The sinking of the Palestinian steamship Har Zion in the Atlantic was publicly announced tonight at a rally of 400 Jewish sea scouts from all over the country held in support of the fund to purchase fighter aircraft.
Capt. Guy Lydekker, officer in charge of Palestine ports, in making the revelation paid tribute to the Har Zion’s crew and praised the nautical training given to Jewish sea scouts.
The Har Zion was the sister ship of the Har Hacarmel, which was destroyed by fire at the Rumanian port of Constanza in January, 1938. It flew the flag of the Palestine Maritime Lloyd before the war and plied the Haifa-Constanza route. Before the war it had a crew of about fifty, most of them Jews.
Moshe Shertok, head of the Jewish Agency’s political department, addressing the rally, declared the Jews would provide seamen when required, as they were already providing men for land and air forces.
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