Greek steam tanker Atlas and British steamship Danubian underway from Romania towards Egypt 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 Greek steam tanker Atlas and the British steamship Danubian loaded with petrol respectively boards underway from Romania towards Alexandria, Egypt.

Source

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