Romanian merchant ship Basarabia bound for Palestina and Egypt according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 12 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 12 February 1940 No. 729 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the neutral ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for or chartered by the enemy. An item reported the Romanian merchant ship Basarabia loaded with general cargo on 9 February 1940 underway via Piraeus, Greece towards Haifa, Palestina and Alexandria, Egypt.

Source

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