Haifa by HMS Venus. Her passengers were arrested and interned. On 11 August 1946, the Yagur, carrying 758 passengers, was intercepted by the destroyer , with passive resistance from the immigrants. On 12 August 1946, the Henrietta Szold, carrying 536 passengers, was intercepted. The same day, the British announced that illegal immigrants would be sent to Cyprus and other areas under detention. The first British deportation ship sailed for Cyprus on the same day, with 500 illegal immigrants on board. On 13 August 1946, two immigration ships were intercepted: Katriel Jaffe (604 passengers) by HMS Talybont, and Twenty Three (790 passengers) by HMS Brissenden. There was desperate resistance on board Twenty Three. The same day, two British ships with 1,300 Jewish detainees on board set sail for Cyprus. A crowd of about 1,000 Jews attempted to break into the Haifa port area, and British troops responded with live fire, killing three people and wounding seven. On 16 August 1946, the yawl Amiram Shochat, carrying 183 passengers, evaded the British blockade and landed near Caesarea. On 2 September 1946, the Dov Hos, this time named the Arba Cheruyot, carrying 1,024 passengers, was seized by the destroyers and . The boarding was strongly resisted, and two people drowned after jumping off the ship. On 22 September 1946, the brigantine Palmach, 611 passengers, was seized by the minesweeper . The Royal Navy tried to board the ship four times before finally seizing her, and one passenger was killed. On 20 October 1946, the Eliahu Golomb, renamed the Braha Fuld, carrying 806 passengers, was captured off Lebanon by the destroyer and minesweeper . On 19 October, the Latrun (1,279 passengers), was intercepted by HMS Chivalrous and the minesweeper . Four people had died en route, and the ship was leaking and listing heavily when she was intercepted. On 9 November 1946, the HaKedosha (600 passengers), foundered in a gale and sank. The passengers were rescued by the Knesset Israel. The Knesset Israel, carrying a total of 3,845 passengers, was intercepted by the destroyers and HMS Brissenden and minesweepers HMS Octavia and and taken to Haifa. The interception met no resistance, but in Haifa when the British tried to transfer them to transport ships to take them to Cyprus the refugees resisted fiercely, two were killed and 46 injured. On 5 December 1946, the Rafiah (785 passengers), was wrecked on Syrina Island in bad weather.