An item reported that the coal-fuelled Vichy French ss Ville de Verdun (1) seemed to be underway from Saigon towards Casablanca via Cape Horn loaded with mainly rubber. Middle May she would probably reload coal in a South American port while it was thought that her coal bunker capacity was insufficient for such a long voyage.
Note
1. Cargo-passenger ship Ville de Verdun, laid down by North Ireland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Londonderry in end 1920, launched on 13 November 1920, completed in May1921, requisitioned by Japan on 10 April 1942 when bound for Nagoya, went from there to Saigon and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Finback (SS-230) on 14 October 1942 as the Japanese army transport Teison Maru about 20 miles off Tansui harbor, Taiwan.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 121 dated 10 April 1942
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