Shmuel "Shmulik" Tankus
Born4 November 1914
Jaffa, Ottoman-controlled Palestine
Died4 March 2012(2012-03-04) (aged 97)[1]
Allegiance Israel
Service/branch Israeli Navy
Years of service1930–1960
RankAluf
Commands heldCommander of the Israeli Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II
1947–1949 Palestine war
Suez Crisis

Aluf (Rear Admiral) Shmuel "Shmulik" Tankus (Hebrew: שמואל טנקוס; 14 November 1914 – 4 March 2012) was the fifth commander of the Israeli Navy, serving from 30 June 1954 until 1960.[2]

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.[3] 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: מפקדי פלוגת הנמל) 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.

References

  1. Magnezi, Aviel (4 March 2012). "Former Navy commander Shmuel Tankus dies". Ynetnews.
  2. A Navy is Born Moshe Amon
  3. Tsadok Eshel (2003). Shmuel Tankus: From the Yarkon River to the Israeli Navy. Ministry of Defence, Jerusalem. p. 174. ISBN 965-05-1231-4.
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