Dutch merchant ship Adinda bound for Malta 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 18 January 1940 the Dutch merchant ship Adinda (not Abinda as reported) loaded with 3,800 ton petrol underway from Constanta, Romania towards Malta.

Source

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