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Friday, 14 March 2025

British steam ship Clan Ferguson unloading war stores in Turkish ports according to a letter of the German naval attaché dated 26 September 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 26 September 1939 No. 60g.Kdos reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin that the British steam ship Clan Ferguson of 7,348 gross register tonnage unloaded war stores at Derince (Bay of Izmit or Izmir?), Gemlik (south east part of the Sea of Marmara) and Haidarpaşa and with what remained of her cargo about 2,000 tons went back to sea probably with Izmir as destination.

Source

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

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