British steamship Brodwal underway from Romania towards Gibraltar according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 2 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 2 December 1939 No. 491 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item mentioned the British steamship Brodwal on 28 November with 5,200 ton wheat underway from Constanta, Romania towards Gibraltar for orders, Probably bound for Newcastle, England.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.