registry 1887 piraeus 1939 panama builder a mcmillan son dumbarton yard number 278 launched 9 april 1887 identification 1896 code letters hfpr 1917 code letters hmjf 1934 call sign svda 1941 call sign hpmk fate beached 1939 scrapped 1940 general characteristics type cargo and passenger ship tonnage 1 481 grt 881 nrt length 264 0 ft 80 5 m beam 34 0 ft 10 4 m draught 18 ft 11 in 5 8 m depth 19 8 ft 6 0 m decks 2 installed power 235 nhp propulsion 1 triple expansion engine 1 screw notes sister ships ionia albania tiger hill was a greek owned steamship that was launched in scotland in 1887 as thrace in 1910 she was renamed thraki and from 1916 to 1939 she underwent several changes of owner and name in august 1939 tiger hill brought jewish refugees from europe to palestine for aliyah bet she was beached at tel aviv on 1 september the day the second world war began in 1940 she was scrapped where she lay thraki had been renamed eustratios in 1916 pilion in 1930 cyprus in 1933 kypros in 1935 and ellinico ypethro in 1938 throughout those changes of owner and name she was registered the ship in piraeus in 1939 she was renamed tiger hill and transferred to the panamanian flag of convenience building edit in 1887 archibald mcmillan and son of dumbarton built three steel hulled steamships for the panhellenic steamship company yard number 277 was launched on 10 march as ionia 1 yard number 278 was launched on 9 april as thrace 2 and yard number 279 was launched on 18 may as albania 3 the trio were sister ships built to the same measurements and specifications thrace s registered length was 264 0 ft 80 5 m her beam was 34 0 ft 10 4 m her depth was 19 8 ft 6 0 m and her draught was 18 ft 11 in 5 8 m 4 she had two decks and her tonnages were 1 481 grt and 881 nrt 5 she had a single screw driven by a three cylinder 285 nhp triple expansion engine built by david rowan co of glasgow 6 changes of owner name and identification edit the panhellenic steamship co registered thrace in piraeus 5 by 1896 her code letters were hfpr 6 in 1910 the company changed the registered spelling of her name from thrace to thraki in 1916 pandeli brothers bought thraki and renamed her eustratios 2 by 1917 eustratios code letters were hmjf 4 by 1924 she was equipped with wireless telegraphy 7 in 1930 hellenic coast lines bought eustratios and renamed her pilion 8 in 1933 hellenic coast lines renamed her cyprus 9 and in 1935 the company changed the registered spelling to kypros 10 by 1934 her call sign was svda and this had superseded her code letters 11 in 1938 theo papadimitriou bought kypros and renamed her ellinico ypethro 12 in 1939 general steamships co ltd bought ellinico ypethro renamed her tiger hill and registered her in panama 13 her call sign seems to have been changed to hpmk 14 fate of sister ships edit tiger hill s 1939 voyage from constanța via beirut to tel aviv pandeli brothers who bought thraki in 1916 and renamed her eustratios bought ionia at the same time and renamed her katherina in 1929 apostolos ringas bought katherina and renamed her lemnos hellenic coast lines who bought eustratios in 1930 and renamed her pilion bought lemnos at the same time lemnos kept her name and was scrapped in italy in 1934 1 in 1917 ng kyriakides bought albania and renamed her alkimni in 1937 she was scrapped 3 this left kypros formerly thrace as the last survivor of the three sister ships that mcmillan and son built in 1887 tiger hill edit refugees coming ashore at frishman beach in one of tiger hill s lifeboats at the beginning of august 1939 tiger hill was in the constanța in romania hundreds of bunk beds had been installed in her holds to increase her passenger capacity one source states that she embarked between 750 and 800 jewish refugees who had come from czechoslovakia austria germany and danzig 15 another source states that she embarked more than 900 refugees and that they were from estonia poland romania and bulgaria 16 17 each refugee was allowed to embark up to 25 kg 55 lb of luggage tiger hill left constanța on 3 august and sailed via the bosporus to the mediterranean 15 another panamanian registered ship frossoula had left sulina in romania on 29 may carrying 658 czechoslovak jewish refugees 15 frossoula had docked in beirut on 16 july 18 but french authorities had refused to let the refugees enter lebanon or syria by 27 july frossoula had left beirut but she had remained off the lebanese coast ever since 19 aerial photograph showing the crowd gathered on frishman beach at tel aviv and tiger hill beached in shallow water on 29 august tiger hill arrived off beirut and rendezvoused at sea with frossoula whose refugees were transferred to tiger hill tiger hill then steamed south to the coast of palestine under a policy ratified in may 1939 united kingdom authorities were not allowing jewish refugees to enter palestine on 1 september royal navy gunboats and raf aircraft opened fire on tiger hill off tel aviv two passengers were killed 20 zvi binder and dr robert schneider a crowd of spectators gathered on frishman beach in tel aviv where tiger hill s master ran her aground in shallow water her passengers made their way ashore where the palestine police force detained most of them for at least ten days they were then released to the jewish agency 20 21 estimates of the total number of refugees aboard tiger hill range from 1 100 to 1 500 22 tiger hill was not refloated she was scrapped in situ in 1940 2 references edit 1 2 ionia scottish built ships caledonian maritime research trust retrieved 6 september 2024 1 2 3 thrace scottish built ships caledonian maritime research trust retrieved 2 september 2020 1 2 albania scottish built ships caledonian maritime research trust retrieved 6 september 2024 1 2 lloyd s register 1917 eur eut 1 2 lloyd s register 1888 tho 1 2 lloyd s register 1896 tho thy lloyd s register 1923 eur euw lloyd s register 1930 pij pin lloyd s register 1933 cuy cyp lloyd s register 1935 kyl kyt lloyd s register 1934 cyp cyr lloyd s register 1938 ell elm lloyd s register 1940 tie tik lloyd s register 1941 tib tih 1 2 3 levy gideon 4 august 2013 the last passenger haaretz retrieved 2 september 2020 900 sail for palestine from constanza jewish telegraphic agency 7 august 1939 retrieved 6 september 2024 plight of refugees ships 900 more sail on british ships southern jewish weekly jacksonville fl 11 august 1939 retrieved 6 september 2024 via chronicling america 5 jews wounded when truck hits land mine jewish telegraphic agency 31 july 1939 retrieved 6 september 2024 french high commissioner in syria seeks landing of 658 from refugee ship jewish telegraphic agency 27 july 1939 retrieved 6 september 2024 1 2 steger christian 21 september 1939 the consul at jerusalem steger to the secretary of state foreign relations of the united states diplomatic papers 1939 the far east the near east and africa volume iv office of the historian name list from rg 68 067 illegal immigration to palestine rg 17 macroform holocaust survivors and victims database united states holocaust memorial museum retrieved 6 september 2024 documents related to passengers on the s s tiger hill holocaust survivors and victims database united states holocaust memorial museum retrieved 2 september 2020 bibliography edit lloyd s register of british and foreign shipping vol i steamers london lloyd s register of shipping 1896 via internet archive lloyd s register of shipping vol ii steamers london lloyd s register of shipping 1917 via internet archive lloyd s register of shipping vol ii steamers and motor vessels london lloyd s register of shipping 1923 via internet archive lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships of 300 tons gross and over london lloyd s register of shipping 1930 via southampton city council lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships of 300 tons gross and over london lloyd s register of shipping 1933 via southampton city council lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships of 300 tons gross and over london lloyd s register of shipping 1934 via southampton city council lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships over 300 tons london lloyd s register of shipping 1935 via southampton city council lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships of 300 tons gross and over london lloyd s register of shipping 1938 via southampton city council lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships of 300 tons trawlers tugs dredgers c london lloyd s register of shipping 1940 via southampton city council lloyd s register of shipping pdf vol ii steamers and motorships of 300 tons gross and over london lloyd s register of shipping 1941 via southampton city council universal register london lloyd s register of shipping 1888 via internet archive external links edit media related to tiger hill ship 1887 at wikimedia commons v t e shipwrecks and maritime incidents in september 1939 shipwrecks 1 sep orp mazur tiger hill 3 sep athenia orp gryf orp mewa 1935 orp wicher 6 sep orp general haller 8 sep hnlms willem van ewijck 10 sep ss magdapur hms oxley 12 sep davara 14 sep fanad head orp jaskółka u 39 16 sep rudyard kipling 17 sep hms courageous 18 sep warszawa 20 sep u 27 23 sep martti ragnar 24 sep phryné caldew 29 sep hms caledonia 30 sep orp komendant piłsudski 30 sep clement other incidents 2 sep uss pigeon 3 sep hannah böge 4 sep christian van doornum 10 sep triton 16 sep city of paris 18 sep orp orzeł incident 22 sep martti ragnar unknown date hms vanquisher hms walker unknown date ss toruń 1938 1939 1940 august 1939 october 1939 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title tiger_hill_ ship oldid 1357165083 categories 1887 ships jewish immigrant ships maritime incidents in september 1939 passenger ships of greece passenger ships of panama ships built in scotland steamships of greece steamships of panama world war i ships of greece hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from april 2022 cs1 long volume value commons category link is on wikidata this page was last edited on 1 june 2026 at 02 50 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non 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