Cargo of Romanian merchant ship Carmen Sylvia seized by British 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 that the Romanian merchant ship Carmen Sylvia was medium December stopped by the British, brought to Malta where her cargo was unloaded and taken over by the British.

Source

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