In his letter dated Istanbul, 20 January 1940 No. 650 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine the ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for or chartered by the enemy. An item reported on 11 January 1940 the British steam tanker Eocene loaded with 5,000 ton petrol and 600 ton petroleum underway from Constanta, Romania towards Rouen, France. Unarmed. Complete dark grey painted.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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