Timeline Friday 18 July 1947

Events on Friday 18 July 1947 1

• 1947 Exodus 1947 refugee ship turned back British forces seize a ship carrying Jewish Holocaust survivors The ship Exodus 1947, carrying about 4,500 Jewish refugees, was boarded by the Royal Navy off Palestine on 18 July 1947. The passengers were sent back to Europe and eventually landed in Hamburg. The affair caused a major international outcry against British immigration policy in Palestine.