British cargo ship Lord Byron bound for Gibraltar according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 9 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul, 9 December 1939 No. 505 g. reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland merchant ships loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item reported that the British cargo ship Lord Byron was to load wheat at Constanta, Romania and eventually Bulgaria and go to Gibraltar for orders.

Source

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