Romanian steamship Oitus bound for Malta according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 9 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, 9 December 1939 No. 505 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland merchant ships loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item reported that the Romanian steamship Oitus passed on 3 December Istanbul, in the direction of Konstanta, Romania coming from Malta where she was quickly unloaded mainly consisting of subtropical fruit from Izmir.

Source

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