Romanian cargo ship Peles bound for the Mediterranean according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 17 February 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 17 February 1940 No. 758 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 on12 February the Romanian cargo ship Peles (coming from Romania loaded with 300 wagon boards bound for Tripoli in Syria, Beirut, Libya, Haifa, Palestina and Alexandria, Egypt.

Source

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