The German Hauptausschuss Schiffbau of the Department for armament and ammunition Rud. Blohm wrote on a letter dated Hamburg 23 September 1942 to the Reichskommissar für die Seeschiffahrt. The subject was his voyage between 10-18 September 1942 to the Black Sea area to get an impression of the available docking facilities. It was needed to be as much self-supporting for the maintenance of the navy and merchant ships in the Black Sea but also on the Mediterranean employed. Blohm did not expect much of the support from the friendly or allied countries in the Black Sea. He got the impression that their thoughts and interests were more focused on the after war period. At Odessa, Russia [nowadays Ukraine] there was a slipway available which could handle ships of maximum 600 tons.
Source
High Command of the Kriegsmarine (OKM). Case 180. Website
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