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Friday, 18 April 2025

German naval auxiliary supply ship Rio Grande in 1940

In a letter dated 13 April 1942 No. 1329 to the O.K.M./1 Abteilung Skl. was the so-called ‘Etappen’-organisation of the navy described. In the attachment were the blockade runners decribed used for this purpose. Supply ship for the auxiliary cruiser H.S.K. 10, left Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on 31 October 1940, arrived at Bordeaux, France on 14 December 1940 with prisoners and 3,500 tons cargo. After she was unloaded delivered to R.V.M.

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Bundesarchiv RM 7/223 

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