In his letter dated Istanbul, Turkey 27 January 1940 No. 690g. 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 20 January the British motor ship Cowrie loaded with 11,200 ton of fuel underway from Constanta, Romania towards England. Armed with 1 gun and 1 flak on the stern.
Source
Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché for , Greece, Romania and Bulgaria 1939-1941. RM 12-II/459.
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