Shmuel Tankus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shmuel Tankus

Israeli Navy general

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1914

Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Date of Death: 04-Mar-2012

Profession: military personnel, military officer, Aliyah Bet activists

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Aluf (Rear Admiral) Shmuel "Shmulik" Tankus (Hebrew: ????? ???????; 14 November 1914 – 4 March 2012) was the fifth commander of the Israeli Navy, serving from 30 June 1954 until 1960.Tankus was born in 1914 in the Neve Shalom district of Jaffa under Ottoman-controlled Palestine.
He was scion to a clan from the Caucasus that had settled in Palestine following a vision by the clan's elder. He studied at The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv He joined the Palmach, and served in Palyam.
He reported to Yohai Ben-Nun, who was Commander of the Port Brigade (Hebrew: ????? ????? ?????) and is considered the father of the Israeli Naval Academy. In 1942, he married Yafa Grobshtein.
They had a daughter, Ruth, who volunteered for service in the Navy.
He lived in Haifa from 1952 onwards.
In 2001, he was accorded the honour of Friend or Beloved of the municipality.

Moshe Pridan
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