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	'''Mefkure''' was a ] chartered to carry ] refugees from ] to ], sailing under the ] and ] flags. On ], ], while crossing the ], it was ] by the ] ] ''SC 215'' and sunk, killing 345 people.<ref>, New York Times, August 17, 1944</ref>		'''Mefkure''' was a motor schooner chartered to carry ] refugees from ] to ], sailing under the ] and ] flags. On ], ], while crossing the ], it was ] by the ] ] ''SC 215'' and sunk, killing 345 people.<ref>, New York Times, August 17, 1944</ref>

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Mefkure was a motor schooner chartered to carry Jewish refugees from Romania to Palestine, sailing under the Turkish and Red Cross flags. On August 5, 1944, while crossing the Black Sea, it was torpedoed by the Soviet submarine SC 215 and sunk, killing 345 people.