Italian steamship Egitto searched by a British destroyer according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 2 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 2 December 1939 No. 491 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland that the Italian steamship Egitto active on the shipping line Istanbul, Turkey-Izmir, Turkeyon 16 November before Istanbul was stopped, searched and released by a British destroyer.

Source

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