Wednesday, 13 May 2026

German blockade runner ms Ramses in 1941

In a letter dated 13 April 1942 No. 1329 to the O.K.M./1 Abteilung Skl. was the so-called ‘Etappen’-organisation of the navy described. In the attachment were the blockade runners decribed used for this purpose. Ms. Ramses. Loaded with 3,853 ton rubber. Left Dairen on 19 May 1941. Arrived at Yokohama, Japan on 30 August 1941. Returned to Japan while it was uncertain if she could run the blockade on the Atlantic.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/223

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