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Monday, 7 April 2025

British tanker Voreda bound for England according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 6 January 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul,  6 January 1940 No. 618g. 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 on 5 January 1940 the British tanker Voreda loaded with 10,700 ton gasoline bound for England. Armed with 1 gun at the stern. Grey painted, superstructure brown and funnel yellow.

Source

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

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