Exodus 1947 ship

**avrahamrl** · #1 09-09-2020, 09:40 AM

Exodus ship From Wikipedia
Exodus or the Exodus from Europe 5767 was an illegal immigrant ship, which set sail fro the port of Seth on the shores of southern France on July 11, 1947, carrying 4,554 Holocaust survivors, in order to reach Israel. Among the passengers were 1,284 women, 1,568 men, 1,017 boys and 685 children . The passengers were not allowed to enter the country, and were forcibly deported to France, and from there to the DP camps in Germany, after a bitter struggle.
Shipyard: Pusey and Jones
Number of illegal immigrants: 4,554 people
Ship type: Passenger ship with 2 wooden upper decks
Cipher name: "The President"
Previous name: SS President Warfield
No. 96 of November 1969

**Decaturbeginner** · #2 09-09-2020, 02:00 PM

Hello, thank you for sharing this ship's story, this is new to me. This is her at sea, correct?
https://images.app.goo.gl/MMGWFr9cW2cwjegE8

Are you the model's author? Any idea as to the scale? Hebrew instructions may be a challenge for some, do you have any suggestions?

I hope all is well by you & best regards
Tim

**papermodelfan** · #3 09-09-2020, 05:11 PM

The format looks like one of the old Israeli Defense Force naval magazine models. I did not know that the Hagganah was part of the series of models. There is another model of this, ship from 1977 that was published by H. G. Watkins (designer of "Waterline Warships").

**Madbrit** · #4 09-09-2020, 05:45 PM

This was also the subject of the film "Exodus" with Paul Newman playing a lead part.

Derek

**Don Boose** · #5 09-09-2020, 07:48 PM

Another nice model. Many thanks.

Exodus was a former Old Bay Liner that sailed from my home town of Baltimore, Maryland. As the SS President Warfield, it was named after the president of the Old Bay Line. Warfield's niece, Bessie Wallis Warfield, married the Duke of Windsor (previously King Edward VIII). I had the pleasure of sailing on one of the last of the Old Bay Liners from Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1959.

Don