Dutch tanker Saroena bound for England or Italy according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 16 December 1939

In his letter dated Istanbul,  16 December 1939 No. 547g reported the German naval attaché to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Abteilung Ausland the ships passing Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea and loaded with contraband for the enemy. An item reported the passing on 10 December by the Dutch tanker Saroena coming from Romania with a cargo of 14,460 ton petrol for England or according to another source 8,000 ton gasoline for Trieste, Italy.

Source

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