French tanker Beauce visited the Black Sea according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 6 January 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, 6 January 1940 No. 618g. 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 or chartered by the enemy. An item mentioned on 5 January 1940 the French tanker Beauce loaded with 6,640 ton gasoline bound for La Goulette, French Tunisia. Armed with a gun at the stern manned by naval gunners. Completely light grey painted.

Source

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