Shmuel Tankus
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 12 years ago |
Date of birth | November 4,1914 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Jaffa |
Tel Aviv-Yafo | |
Israel | |
Date of died | March 4,2012 |
Died | Israel |
Rank | Aluf |
Service/branch | Israeli Navy |
Battles and wars | World War II |
1947–1949 Palestine war | |
Suez Crisis | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 803107 |
Shmuel Tankus Life story
Aluf Shmuel "Shmulik" Tankus 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.