Between August 1945 and May 15, 1948, 60 ships, carrying a total of 52,574 passengers, attempted to break the blockade the British imposed along the coast of Palestine to prevent Jewish immigration.
Few managed to accomplish their mission. Forty-seven of the immigrant transports (78.4% ) were intercepted by British Royal Navy warships, as a result of which 49,620 (94.6% ) of the would-be immigrants were either imprisoned in detention camps in Atlit or Cyprus or returned to Europe.
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