British merchant ship Baron Androssen visited the Black Sea according to a letter of the German naval attaché at Istanbul dated 20 January 1940

In his letter dated Istanbul, 20 January 1940 No. 650 g1. 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 reported on 16 January 1940 the British merchant ship Baron Androssen loaded with 5,700 ton wheat underway from Braila, Romania to Liverpool, England. Armed with a gun on the bow and one on the stern. Completely dark grey painted.

Source

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