Italian merchant steamship Capo Vita arrived at Istanbul, Turkey according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 12 January 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 12 January 1940 No. 632g. 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 or chartered by the enemy. An item mentioned the Italian merchant steamship Capo Vita loaded with sheets and iron bands arrived recently at Istanbul coming from Genoa, Italy. With an origin certficate of the British vice consul at Mailand.

Source

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