Remembering History: "Illegal" immigrant ship EXODUS 1947 (ex- SS PRESIDENT WARFIELD), packed with some 4,500 European Jewish immigrants, sails into Haifa harbour under escort at 4pm on 18 July 1947, after being boarded by two British destroyers outside territorial waters.

"Illegal" immigrant ship EXODUS 1947 (ex- SS PRESIDENT WARFIELD), packed with some 4,500 European Jewish immigrants, sails into Haifa harbour under escort at 4pm on 18 July 1947, after being boarded by two British destroyers outside territorial waters.

"Illegal" immigrant ship EXODUS 1947 (ex- SS PRESIDENT WARFIELD), packed with some 4,500 European Jewish immigrants, sails into Haifa harbour under escort at 4pm on 18 July 1947, after being boarded by two British destroyers outside territorial waters.