French tanker Touraine bound for France 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 13 December by the French tanker Touraine (ex-Senator) coming from Romania with 9,300 ton petrol for Rouen, France. Armed with 1 gun on the bow and 1 on the stern and a flak on the stern.

Source

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